X-Git-Url: https://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=README;h=a2be6e2ddb5f8220bf7bb6f0726cc0acf9c27cba;hb=a23c02a21cddf3316f06e7be54e55385980a9c22;hp=5b3e954fa51930eeb56aa807a54e7093edfc7c53;hpb=525a19250ecdb8546c060b1e884f0b952bf37028;p=gnus diff --git a/README b/README index 5b3e954fa..a2be6e2dd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -This package contains a beta version of Gnus (beta because the final version -is the one included in Emacs). The lisp directory contains the source lisp -files, and the texi directory contains a draft of the Gnus info pages. +This package contains a development version of Gnus. The lisp directory +contains the source lisp files, and the texi directory contains the Gnus info +pages. To use Gnus you first have to unpack the files, which you've obviously done, because you are reading this. -You should definitely byte-compile the source files. To do that, you +You should definitely byte-compile the source files. To do that, you can simply say "./configure && make" in this directory. Do not say "make install". I repeat, do *NOT* say "make install". If @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ won't. If you are using XEmacs, you *must* say "./configure && make EMACS=xemacs". -Then you have to tell Emacs where Gnus is. You might put something +Then you have to tell Emacs where Gnus is. You might put something like - (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/gnus-5.10.8/lisp") load-path)) + (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/ngnus-0.7/lisp") load-path)) (require 'gnus-load) in your .emacs file, or wherever you keep such things. @@ -28,23 +28,23 @@ To enable reading the Gnus manual, you could say something like: (require 'info) (if (featurep 'xemacs) - (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "~/gnus-5.10.8/texi/") - (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "~/gnus-5.10.8/texi/")) + (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "~/ngnus-0.7/texi/") + (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "~/ngnus-0.7/texi/")) -Gnus 5.10 does absolutely not work with anything older than Emacs 20.7 or -XEmacs 21.1. +No Gnus does absolutely not work with anything older than Emacs 21.1 or +XEmacs 21.4. To compile the Gnus manual, you either need a pretty new Emacs, or a pretty new version of the texinfo tools. Then you do a `M-x gnus', and everything should... uhm... it should -work, but it might not. Set `debug-on-error' to t, and mail me the +work, but it might not. Set `debug-on-error' to t, and mail me the backtraces, or, better yet, find out why Gnus does something wrong, -fix it, and send me the diffs. :-) +fix it, and send me the diffs. :-) There are four main things I want your help and input on: -1) Startup. Does everything go smoothly, and why not? +1) Startup. Does everything go smoothly, and why not? 2) Any errors while you read news normally? @@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ There are four main things I want your help and input on: bit, and features you would like to see. Send any comments and all your bug fixes/complaints to -`bugs@gnus.org'. +`bugs@gnus.org'.