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@setfilename gnus
-@settitle Gnus 5.4.62 Manual
+@settitle Gnus 5.4.63 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Gnus 5.4.62 Manual
+@title Gnus 5.4.63 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
spool or your mbox file. All at the same time, if you want to push your
luck.
-This manual corresponds to Gnus 5.4.62.
+This manual corresponds to Gnus 5.4.63.
@end ifinfo
also save you some time at startup. Even if this variable is
@code{nil}, you can always subscribe to the new groups just by pressing
@kbd{U} in the group buffer (@pxref{Group Maintenance}). This variable
-is @code{t} by default. If you set this variable to @code{always}, then
-Gnus will query the backends for new groups even when you do the @kbd{g}
-command (@pxref{Scanning New Messages}).
+is @code{ask-server} by default. If you set this variable to
+@code{always}, then Gnus will query the backends for new groups even
+when you do the @kbd{g} command (@pxref{Scanning New Messages}).
@menu
* Checking New Groups:: Determining what groups are new.
is run after a connection has been made. It can be used to send
commands to the @sc{nntp} server after it has been contacted. By
default it sends the command @code{MODE READER} to the server with the
-@code{nntp-send-mode-reader} function.
+@code{nntp-send-mode-reader} function. This function should always be
+present in this hook.
@item nntp-authinfo-function
@vindex nntp-authinfo-function
Customize a score file in a visually pleasing manner
(@code{gnus-score-customize}).
-@item I C-i
-@kindex I C-i (Summary)
-@findex gnus-summary-raise-score
-Increase the score of the current article
-(@code{gnus-summary-raise-score}).
-
-@item L C-l
-@kindex L C-l (Summary)
-@findex gnus-summary-lower-score
-Lower the score of the current article
-(@code{gnus-summary-lower-score}).
@end table
The rest of these commands modify the local score file.
* Buttons:: Get tendonitis in ten easy steps!
* Daemons:: Gnus can do things behind your back.
* NoCeM:: How to avoid spam and other fatty foods.
-* Picons:: How to display pictures of what your reading.
* Undo:: Some actions can be undone.
* Moderation:: What to do if you're a moderator.
* XEmacs Enhancements:: There are more pictures and stuff under XEmacs.
unsubscribed groups (@pxref{Subscription Commands}).
+@node Undo
+@section Undo
+@cindex undo
+
+It is very useful to be able to undo actions one has done. In normal
+Emacs buffers, it's easy enough---you just push the @code{undo} button.
+In Gnus buffers, however, it isn't that simple.
+
+The things Gnus displays in its buffer is of no value whatsoever to
+Gnus---it's all just data designed to look nice to the user.
+Killing a group in the group buffer with @kbd{C-k} makes the line
+disappear, but that's just a side-effect of the real action---the
+removal of the group in question from the internal Gnus structures.
+Undoing something like that can't be done by the normal Emacs
+@code{undo} function.
+
+Gnus tries to remedy this somewhat by keeping track of what the user
+does and coming up with actions that would reverse the actions the user
+takes. When the user then presses the @code{undo} key, Gnus will run
+the code to reverse the previous action, or the previous actions.
+However, not all actions are easily reversible, so Gnus currently offers
+a few key functions to be undoable. These include killing groups,
+yanking groups, and changing the list of read articles of groups.
+That's it, really. More functions may be added in the future, but each
+added function means an increase in data to be stored, so Gnus will
+never be totally undoable.
+
+@findex gnus-undo-mode
+@vindex gnus-use-undo
+@findex gnus-undo
+The undoability is provided by the @code{gnus-undo-mode} minor mode. It
+is used if @code{gnus-use-undo} is non-@code{nil}, which is the
+default. The @kbd{M-C-_} key performs the @code{gnus-undo} command
+command, which should feel kinda like the normal Emacs @code{undo}
+command.
+
+
+@node Moderation
+@section Moderation
+@cindex moderation
+
+If you are a moderator, you can use the @file{gnus-mdrtn.el} package.
+It is not included in the standard Gnus package. Write a mail to
+@samp{larsi@@gnus.org} and state what group you moderate, and you'll
+get a copy.
+
+The moderation package is implemented as a minor mode for summary
+buffers. Put
+
+@lisp
+(add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-moderate)
+@end lisp
+
+in your @file{.gnus.el} file.
+
+If you are the moderator of @samp{rec.zoofle}, this is how it's
+supposed to work:
+
+@enumerate
+@item
+You split your incoming mail by matching on
+@samp{Newsgroups:.*rec.zoofle}, which will put all the to-be-posted
+articles in some mail group---for instance, @samp{nnml:rec.zoofle}.
+
+@item
+You enter that group once in a while and post articles using the @kbd{e}
+(edit-and-post) or @kbd{s} (just send unedited) commands.
+
+@item
+If, while reading the @samp{rec.zoofle} newsgroup, you happen upon some
+articles that weren't approved by you, you can cancel them with the
+@kbd{c} command.
+@end enumerate
+
+To use moderation mode in these two groups, say:
+
+@lisp
+(setq gnus-moderated-list
+ "^nnml:rec.zoofle$\\|^rec.zoofle$")
+@end lisp
+
+
+@node XEmacs Enhancements
+@section XEmacs Enhancements
+@cindex XEmacs
+
+XEmacs is able to display pictures and stuff, so Gnus has taken
+advantage of that.
+
+@menu
+* Picons:: How to display pictures of what your reading.
+* Smileys:: Show all those happy faces the way they were meant to be shown.
+* Toolbar:: Click'n'drool.
+* XVarious:: Other XEmacsy Gnusey variables.
+@end menu
+
+
@node Picons
-@section Picons
+@subsection Picons
@iftex
@iflatex
@node Picon Basics
-@subsection Picon Basics
+@subsubsection Picon Basics
What are Picons? To quote directly from the Picons Web site:
@node Picon Requirements
-@subsection Picon Requirements
+@subsubsection Picon Requirements
To have Gnus display Picons for you, you must be running XEmacs
19.13 or greater since all other versions of Emacs aren't yet able to
@node Easy Picons
-@subsection Easy Picons
+@subsubsection Easy Picons
To enable displaying picons, simply put the following line in your
@file{~/.gnus} file and start Gnus.
@node Hard Picons
-@subsection Hard Picons
+@subsubsection Hard Picons
Gnus can display picons for you as you enter and leave groups and
articles. It knows how to interact with three sections of the picons
@node Picon Configuration
-@subsection Picon Configuration
+@subsubsection Picon Configuration
The following variables offer further control over how things are
done, where things are located, and other useless stuff you really
@end table
-@node Undo
-@section Undo
-@cindex undo
+@node Smileys
+@subsection Smileys
+@cindex smileys
-It is very useful to be able to undo actions one has done. In normal
-Emacs buffers, it's easy enough---you just push the @code{undo} button.
-In Gnus buffers, however, it isn't that simple.
+@dfn{Smiley} is a package separate from Gnus, but since Gnus is
+currently the only package that uses Smiley, it is documented here.
-The things Gnus displays in its buffer is of no value whatsoever to
-Gnus---it's all just data designed to look nice to the user.
-Killing a group in the group buffer with @kbd{C-k} makes the line
-disappear, but that's just a side-effect of the real action---the
-removal of the group in question from the internal Gnus structures.
-Undoing something like that can't be done by the normal Emacs
-@code{undo} function.
+In short---to use Smiley in Gnus, put the following in your
+@file{.gnus.el} file:
-Gnus tries to remedy this somewhat by keeping track of what the user
-does and coming up with actions that would reverse the actions the user
-takes. When the user then presses the @code{undo} key, Gnus will run
-the code to reverse the previous action, or the previous actions.
-However, not all actions are easily reversible, so Gnus currently offers
-a few key functions to be undoable. These include killing groups,
-yanking groups, and changing the list of read articles of groups.
-That's it, really. More functions may be added in the future, but each
-added function means an increase in data to be stored, so Gnus will
-never be totally undoable.
+@lisp
+(add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-smiley-display t)
+@end lisp
-@findex gnus-undo-mode
-@vindex gnus-use-undo
-@findex gnus-undo
-The undoability is provided by the @code{gnus-undo-mode} minor mode. It
-is used if @code{gnus-use-undo} is non-@code{nil}, which is the
-default. The @kbd{M-C-_} key performs the @code{gnus-undo} command
-command, which should feel kinda like the normal Emacs @code{undo}
-command.
+Smiley maps text smiley faces---@samp{:-)}, @samp{:-=}, @samp{:-(} and
+the like---to pictures and displays those instead of the text smiley
+faces. The conversion is controlled by a list of regexps that matches
+text and maps that to file names.
+@vindex smiley-nosey-regexp-alist
+@vindex smiley-deformed-regexp-alist
+Smiley supplies two example conversion alists by default:
+@code{smiley-deformed-regexp-alist} (which matches @samp{:)}, @samp{:(}
+and so on), and @code{smiley-nosey-regexp-alist} (which matches
+@samp{:-)}, @samp{:-(} and so on).
-@node Moderation
-@section Moderation
-@cindex moderation
+The alist used is specified by the @code{smiley-regexp-alist} variable,
+which defaults to the value of @code{smiley-deformed-regexp-alist}.
-If you are a moderator, you can use the @file{gnus-mdrtn.el} package.
-It is not included in the standard Gnus package. Write a mail to
-@samp{larsi@@gnus.org} and state what group you moderate, and you'll
-get a copy.
-
-The moderation package is implemented as a minor mode for summary
-buffers. Put
+Here's the default value of @code{smiley-smiley-regexp-alist}:
@lisp
-(add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-moderate)
+(setq smiley-nosey-regexp-alist
+ '(("\\(:-+[<«]+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceAngry.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+\\]+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceGoofy.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+D\\)\\W" 1 "FaceGrinning.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+[@}»]+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceHappy.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-*)+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceHappy.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+[/\\\"]+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceIronic.xpm")
+ ("\\([8|]-+[|Oo%]\\)\\W" 1 "FaceKOed.xpm")
+ ("\\([:|]-+#+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceNyah.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+[(@{]+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceSad.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+[Oo\*]\\)\\W" 1 "FaceStartled.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+|\\)\\W" 1 "FaceStraight.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+p\\)\\W" 1 "FaceTalking.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+d\\)\\W" 1 "FaceTasty.xpm")
+ ("\\(;-+[>)@}»]+\\)\\W" 1 "FaceWinking.xpm")
+ ("\\(:-+[Vvµ]\\)\\W" 1 "FaceWry.xpm")
+ ("\\(][:8B]-[)>]\\)\\W" 1 "FaceDevilish.xpm")
+ ("\\([:|]-+P\\)\\W" 1 "FaceYukky.xpm")))
@end lisp
-in your @file{.gnus.el} file.
+The first item in each element is the regexp to be matched; the second
+element is the regexp match group that is to be replaced by the picture;
+and the third element is the name of the file to be displayed.
-If you are the moderator of @samp{rec.zoofle}, this is how it's
-supposed to work:
+The following variables customize where Smiley will look for these
+files, as well as the color to be used and stuff:
-@enumerate
-@item
-You split your incoming mail by matching on
-@samp{Newsgroups:.*rec.zoofle}, which will put all the to-be-posted
-articles in some mail group---for instance, @samp{nnml:rec.zoofle}.
+@table @code
-@item
-You enter that group once in a while and post articles using the @kbd{e}
-(edit-and-post) or @kbd{s} (just send unedited) commands.
+@item smiley-data-directory
+@vindex smiley-data-directory
+Where Smiley will look for smiley faces files.
-@item
-If, while reading the @samp{rec.zoofle} newsgroup, you happen upon some
-articles that weren't approved by you, you can cancel them with the
-@kbd{c} command.
-@end enumerate
+@item smiley-flesh-color
+@vindex smiley-flesh-color
+Skin color. The default is @samp{yellow}, which is really racist.
-To use moderation mode in these two groups, say:
+@item smiley-features-color
+@vindex smiley-features-color
+Color of the features of the face. The default is @samp{black}.
-@lisp
-(setq gnus-moderated-list
- "^nnml:rec.zoofle$\\|^rec.zoofle$")
-@end lisp
+@item smiley-tongue-color
+@vindex smiley-tongue-color
+Color of the tongue. The default is @samp{red}.
+@item smiley-circle-color
+@vindex smiley-circle-color
+Color of the circle around the face. The default is @samp{black}.
-@node XEmacs Enhancements
-@section XEmacs Enhancements
-@cindex XEmacs
+@item smiley-mouse-face
+@vindex smiley-mouse-face
+Face used for mouse highlighting over the smiley face.
-XEmacs is able to display pictures and stuff, so Gnus has taken
-advantage of that. Relevant variables include:
+@end table
-@table @code
-@item gnus-xmas-glyph-directory
-@vindex gnus-xmas-glyph-directory
-This is where Gnus will look for pictures. Gnus will normally
-auto-detect this directory, but you may set it manually if you have an
-unusual directory structure.
-@item gnus-xmas-logo-color-alist
-@vindex gnus-xmas-logo-color-alist
-This is an alist where the key is a type symbol and the values are the
-foreground and background color of the splash page glyph.
+@node Toolbar
+@subsection Toolbar
-@item gnus-xmas-logo-color-style
-@vindex gnus-xmas-logo-color-style
-This is the key used to look up the color in the alist described above.
-Legal values include @code{flame}, @code{pine}, @code{moss},
-@code{irish}, @code{sky}, @code{tin}, @code{velvet}, @code{grape},
-@code{labia}, @code{berry}, @code{neutral}, and @code{september}.
+@table @code
@item gnus-use-toolbar
@vindex gnus-use-toolbar
@vindex gnus-summary-mail-toolbar
The toolbar in the summary buffer of mail groups.
+@end table
+
+
+@node XVarious
+@subsection Various XEmacs Variables
+
+@table @code
+@item gnus-xmas-glyph-directory
+@vindex gnus-xmas-glyph-directory
+This is where Gnus will look for pictures. Gnus will normally
+auto-detect this directory, but you may set it manually if you have an
+unusual directory structure.
+
+@item gnus-xmas-logo-color-alist
+@vindex gnus-xmas-logo-color-alist
+This is an alist where the key is a type symbol and the values are the
+foreground and background color of the splash page glyph.
+
+@item gnus-xmas-logo-color-style
+@vindex gnus-xmas-logo-color-style
+This is the key used to look up the color in the alist described above.
+Legal values include @code{flame}, @code{pine}, @code{moss},
+@code{irish}, @code{sky}, @code{tin}, @code{velvet}, @code{grape},
+@code{labia}, @code{berry}, @code{neutral}, and @code{september}.
+
@item gnus-xmas-modeline-glyph
@vindex gnus-xmas-modeline-glyph
A glyph displayed in all Gnus mode lines. It is a tiny gnu head by
The backends should be able to switch between several virtual servers.
The standard backends implement this by keeping an alist of virtual
-server environments that they pull down/pushe up when needed.
+server environments that they pull down/push up when needed.
There are two groups of interface functions: @dfn{required functions},
which must be present, and @dfn{optional functions}, which Gnus will
one looong line, then that's ok.
The meaning of the various atoms are explained elsewhere in this
-manual (@pxref{Score File Atoms}).
+manual (@pxref{Score File Format}).
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