Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-06-15 Thread Aking TIAN
i think so -- Emacs was originally a text editor, but it became a way of life and a religion. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ___ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinf

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-06-05 Thread david . reitter
Martin Jørgensen wrote: > So even though people don't recommend Aquamacs Emacs I don't think I > have any alternative. I just hate those damn "#€"(€#!"(%!"(€ windows, > because sometimes if I have like 5-6 open windows, they're on top of > each other and then I have to move the mouse to move the w

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-06-01 Thread David Kastrup
Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >>>On Sun, May 28 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: >>> >>> byte-code: gnus-agent-read-agentview no longer supports version 1. Stop gnus, manually evaluate gnus-agent-conve

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-31 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, May 31 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > >> How do I mark your message as "unread" so it'll automatically show >> up when I have restarted gnus? > > See (info "(gnus)Setting Marks"). Especially `!' and `M-u': Oh, damn. I should have seen that and

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-31 Thread Martin Jørgensen
David Kastrup wrote: Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sun, May 28 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: byte-code: gnus-agent-read-agentview no longer supports version 1. Stop gnus, manually evaluate gnus-agent-convert-to-compressed-agentview, then restart gnus. Anyone know what that's

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-31 Thread Reiner Steib
On Wed, May 31 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > How do I mark your message as "unread" so it'll automatically show > up when I have restarted gnus? See (info "(gnus)Setting Marks"). Especially `!' and `M-u': ,[ (info "(gnus)Setting Marks") ] | `M c' | `M-u' | Clear all readedness-marks

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-30 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Jørgensen) writes: -snip- >> I think the default is that it only shows new messages... But it >> doesn't automatically show the old messages in that thread. > > Sorry, I got you wrong. See > > ,[ C-h v gnus-fetch-old-headers

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-30 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, May 29 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > >> My signature file contains the words below including "Best >> regards". So I always have to delete the first ocurrence of '-' + >> '-' + ' ' but my signature file already contains that (just above >> the "

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-30 Thread Tassilo Horn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Jørgensen) writes: Hi Martin, >>> 3) In mozilla thunderbird I enabled this option "Only show threads >>> with new postings" so it'll automatically show the whole thread >>> *only if* there are new replies in that thread. Threads where >>> everything is read won't be show

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-30 Thread David Kastrup
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 28 2006, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Don't use yaced if they offer only outdated CVS versions. This Gnus >>> bug was fixed in Emacs CVS on 2005-12-09. >> >> "Don't use" is step #2 with free software.

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-30 Thread Reiner Steib
On Sun, May 28 2006, David Kastrup wrote: > Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Don't use yaced if they offer only outdated CVS versions. This Gnus >> bug was fixed in Emacs CVS on 2005-12-09. > > "Don't use" is step #2 with free software. Step #1 is to mail the > author and ask whether

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-29 Thread Reiner Steib
On Mon, May 29 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > My signature file contains the words below including "Best > regards". So I always have to delete the first ocurrence of '-' + > '-' + ' ' but my signature file already contains that (just above > the "---" line). Is it possibl

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-29 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Jørgensen) writes: -snip- >> 1) Currently I use this "aquamacs emacs" since it was shipped with >> auctex and previewtex and I don't know how to setup that from a "clean >> emacs". So it constantly opens stupid windows that I ca

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-29 Thread Reiner Steib
On Sun, May 28 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > 4) What's this ~/.newsrc-dribble file doing? (info "(gnus)Auto Save"); <== Press C-x C-e here! ,[ (info "(gnus)[2.1]") ] | Question 2.1 | | | Every time I start Gnus I get a message "Gnus auto-save file exists. Do | you want to rea

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-28 Thread David Kastrup
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 28 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > >> byte-code: gnus-agent-read-agentview no longer supports version 1. >> Stop gnus, manually evaluate >> gnus-agent-convert-to-compressed-agentview, then restart gnus. >> >> Anyone know what that's about? > >

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-28 Thread Reiner Steib
On Sun, May 28 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > byte-code: gnus-agent-read-agentview no longer supports version 1. > Stop gnus, manually evaluate > gnus-agent-convert-to-compressed-agentview, then restart gnus. > > Anyone know what that's about? Don't use yaced if they offer only outdated CVS vers

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-28 Thread Tassilo Horn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Jørgensen) writes: Hi Martin, >> One of which is that you poste too long lines, right? > > It doesn't annoy me and nobody complained until now. Is it a problem? > Because I assumed that most usenet-clients just wrap long lines so > they don't see any problem at all? The

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-28 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Jørgensen) writes: > > Hi Martin, > >> Thanks a lot! Everything seem to work now - this message is from >> gnus... > > Congratulations! Hehe. Thanks :-) >> But I still think I should follow this group for a while and perhaps >>

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-28 Thread Tassilo Horn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Jørgensen) writes: Hi Martin, > Thanks a lot! Everything seem to work now - this message is from > gnus... Congratulations! > But I still think I should follow this group for a while and perhaps > google for some gnus tutorials The tutorial is here: http://my.gnus.org

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-26 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Reiner Steib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, May 26 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >   ^^^ > > [...] >> Couldn't send message via news: 441 Post rejected, formatting error: >> Message-ID: header contains invalid domain n

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-26 Thread Reiner Steib
On Fri, May 26 2006, Martin Jørgensen wrote: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   ^^^ [...] > Couldn't send message via news: 441 Post rejected, formatting error: > Message-ID: header contains invalid domain name part. > What does it mean by that? It means the

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-26 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Karl Kleinpaste wrote: Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: (setq gnus-select-method '((nntp "192.168.1.100"))) Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I think this should be (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "192.168.1.100")) Yes. What Martin needs to bear in mind is that th

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-26 Thread Karl Kleinpaste
Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> (setq gnus-select-method '((nntp "192.168.1.100"))) Tassilo Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think this should be > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "192.168.1.100")) Yes. What Martin needs to bear in mind is that the distinguished select me

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-26 Thread Tassilo Horn
Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Martin, > (setq gnus-select-method '((nntp "192.168.1.100"))) I think this should be (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "192.168.1.100")) Bye, Tassilo -- A morning without coffee is like something without something else.

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-26 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Malte Spiess wrote: Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Final problem I think: Gnus stopped working now... [...] Well, the *Groups* buffer starts, but it's empty. And the gnus-menu bar isn't there... Really annoying... How do I reset everything (delete all the data that gnus has made)

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-25 Thread Malte Spiess
Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Final problem I think: Gnus stopped working now... > [...] > Well, the *Groups* buffer starts, but it's empty. And the gnus-menu > bar isn't there... Really annoying... How do I reset everything > (delete all the data that gnus has made) ? Well, that

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Malte Spiess wrote: Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alexander Ponomarenko wrote: Hi, thanks... If I only want a single identity I suppose I just insert this: (setq gnus-posting-styles '(("*.*" (address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") (signature "Best regards,\nIt'

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-25 Thread Malte Spiess
Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alexander Ponomarenko wrote: > > Hi, thanks... > > If I only want a single identity I suppose I just insert this: > >> (setq gnus-posting-styles >> '(("*.*" >> (address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") >> (signature "Best regards,\nIt's me"

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-25 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Alexander Ponomarenko wrote: "Martin" == Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> David Z Maze wrote: >>> p.s. Well, I still need to learn to post with gnus >> 'a' from the summary buffer. Edit the message buffer >> appropriately, then 'C-c C-c' to actually post. 'F' will

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-25 Thread Alexander Ponomarenko
> "Martin" == Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> David Z Maze wrote: >>> p.s. Well, I still need to learn to post with gnus >> 'a' from the summary buffer. Edit the message buffer >> appropriately, then 'C-c C-c' to actually post. 'F' will >> follow-up to the curr

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-24 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Johan Bockgård wrote: Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: It didn't show me the messages anymore, but it instead it showed an "G." to the left, instead of the usual "R." (for read I suppose). The message has been removed from the server. I find that difficult to believe that, as

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-24 Thread Martin Jørgensen
David Z Maze wrote: p.s. Well, I still need to learn to post with gnus 'a' from the summary buffer. Edit the message buffer appropriately, then 'C-c C-c' to actually post. 'F' will follow-up to the current post with history. Ok, thanks, but I'll still have to figure out how to enter my ide

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-24 Thread Alexander Ponomarenko
> "Martin" == Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> It didn't show me the messages anymore, but it instead it Martin> showed an "G." to the left, instead of the usual "R." (for Martin> read I suppose). This is in the group where it works: Martin> R. [ 11: Hadron Quark ]

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-23 Thread Johan Bockgård
Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It didn't show me the messages anymore, but it instead it showed an > "G." to the left, instead of the usual "R." (for read I suppose). The message has been removed from the server. > 2) Another newbie question: What does that star mean in front of

Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-23 Thread David Z Maze
The easy ones to me... Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 3) How to mark all messages as read? In future sessions, I would also > like only to see threads with new messages... That's how my > thunderbird is set up now... 'c' from either the summary buffer or the appropriate line in t

a couple of newbie questions with gnus

2006-05-23 Thread Martin Jørgensen
Hi, 1) Earlier today I could browse usenet-messages simply by clicking "enter" on top of the message in the "*Summary (group-name)*" window. But there was one news-group in which I must have screwed something up. It didn't show me the messages anymore, but it instead it showed an "G." to the