Re: nnml-open-marks bug?

[Alex Schroeder <alex@reality.emacswiki.org>]

Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org> writes:

> ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
>
>> Actually, (require 'gnus-load) is what should be put into .emacs if
>> using Emacs 20 or some versions of XEmacs.  Anyway, it is just an
>> auto-generated file of autoload variables and functions.
>
> Ok, thanks.  I'll try that and see how it goes.

Unfortunately it is not enough.  Let's see if I manage to solve this
riddle, hehe.  I agree with Simon that Gnus should just do the right
thing -- so what happens here is not a serious bug, it's just not what
I expected to be the right thing.

My .emacs now does this:

(when (not (featurep 'xemacs))
  (require 'gnus-load))

A quick test:

mail-user-agent's value is 
gnus-user-agent

When I start Emacs and hit C-x m I get a message-mode buffer called
*mail*.  It has the following header lines and no body:

 To: 
 Subject: 

My posting-styles defined in .gnus, however, demand something else:

(setq gnus-posting-styles
      '((".*"
	 ("Fcc" "~/SMAIL")
	 (signature "http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/\nCoffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love.\n\t-- Turkish proverb"))
...

When I restart Emacs and run M-x gnus-no-server and *then* hit C-x m,
I get the following mail headers and body:

 To: 
 Subject: 
 Fcc: ~/SMAIL
 --text follows this line--

 -- 
 http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/
 Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love.
         -- Turkish proverb


This is what I want.

What is the correct way to tell Gnus, then?  Should I define my
posting styles in .emacs instead of .gnus?  (I haven't tried.)

Alex.
-- 
http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/
Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love.
	-- Turkish proverb