Re: Your way to quickstart Gnus?

[XeCycle <xecycle@gmail.com>]

Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:

> XeCycle <xecycle@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello, I want to know if you have a way to start Gnus quickly when using
>> emacsclient.
>>
>> I bind a key (in my WM) to execute `emacsclient -c -e '(gnus)'`, however
>> the *Group* buffer appeared read-only before I press a key --- for
>> example when I started it and press "Enter", Emacs will beep,
>> complaining this buffer read-only, then everything is fine.  Another
>> problem is that the splash image won't be shown.
>>
>> Well, these are all minor problems, but I'll be glad if I can solve it.
>> What's your way?
>
> not tested, but I use to use this:
>
> ,----
> | (defun rgr/mailto (to)
> |   "Send an email to 'to' but prompting for a posting style if not configured. Starts Gnus if not already running."
> |   (unless gnus-active-hashtb (gnus)) ;; Better way??
> |   (let ((gnus-newsgroup-name
> | 	 (if gnus-default-mailto-group gnus-default-mailto-group (completing-read "Use posting style of group: "
> | 										  gnus-active-hashtb nil
> | 										  (gnus-read-active-file-p)))))
> |     (compose-mail to)))
> `----
>
>
> and a shell script
>
> ,----
> | mailto=$(printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed -e 's/[\"]/\\&/g')
> | elisp_expr=$(printf '(rgr/mailto "%s")' "$mailto")
> | 
> | emacsclient --alternate-editor="" -c -n \
> |         --eval "$elisp_expr" \
> |         --eval '(set-window-dedicated-p (selected-window) t)'
> `----
>
> maybe it will help you get started if it doesnt work.

Thank you, but this is not exactly what I want --- I only need to start
Gnus up, looking at the *Group* buffer.

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