pb sg .73 gnus-xmas-find-glyph-dir XEmacs

pb sg .73 gnus-xmas-find-glyph-dir XEmacs

[Nathanael Makarevitch]

I can not invoke sgnus .73 under XEmacs :

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Signalling: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  directory-file-name(nil)
  gnus-xmas-find-glyph-directory()
  gnus-xmas-setup-toolbar(([gnus-group-exit-icon gnus-group-exit t "Exit Gnus"] [gnus-group-kill-group-icon gnus-group-kill-group t "Kill group"] [gnus-group-get-new-news-icon gnus-group-get-new-news t "Get new news"] [gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group-icon gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group t "Get new news in this group"] [gnus-group-catchup-current-icon gnus-group-catchup-current t "Catchup group"] [gnus-group-describe-group-icon gnus-group-describe-group t "Describe group"]))
  gnus-xmas-setup-group-toolbar()
  run-hooks(gnus-group-mode-hook)
  gnus-group-mode()
  gnus-group-setup-buffer()
  gnus(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

the problems arises only if I let the ~/.emacs in place.

NNTP server is not specified

[Steven L Baur]

>>>>> "Nathanael" == Nathanael Makarevitch <Nathanael.MAKAREVITCH@ifp.fr> writes:

Nathanael> I can not invoke sgnus .73 under XEmacs :

Nathanael> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Nathanael> Signalling: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
Nathanael>   directory-file-name(nil)

That's farther than I get.  It stops at the point of opening the nntp
server and says ``NNTP server is not specified''.  The server is
specified because the setup works fine in v0.69 ...

Regards,
-- 
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Re: NNTP server is not specified

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> On 15 Apr 1996 10:01:00 -0700, Steven L Baur
>>>>> <steve@miranova.com> said:

>>>>> "Nathanael" == Nathanael Makarevitch
>>>>> <Nathanael.MAKAREVITCH@ifp.fr> writes:

  Nathanael> I can not invoke sgnus .73 under XEmacs :

  Nathanael> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Nathanael> Signalling: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  Nathanael> directory-file-name(nil)

  Steven> That's farther than I get.  It stops at the point of opening
  Steven> the nntp server and says ``NNTP server is not specified''.
  Steven> The server is specified because the setup works fine in
  Steven> v0.69 ...

I needed to do this to get it working on 19.30:

(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nntp "fbi-news" (nntp-address "fbi-news")))

Substitute your nntp server for fbi-news.  A friend didn't need to do
this.  Seems to depend on the color of the hair whether you need to do
this or not...

Btw, I'm in no way affiliated with the FBI, the three letters in
"fbi-news" stand for "FachBereich Informatik" (Department for Computer
Science).  Just in case you wondered...

kai
--
There ain't no cure for the summertime blues.

Re: NNTP server is not specified

[Justin Zaglio]

>>>>> "baur" == Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

>>>>> "Nathanael" == Nathanael Makarevitch
>>>>> <Nathanael.MAKAREVITCH@ifp.fr> writes:
    Nathanael> I can not invoke sgnus .73 under XEmacs :

    Nathanael> Signalling: (wrong-type-argument
    Nathanael> stringp nil) directory-file-name(nil)

    baur> That's farther than I get.  It stops at the point of opening
    baur> the nntp server and says ``NNTP server is not specified''.
    baur> The server is specified because the setup works fine in
    baur> v0.69 ...

I got this too under 19.30.  All I had to do was add nntp-address to
my huge setq command in .gnus
	(setq	nntp-address	"your.news.server")

YMMV, I guess, but this worked for me.

->justin 

Re: pb sg .73 gnus-xmas-find-glyph-dir XEmacs

[Nathanael Makarevitch]

>>>>> "NM" == Nathanael Makarevitch <Nathanael.MAKAREVITCH> writes:

 NM> I can not invoke sgnus .73 under XEmacs :

 NM> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Signalling: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
 NM> directory-file-name(nil) gnus-xmas-find-glyph-directory()

the problems arises only if I let the form:
 (setq load-path (cons nil load-path))
in the ~/.emacs.

it's probably a doubtful (buggy ?) form and I dunno why it was sitting
there !

this mailing-list does not send mails with a Reply-To" pointing to
itself. is it deliberate, in order to keep the amount of traffic low by
inviting participants to use private email ?

Re: pb sg .73 gnus-xmas-find-glyph-dir XEmacs

[Colin Rafferty]

Nathanael Makarevitch writes:

> this mailing-list does not send mails with a Reply-To" pointing to
> itself. is it deliberate, in order to keep the amount of traffic low by
> inviting participants to use private email ?

Certainly not.  I assume that most readers are like me and have a
separate newgroup for ding@ifi, and have the following property on the
list:

    (to-address . "(ding) GNUS Mailing List <ding@ifi.uio.no>")

Then, why following-up `F' or `f', you automatically get the mailing
list.

(ding) rules.

-- 
Colin Rafferty
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  "Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her."
  (Punishment for anyone who violates the commandments, Deuteronomy 28:30)

Re: pb sg .73 gnus-xmas-find-glyph-dir XEmacs

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Nathanael.MAKAREVITCH@ifp.fr (Nathanael Makarevitch) writes:

> this mailing-list does not send mails with a Reply-To" pointing to
> itself. is it deliberate, in order to keep the amount of traffic low by
> inviting participants to use private email ?

Only broken mailing lists (IMHO) insert a Reply-To that points to the
list itself.  When one "replies", the response should go to the person
who wrote the article;  when one "follows up", the response should go
to a wider range of people.

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     would have to wait until some other time."