* [gnus.commits] Changes committed gnus/texi (ChangeLog gnus.texi)
@ 2007-05-07 13:20 Didier Verna
2007-05-07 18:02 ` Gnus initialization file in the manual (was: [gnus.commits] Changes committed gnus/texi (ChangeLog gnus.texi)) Reiner Steib
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From: Didier Verna @ 2007-05-07 13:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: reiner.steib; +Cc: ding
> +2007-05-03 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
> +
> + * gnus.texi (Running NNDiary): Use ~/.gnus.el instead of gnusrc.
> +
> -line in your @file{gnusrc} file:
> +line in your @file{~/.gnus.el} file:
> - In order to use it, add the following line to your @file{gnusrc} file:
> + In order to use it, add the following line to your @file{~/.gnus.el} file:
Actually, I had used intentionally "gnusrc" as a generic term for the
Gnus initialization file, because this file is customizable, so
~/gnus.el is not very accurate[1]. If you don't like "gnusrc", maybe we
could use something like "gnus init file" throughout the manual,
possibly with an xref to the "Gnus Startup Files" section of the manual ?
Footnotes:
[1] For instance, mine is ~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/rc/gnusrc.el.
By default, it can also be just ".gnus".
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* Gnus initialization file in the manual (was: [gnus.commits] Changes committed gnus/texi (ChangeLog gnus.texi))
2007-05-07 13:20 [gnus.commits] Changes committed gnus/texi (ChangeLog gnus.texi) Didier Verna
@ 2007-05-07 18:02 ` Reiner Steib
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From: Reiner Steib @ 2007-05-07 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ding
On Mon, May 07 2007, Didier Verna wrote:
>> +2007-05-03 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
>> +
>> + * gnus.texi (Running NNDiary): Use ~/.gnus.el instead of gnusrc.
>> +
[...]
> Actually, I had used intentionally "gnusrc" as a generic term for the
> Gnus initialization file,
I think it's confusing to use "gnusrc". The term "gnusrc" is not
common—at least I have never seen it before.
> because this file is customizable, so ~/gnus.el is not very
> accurate[1].
[ You meant ~/.gnus.el, I suppose. ] If the user know how to change
`gnus-init-file', (s)he should be aware that the manual describes the
default name. The same holds for `.newsrc', ~/News/, ~/Mail/,
~/.authinfo, key bindings etc.
> If you don't like "gnusrc", maybe we could use something like "gnus
> init file" throughout the manual, possibly with an xref to the "Gnus
> Startup Files" section of the manual ?
It will clutter the manual and I don't think this will help the user.
> By default, it can also be just ".gnus".
I'd recommend ".el" because (X)Emacs will automatically open it in
Lisp mode. "~/" makes it more clear that it in HOME. The dot is easy
to miss (at least for Unix-Newbies): There was actually a user who
edited lisp/gnus.el!
In 2003, I've changed the manual to use ~/.gnus.el throughout (and
fixed the markup) to avoid confusion.
Bye, Reiner.
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