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From: Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com>
Subject: Re: Oort Version
Date: 27 Mar 2001 16:38:01 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ysd61yrihgnq.fsf@sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vxkvgoueons.fsf@cinnamon.vanillaknot.com> (Karl Kleinpaste's message of "27 Mar 2001 19:13:27 -0500")

Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com> writes:

> Customize is good, but I would really like to see...
> 
> - A set of functions named things like gnus-init-very-first-time,
>   gnus-init-mail, gnus-init-topics.  And then have Gnus use these
>   functions based on obvious criteria.  For example, the lack of any
>   .gnus would be a firm indicator of a need for gnus-init-first-time,
>   where the user would be queried for the name of his NNTP server, set
>   up authinfo if needed, and perhaps be asked if there are any groups
>   he'd like to see immediately subscribed.  Maybe bring up an explanatory

emacro.el has some stuff like this, though not specifically targeted
to Gnus. And I really like the whole idea.

Colin


  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-28  0:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-26 19:00 Jake Colman
2001-03-26 20:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-03-26 20:29   ` Karl Kleinpaste
2001-03-27 21:02     ` Simon Josefsson
2001-03-27 21:33       ` Steven E. Harris
2001-03-27 22:29         ` Robin S. Socha
2001-03-28  0:13           ` Karl Kleinpaste
2001-03-28  0:38             ` Colin Marquardt [this message]
2001-03-28 18:06               ` Josh Huber
2001-03-28  3:40             ` Simon Josefsson
2001-03-28 18:51               ` Samuel Padgett
2001-03-28  7:13             ` Christoph Conrad
2001-03-28  7:13             ` Christoph Conrad
2001-03-28  7:15             ` Christoph Conrad
2001-03-28  7:21             ` Christoph Conrad
2001-03-28  8:43               ` Christoph Conrad
2001-03-28 13:59             ` Wizards (was: Re: Oort Version) Per Abrahamsen
2001-03-28 14:47               ` Karl Kleinpaste
2001-03-28 15:58                 ` Per Abrahamsen
2001-03-28 16:34                 ` Paul Jarc
2001-03-28 22:38                 ` Alex Schroeder
2001-03-28 19:03               ` Samuel Padgett

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