From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/35502 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Colin Marquardt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Oort Version Date: 27 Mar 2001 16:38:01 -0800 Message-ID: References: <763dc0s6d0.fsf@newjersey.ppllc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035171234 3412 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:33:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:33:54 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: gnus Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 6787 invoked by alias); 28 Mar 2001 00:38:20 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 6782 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2001 00:38:19 -0000 Original-Received: from netmail.alcatel.com (128.251.168.50) by gnus.org with SMTP; 28 Mar 2001 00:38:19 -0000 Original-Received: from auds952.usa.alcatel.com (auds952.usa.alcatel.com [143.209.238.7]) by netmail.alcatel.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA16486 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:38:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from lwmail01.pet.usa.alcatel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by auds952.usa.alcatel.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f2S0c7220852 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 18:38:07 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from optilink.pet.usa.alcatel.com ([10.11.2.49]) by lwmail01.pet.usa.alcatel.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 lwmail01 Aug 8 2000 13:22:32) with ESMTP id GAVTT500.32E for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:39:05 -0800 Original-Received: from sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com (sol-cmarquar [143.209.122.168]) by optilink.pet.usa.alcatel.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA05890 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:38:01 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: (from cmarquar@localhost) by sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) id QAA00798; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:38:01 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: sol-cmarquar.pet.usa.alcatel.com: cmarquar set sender to colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Karl Kleinpaste's message of "27 Mar 2001 19:13:27 -0500") X-Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are not those of Alcatel USA. User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) XEmacs/21.1 (Canyonlands) Original-Lines: 16 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:35502 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:35502 Karl Kleinpaste 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