From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4147 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Don Saklad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery. Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:35:34 GMT Message-ID: <5iacv6x2cq.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <4nmzz99f3i.fsf@lifelogs.com> <4nwtybpyxe.fsf@lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670126 22037 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:15:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:33:18 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed.gazeta.pl!newsfeed.pionier.net.pl!news.moat.net!feedme.ziplink.net!petpeeve.ziplink.net!not-for-mail Original-Sender: dsaklad@fencepost.gnu.org Original-Sender: dsaklad@gnu.org Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.232.76.164 Original-X-Trace: petpeeve.ziplink.net 1096619734 199.232.76.164 (Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:35:34 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:35:34 EDT Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4288 Original-Lines: 9 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4288 Tue Jan 17 17:33:18 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4147 Archived-At: The difficulty with dotfiles is presuming that novice users with no mastery can set up the code in the dotfile easily. For those with mastery what is really needed is an automatic set up type of thing requiring no previous experience. The limits of knowledge for those with mastery extends to not being able to make it ever easier and straight forward.