From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/11743 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric_Perrin?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gnus and pine Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:24:46 +0100 Organization: =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9seau?= des =?utf-8?B?w4lsw6h2ZXM=?= Message-ID: <86abasea35.fsf@chameau.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229682425 9910 80.91.229.12 (19 Dec 2008 10:27:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:27:05 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 19 11:28:11 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LDcaT-00062j-Af for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:28:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51503 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDcZG-0002dL-Rs for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:26:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LDcXZ-0002Hb-V9 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:25:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LDcXY-0002H3-HV for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:25:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43114 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDcXY-0002Gy-4D for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:25:04 -0500 Original-Received: from maisel-gw.enst-bretagne.fr ([192.44.76.8]:50553) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LDcXX-0000af-Ik for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:25:03 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maisel-gw.enst-bretagne.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A917619DBE for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:24:54 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at resel.fr Original-Received: from maisel-gw.enst-bretagne.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mercure.adm.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id CVKdUgiZfpkl for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:24:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from chameau.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr (chameau.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr [172.22.209.241]) (Authenticated sender: fperrin) by maisel-gw.enst-bretagne.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B26A19DC0 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:24:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by chameau.maisel.enst-bretagne.fr (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 37BB6B83A; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:24:47 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (harven@free.fr's message of "Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:55:00 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:11743 Archived-At: Le Jeudi 18 =C3=A0 22:55, harven a =C3=A9crit : > Xavier Maillard writes: >> harven writes: >>> I recently switched from Pine to Gnus as a mail reader. >>> I wrote a quick tutorial on the emacs wiki to make Gnus behave a >>> little more like Pine : >>> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/GnusAndPine >> >> I am wondering why you made the switch.=20 > > I have used Pine for some years now, and it was nice, albeit for the > fact that Pine has a built-in editor which is pretty limited when it > comes to localisation, formatting, completion and else. So I began to > use emacs as an external editor. After a while, it felt a bit strange > to spawn big emacs from little pine, when often there was already some > emacs instance hanging around. So I started looking for another way to > check my mail. Gnus is pine-compatible, that is, it can read and write > in the pine mailbox, and it is provided with emacs, so I gave it a > try. I guess the question was =C2=AB=C2=A0why do you use $foo when you want $bar= 's behaviour=C2=A0?=C2=A0=C2=BB. Also, have you looked at emacsclient ? It ena= bles you to reuse a existing emacs, spawning it in a new buffer. --=20 Fred