From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/16957 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How to use Gnus to read newsgroup like gnu.emacs.gnus? Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:31:49 +0100 Message-ID: <87a98atqwa.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: <4e936b93-31fe-45f0-82c9-fa1cdcf1344d@googlegroups.com> <86vbqzm303.fsf@example.com> <7z1ttn0znd.fsf@example.com> <87sim2a9hf.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4045223883622667494==" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405449139 15877 80.91.229.3 (15 Jul 2014 18:32:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:32:19 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 15 20:32:14 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X77WO-0005M6-74 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 20:32:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36163 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X77WN-0000KL-Pv for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:32:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44521) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X77WG-00008c-Te for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X77WB-0003la-I2 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from avasout01.plus.net ([84.93.230.227]:43506) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X77WB-0003jk-Bm for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:31:59 -0400 Original-Received: from london ([80.189.175.70]) by avasout01 with smtp id SiXu1o0031XWNt401iXvsT; Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:31:55 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=E5NDpMtl c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=s4MjHR/j1m/HMLukOKhIJQ==:117 a=s4MjHR/j1m/HMLukOKhIJQ==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=EGPZCNv1iLEA:10 a=Jivu8tLF5DwA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=A1X0JdhQAAAA:8 a=OocQHUDgAAAA:8 a=TSbVqHtbAAAA:8 a=SP4CQPdRAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=xtERp6CFAAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=UWYNLaUOSfI3SmZt3fsA:9 a=Hy1RTsC5RMGL-LC3:21 a=SJz2WlaVqCqlCJv_:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=Y6qChIQXU1wA:10 a=TS2LvgYdNTkA:10 a=7frnbCNWaG0A:10 a=K2VTULASHQChPB6_5UwA:9 X-AUTH: skimble:2500 In-Reply-To: <87sim2a9hf.fsf@debian.uxu> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:10:36 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 84.93.230.227 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:16957 Archived-At: --===============4045223883622667494== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Emanuel Berg writes: > David Hume writes: > >>> This should be the name of the server, not the name >>> of the news group. (I can't remember the name of the >>> free server, but it probably begins with 'news'). >> >> Try news.gnus.org. I've tried - =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org") '(nntp "nntp.aioe.org") '(nntp "news.gnus.org")) =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- but its failing saying - =E2=95=AD=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 =E2=94=82Wrote /home/boudiccas/.gnus.el =E2=94=82add-to-list: Invalid function: (nntp "news.gnus.org") =E2=95=B0=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80=E2=94=80 So how can I add it then please? The other two links work, so why doesn'tthe last one? If I use "news.gnus.org" as the url it takes me to a index page with a graphic on it of various sites in a rather spiffing looking graphic! So I'm puzzled. My idea was that I would be able to get advance information when a new gnus and emacs are released, but maybe I could get that information elsewhere? Sharon. > > Or: > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "Aioe.org")) > > To add a group, I use this: > > (defun gnus-add-nntp-group (group) > (interactive "s Newsgroup: ") > (gnus-group-make-group group > (symbol-to-string (car gnus-select-method)) > (cadr gnus-select-method) ) > (gnus-save-newsrc-file) ) > > which I have bound to "a" (for "add"). > > Otherwise you can just use `M-x gnus-group-make-group' > if you don't mind repeating yourself a few times. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =3D https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.92.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTxXOVAAoJEDaBgBkK+INbPa4P/1IJugZlWdP6ue2wYYkt6NVd fbWg9SXNnbab0C/5o/n8v+mtlpmv/mQUAVR5HqEhlEW0Gyii0YIwzwz0Ym3qlrRX 0Dqcak42wJQHSV/0hQ9L8ulQFbq4T4hnZkCMW2rPoVOv1JswEHQ5S97pyc+XDTwR bapjytUwxouiwSlJ/7htF27Ffg04LrkhITSPFHApm+ElOBAWad5EWwSJnVr3qbNs gUWH0gEsPs58Mm5ujvdVvaAU2NUtquOyEgtLgoo5UxPleIJ+5C2EWQzIf0Q3dHUQ j4Rqo+kONVrn6E3e4+hgjmNJtZIwCEKQNrip1Fjau3MS9GriAb1KT4FvWDD6JI9u 67wbGJJjnzIv5nJJ+gicVTV+uPbBJyUO6kMExbaR8dZA1rUeDmI+K/iXZvjhyg7X I1PuD41bYVBVWA1jRgaVAIzmrL3hCd6/xe/BJi5CEQs7X1Ixd3vNE7QZxnDUq0j7 I6IVuvLK+13Eyco0z//z7j877vrl5/0zAOX0PeSWpTUcU/YfwKfPzi8Uae9Ujgup Xs7cUsoW7wZy/t2VV93N0K5SEOT+YzlR/sRd/17iWR2nixoBOBQqN/ADosMdtdwZ 6Qy+yR28OvV43fxuZ1DZzDqrS6QLwIgdcJWOHaifqc1D3938hTX3QRs7ITg5QnJQ NOPvn2u/h9eZSjPfoPck =4EYD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- --===============4045223883622667494== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline