* Re: Did you try Gnus and didn't like it?
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@ 2004-09-09 11:23 ` pkd
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From: pkd @ 2004-09-09 11:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
On 07 Sep 2004, Richard E. Maine wrote:
> But since you ask, the single thing I dislike the most is the
> single-threaded nature of (x)emacs, combined with Gnus. If my nntp
> connection is being slow for any reason, then I can't do anything else
> in (x)emacs while I'm waiting for it. Since xemacs is what I use as
> my preferred editor, this tends to hit an awful lot of things that I
> might do while waiting. Starting up a separate copy of xemacs can
> sometimes work, but invites lots of "issues".
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define-key gnus-group-mode-map "h" 'rem-gnus-sync)
(defun rem-gnus-sync ()
(interactive)
(shell-command ("xemacs -batch -l ~/.xemacs/init.el -l ~/.gnus.el -f gnus-agent-batch &"))
(delete-other-windows))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
then you add your lagging server to gnus' agent.
> I switched to non-emacs-based email readers a year or so ago, which at
> least helps with that a little.
you can do email without having news interfering by playing with g/levels.
Crosspost & Followup-To: gnu.emacs.gnus
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