Re: What's a killed article ?

[Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>]

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:00:52 +0100, harven <harven@free.fr> wrote:
> From the top of my head, some terms, either ambiguous or defined too
> late in the manual
>
> - MAIL BACK END (info "(gnus)Comparing mail back ends")
> - IDLE (info "(gnus)Daemons")
> - GNUS-SECONDARY-SELECT-METHODS

Thank you.  This is a good list of Gnus terms that may sound confusing
for new Gnus users.

> There are a number of step-by-step introductory guides around and all
> of them feel necessary to give a few definitions, which are not so
> well explained in the Gnus manual. So, it should not be difficult to
> expand the list. BTW I think it would be better to improve the
> GnusTutorial on emacswiki instead of modifying the Gnus manual.

This is a good idea too.  I will look at the tutorial on the wiki and
see how it builds a basic body of Gnus knowledge.

My gut feeling is that the Gnus manual has *everything* but it is
written more like a reference and not really as a tutorial.  Maybe it
would be worth writing an accompanying manual, i.e. something called
`gnus-tutorial.info', that we can point new users to :-)