From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/4559 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jesse Alama Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: nnrss doesn't work at all for me. Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:51:04 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138670445 23783 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 01:20:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:33:57 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.stanford.edu!shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dn800c9108.stanford.edu Original-X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1108968670 2362 128.12.145.8 (21 Feb 2005 06:51:10 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:OMdE83w3Fz4l9QHBwRtZUKZOJec= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:4700 Original-Lines: 50 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 4700 Tue Jan 17 17:33:57 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:4559 Archived-At: Hi David, I had the same trouble (with Gnus, with documentation) when I wanted to subscribe to some RSS groups. My solution: in the *Group* buffer, type `G R', then enter the URL. Warm regards, Jesse PS I found this solution by talking to the friendly folks on #gnus on irc://irc.freenode.net David Carlton writes: > I'm using Gnus 5.10.6 (as distributed with XEmacs, where I'm using the > Fedora Core 2 RPMs for the latter). The manual distributed with > XEmacs doesn't mention rss, but googling for 'gnus rss' turns up > . The manual on that web > page claims to be for Gnus 5.10.2; frankly, I'm dubious about that. > So: > > * Should I expect to be able to use nnrss with 5.10.6? (And what Gnus > version is the online manual for?) > > Anyways, optimistically following the instructions listed on that web > page, I type 'B', then nnrss, then enter > http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rss. It asks me if I want to download > extra categories. If I answer 'n', I get an empty buffer. If I > answer 'y', I get a buffer looking like this: > > K 0: Business: general.CRM news > K 0: Business: general.Entrepreneur news > K 0: Business: general.Human resources news > K 0: Business: general.IP and patents news > K 0: Business: general.Job markets news > K 0: Business: general.Law news > ... > > Which isn't very useful. > > Am I doing something wrong, does nnrss just not work with the version > of Gnus I'm using, or what? -- Jesse Alama | alama@stanford.edu | http://www.stanford.edu/~alama