How to redefine keys?

How to redefine keys?

[Colin Paul Adams]

Although I have been using gnus for many years, I have not been able
to rid myself of the habit of always using the r or R keys, even
though I often should be using the f or F keys.

Taking a hint from the FAQ, I tried adding the following to my .gnus
file:

(define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "r" gnus-summary-followup)
(define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "R" gnus-summary-followup-with-original)

but I get any error about the symbol gnus-summary-followup not being
defined.

What's the best way to go about doing this?
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire

Re: How to redefine keys?

[Jesper Harder]

Colin Paul Adams <colin@colina.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Although I have been using gnus for many years, I have not been able
> to rid myself of the habit of always using the r or R keys, even
> though I often should be using the f or F keys.

You culd set `gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' to t. (I don't recall
if this option is present in Gnus 5.9, though)

> (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "r" gnus-summary-followup)
> (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "R" gnus-summary-followup-with-original)

This should be:

 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "r" 'gnus-summary-followup)
 (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "R" 'gnus-summary-followup-with-original)

Re: How to redefine keys?

[Glyn Millington]

Colin Paul Adams <colin@colina.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Although I have been using gnus for many years, I have not been able
> to rid myself of the habit of always using the r or R keys, even
> though I often should be using the f or F keys.
>
> Taking a hint from the FAQ, I tried adding the following to my .gnus
> file:
>
> (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "r" gnus-summary-followup)
> (define-key gnus-summary-mode-map "R" gnus-summary-followup-with-original)
>
> but I get any error about the symbol gnus-summary-followup not being
> defined.
>
> What's the best way to go about doing this?


An alternative approach - putting this in your .gnus will make Gnus
check whether you _really_ want to send an e-mail in reply instead of
following up



;; prompt for mail replies to newsgroups!!!!!
(defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
   (interactive)
   (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
             (y-or-n-p "REALLY reply with a personal mail? "))
     ad-do-it))



hth

Glyn

Re: How to redefine keys?

[Matt N. Jones]

Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> writes:

> An alternative approach - putting this in your .gnus will make Gnus
> check whether you _really_ want to send an e-mail in reply instead of
> following up
>
> ;; prompt for mail replies to newsgroups!!!!!
> (defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
>    (interactive)
>    (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
>              (y-or-n-p "REALLY reply with a personal mail? "))
>      ad-do-it))

That's fantastic. I've been having exactly the same problem. I've lost
count of the number of times I've accidentally replied with a personal email
when I should have followed up to a newsgroup. 

Thanks very much.

Matt

Re: How to redefine keys?

[Glyn Millington]

Klaus Straubinger <KSNetz@UseNet.ArcorNews.DE> writes:

> Glyn Millington <wistanswick@linuxmail.org> wrote:
>
>> ;; prompt for mail replies to newsgroups!!!!!
>> (defadvice gnus-summary-reply (around reply-in-news activate)
>>    (interactive)
>>    (when (or (not (gnus-news-group-p gnus-newsgroup-name))
>>              (y-or-n-p "REALLY reply with a personal mail? "))
>>      ad-do-it))
>
> It would be much easier to set the variable
> gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news.

How right you are!!   


Glyn