From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1097 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: rant OR what's missing from gnus Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:12:47 -0700 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: References: <878z2buyjb.fsf@sixfingeredman.net> <877khv9p6y.fsf@virgil.koldfront.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667922 9773 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:38:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:28:37 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!lackawana.kippona.com!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews1 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p-557.newsdawg.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QT75WWr+PFEnpBrnGaqzdvJdraA= Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1237 Original-Lines: 44 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1237 Tue Jan 17 17:28:37 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:1097 Archived-At: Galen Boyer writes: [...] Adrian Kubala writes: >> In Mutt & slrn you hit a key and you are asked some questions in the >> status buffer (To, Subject in Mutt; Group, Subject in slrn). If you >> are in the group buffer in slrn the group is put in as default. >> >> Now in Gnus you have to move inside a group to post there. That is a >> bit inconvenient if you want to post into a group which is not listed >> because there aren't any unread postings at the moment. You have to >> switch group listing mode to "All subscribed Groups" then you go to >> the group in question and then you can post. You don't have to open >> the group, though. Not sure I follow how mutts technique is different than what is available in gnus. One can press `m' in most non-composition type buffers to start a message. Once there many keycombos are available for entering mail headers or news headers. All you really need to know is the newsgroup or mail list name. It isn't necessary to actually enter a group. Press `m' to get a message buffer, then press C-h m to see the many possible commands. One is to enter a newsgroup header. [...] Galen writes: > I can see this point. There are sometimes when I have a thought and I > know exactly where I'd like to post to. It would be nice to just ask > for a posting buffer and be prompted for the group I want. > > This would be really nice when I'm in a SQL or java buffer and know I > need to ask a particular question to a certain group. Right now, I have > to jump to the *Group* buffer, find the group and then hit C-u a. Now this is a little different since the buffer is not a gnus buffer. but I'm pretty sure I remember discussion where it was now possible to invoke gnus with the RMAIL command C-x m. If so, then the above comments about the resulting message buffer would allow all the same things here. Sorry Galen, I don't remember how its done to turn the C-x m rmail command into a message buffer command, but pretty sure it is possible.