From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/10101 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Rod Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: learning gnus Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:34:55 +0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199050834 5837 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2007 21:40:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:40:34 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 22:40:48 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J95tg-0007k6-Mj for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:40:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J95tL-0004Gc-5k for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:40:19 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!uio.no!quimby.gnus.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 79-65-202-203.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 1199050497 11701 79.65.202.203 (30 Dec 2007 21:34:57 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:34:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YCdFfUxd8g9MK2dHSQ5ilNtXa2o= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:80314 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:10101 Archived-At: I believe that there used to be a tutorial about gnus at some website, but this is no longer on the web. There appears to be a huge gap in the book market for gnus because there are not any books about gnus ever written. Such a book would assume that another book about an introduction to emacs had already been read. I know vaguely that setq will change a variable but I really want a cookbook because if I start messing around with things I will break things without any knowledge about what I am breaking. Reading the info manual is a 2 week task! Thanks for advice. Will try (blindly). David Roderick --