From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/10467 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris McMahan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: gnus on XP Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:01:46 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <9GZwj.21058$mY3.8366@fe099.usenetserver.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204060301 18125 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2008 21:11:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:11:41 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 26 22:12:04 2008 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 1JU75j-0005sy-GT for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:11:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU75D-0000yb-IB for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:11:27 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 79 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1204056102 27438 166.84.1.5 (26 Feb 2008 20:01:42 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:01:42 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NQcyRGyJDQKHGNElRuO0fMnVaDI= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:80680 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:10:37 -0500 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:10467 Archived-At: Sorry, I must apologize. I quickly cut and pasted my custom lisp configuration code. I set up all of the servers and such in my .emacs, and then reference the values throughout my configuration. This way, I only have to change the settings in one file. Thanks for the note! You are right, it's the gnus-select-method that's used. - Chris notbob writes: > On 2008-02-26, Chris McMahan wrote: >> What's preventing you from setting the server yourself, without >> relying on the prompt? > > > > >> (setq my_news_server "nntp.server.net") >> (setq gnus-init-file (concat EMACS_PKGS "/.emacs-gnus")) > > I've not run across those particular lisp cmds. I've used: > > (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.somewhere.edu")) > > ...as indicated in sect 1.1 of the gnus manual and other sources. I'll > definitely give it a try. > >> If you're wondering about the .emacs file, the locations are dependent >> on your HOME environment variable. Open the control Panel -> System -> >> Advanced (tab) -> Environment Variables >> >> Add a HOME variable to your user settings with the appropriate value. > > I've been using C:\ as my home and it's been finding it, no problem. I have > other lisp settings like screen colors and highlighting there and they work > just fine. But, thank you for the Environment Variables tip. I may try > creating a NNTP=my.news.server variable and see how that works. > >> Launch emacs, and it will look there for your config files. > >> Better yet, try looking up some of the documentation that involves >> emacs on windows. A lot has been written on getting emacs running >> successfully on all flavors of windows, and I've been happily using it >> on everything from NT3.5 to XP for 10 years now, with gnus! > > I'm very happy for you. I've read all I can find including the GNU Emacs > FAQ for Windows, the utah.edu install, NYU, the gnus.org manuals, > etc. No help. > >> - http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CategoryWThirtyTwo >> - http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html > > Been there, read those. I'm not ready to start using emacs variants, yet. > Other than the gnus issue, emacs seems to be a pretty good option for me on > XP. > >> Also, on a personal note, it doesn't help your cause much when you >> refer to your "suck XP box". Your issue here doesn't seem to be XP >> related at all. > > There can be no doubt it's just my subjective opinion that XP sucks, but I > stand by it. As an M$ user since DOS, I've more than earned the right to > dislike Windows as a product and everything M$ stands for. And yes, this > problem seems to be XP related entirely. I have no problem with emacs/gnus > on any *nix platforms. They all work perfectly out of the box, unlike emacs > for Windows. But, I'll take the rap and keep trying because that's the way > I am, stubborn. I appreciate your response and I'll give your suggestion a > try. Thank you. > > nb -- (. .) =ooO=(_)=Ooo===================================== Chris McMahan | first_initiallastname@one.dot.net =================================================