From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1096 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Galen Boyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: rant OR what's missing from gnus Date: 9 Sep 2002 22:28:11 -0500 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=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138667921 9768 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:38:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:38:41 +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!newsfeed.news2me.com!novia!newscene!newscene!novia!novia!sequencer.newscene.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Sender: galen@GALEN Original-Sender: galenboyer@hotpop.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:1236 Original-Lines: 37 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 1236 Tue Jan 17 17:28:37 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:1096 Archived-At: On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, wobo@wolf-b.de wrote: > On Mon, 09 Sep 2002 um 15:07 GMT schrieb Adam Sjøgren: >> I haven't used mutt, maybe that's why I don't understand this: Why is >> it more trouble to go to a group, than it is to be asked questions >> about who you want to send as? >> > > I use Mutt and I've been using Gnus, now slrn for a while for testing. > The main difference as far as Adrian's complaint is concerned: > > 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. > > I think it's a matter of which style you are used to. 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. No biggy, but would make it that much more right next to me, whenever I need it, instead of "over there, in that *Group* buffer" -- Galen deForest Boyer Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.