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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/gnus.texi
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Miles Bader |
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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/man/gnus.texi |
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:52:20 -0500 |
Index: emacs/man/gnus.texi
diff -c emacs/man/gnus.texi:1.43 emacs/man/gnus.texi:1.44
*** emacs/man/gnus.texi:1.43 Thu Dec 9 17:06:58 2004
--- emacs/man/gnus.texi Fri Jan 28 23:52:17 2005
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*** 391,415 ****
@end iftex
@menu
! * Starting Up:: Finding news can be a pain.
! * Group Buffer:: Selecting, subscribing and killing groups.
! * Summary Buffer:: Reading, saving and posting articles.
! * Article Buffer:: Displaying and handling articles.
! * Composing Messages:: Information on sending mail and news.
! * Select Methods:: Gnus reads all messages from various select
methods.
! * Scoring:: Assigning values to articles.
! * Various:: General purpose settings.
! * The End:: Farewell and goodbye.
! * Appendices:: Terminology, Emacs intro, @acronym{FAQ},
History, Internals.
! * Index:: Variable, function and concept index.
! * Key Index:: Key Index.
Other related manuals
! * Message:(message). Composing messages.
! * Emacs-MIME:(emacs-mime). Composing messages; @acronym{MIME}-specific
parts.
! * Sieve:(sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
! * PGG:(pgg). @acronym{PGP/MIME} with Gnus.
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
--- 391,415 ----
@end iftex
@menu
! * Starting Up:: Finding news can be a pain.
! * Group Buffer:: Selecting, subscribing and killing groups.
! * Summary Buffer:: Reading, saving and posting articles.
! * Article Buffer:: Displaying and handling articles.
! * Composing Messages:: Information on sending mail and news.
! * Select Methods:: Gnus reads all messages from various select
methods.
! * Scoring:: Assigning values to articles.
! * Various:: General purpose settings.
! * The End:: Farewell and goodbye.
! * Appendices:: Terminology, Emacs intro, @acronym{FAQ},
History, Internals.
! * Index:: Variable, function and concept index.
! * Key Index:: Key Index.
Other related manuals
! * Message:(message). Composing messages.
! * Emacs-MIME:(emacs-mime). Composing messages; @acronym{MIME}-specific
parts.
! * Sieve:(sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
! * PGG:(pgg). @acronym{PGP/MIME} with Gnus.
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
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terminology section (@pxref{Terminology}).
@menu
! * Finding the News:: Choosing a method for getting news.
! * The First Time:: What does Gnus do the first time you start it?
! * The Server is Down:: How can I read my mail then?
! * Slave Gnusae:: You can have more than one Gnus active at a
time.
! * Fetching a Group:: Starting Gnus just to read a group.
! * New Groups:: What is Gnus supposed to do with new groups?
! * Changing Servers:: You may want to move from one server to
another.
! * Startup Files:: Those pesky startup address@hidden
! * Auto Save:: Recovering from a crash.
! * The Active File:: Reading the active file over a slow line
Takes Time.
! * Startup Variables:: Other variables you might change.
@end menu
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terminology section (@pxref{Terminology}).
@menu
! * Finding the News:: Choosing a method for getting news.
! * The First Time:: What does Gnus do the first time you start it?
! * The Server is Down:: How can I read my mail then?
! * Slave Gnusae:: You can have more than one Gnus active at a time.
! * New Groups:: What is Gnus supposed to do with new groups?
! * Changing Servers:: You may want to move from one server to another.
! * Startup Files:: Those pesky startup address@hidden
! * Auto Save:: Recovering from a crash.
! * The Active File:: Reading the active file over a slow line Takes Time.
! * Startup Variables:: Other variables you might change.
@end menu
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If you can use a local spool, you probably should, as it will almost
certainly be much faster. But do not use the local spool if your
! server is running Leafnode; in this case, use @code{(nntp "localhost")}.
@vindex gnus-nntpserver-file
@cindex NNTPSERVER
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If you can use a local spool, you probably should, as it will almost
certainly be much faster. But do not use the local spool if your
! server is running Leafnode (which is a simple, standalone private news
! server); in this case, use @code{(nntp "localhost")}.
@vindex gnus-nntpserver-file
@cindex NNTPSERVER
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@section The First Time
@cindex first time usage
! If no startup files exist, Gnus will try to determine what groups should
! be subscribed by default.
@vindex gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups
If the variable @code{gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups} is set, Gnus
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@section The First Time
@cindex first time usage
! If no startup files exist (@pxref{Startup Files}), Gnus will try to
! determine what groups should be subscribed by default.
@vindex gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups
If the variable @code{gnus-default-subscribed-newsgroups} is set, Gnus
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*** 1139,1154 ****
incorporated into the slave. If you answer ``no'', the slave may see some
messages as unread that have been read in the master.
- @node Fetching a Group
- @section Fetching a Group
- @cindex fetching a group
-
- @findex gnus-fetch-group
- It is sometimes convenient to be able to just say ``I want to read this
- group and I don't care whether Gnus has been started or not''. This is
- perhaps more useful for people who write code than for users, but the
- command @code{gnus-fetch-group} provides this functionality in any case.
- It takes the group name as a parameter.
@node New Groups
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*** 1400,1407 ****
@cindex .newsrc.el
@cindex .newsrc.eld
! Now, you all know about the @file{.newsrc} file. All subscription
! information is traditionally stored in this file.
Things got a bit more complicated with @sc{gnus}. In addition to
keeping the @file{.newsrc} file updated, it also used a file called
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@cindex .newsrc.el
@cindex .newsrc.eld
! Most common Unix news readers use a shared startup file called
! @file{.newsrc}. This file contains all the information about what
! groups are subscribed, and which articles in these groups have been
! read.
Things got a bit more complicated with @sc{gnus}. In addition to
keeping the @file{.newsrc} file updated, it also used a file called
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*** 1426,1433 ****
However, this will make it impossible to use other newsreaders than
Gnus. But hey, who would want to, right? Similarly, setting
@code{gnus-read-newsrc-file} to @code{nil} makes Gnus ignore the
! @file{.newsrc} file and any @file{.newsrc-SERVER} files, which is
! convenient if you have a tendency to use Netscape once in a while.
@vindex gnus-save-killed-list
If @code{gnus-save-killed-list} (default @code{t}) is @code{nil}, Gnus
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However, this will make it impossible to use other newsreaders than
Gnus. But hey, who would want to, right? Similarly, setting
@code{gnus-read-newsrc-file} to @code{nil} makes Gnus ignore the
! @file{.newsrc} file and any @file{.newsrc-SERVER} files, which can be
! convenient if you use a different news reader occasionally, and you
! want to read a different subset of the available groups with that
! news reader.
@vindex gnus-save-killed-list
If @code{gnus-save-killed-list} (default @code{t}) is @code{nil}, Gnus
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will be prompted for the location of the feed.
An easy way to get started with @code{nnrss} is to say something like
! the following in the group buffer: @kbd{B nnrss RET y}, then
subscribe to groups.
The following @code{nnrss} variables can be altered:
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will be prompted for the location of the feed.
An easy way to get started with @code{nnrss} is to say something like
! the following in the group buffer: @kbd{B nnrss RET RET y}, then
subscribe to groups.
The following @code{nnrss} variables can be altered:
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--- 20601,20607 ----
* Undo:: Some actions can be undone.
* Predicate Specifiers:: Specifying predicates.
* Moderation:: What to do if you're a moderator.
+ * Fetching a Group:: Starting Gnus just to read a group.
* Image Enhancements:: Modern versions of Emacs/XEmacs can display
images.
* Fuzzy Matching:: What's the big fuzz?
* Thwarting Email Spam:: A how-to on avoiding unsolicited commercial
email.
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@end lisp
+ @node Fetching a Group
+ @section Fetching a Group
+ @cindex fetching a group
+
+ @findex gnus-fetch-group
+ It is sometimes convenient to be able to just say ``I want to read this
+ group and I don't care whether Gnus has been started or not''. This is
+ perhaps more useful for people who write code than for users, but the
+ command @code{gnus-fetch-group} provides this functionality in any case.
+ It takes the group name as a parameter.
+
+
@node Image Enhancements
@section Image Enhancements
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number of unread articles is called @dfn{activating the group}.
Un-activated groups are listed with @samp{*} in the group buffer.
+ @item spool
+ @cindex spool
+ News servers store their articles locally in one fashion or other.
+ One old-fashioned storage method is to have just one file per
+ article. That's called a ``traditional spool''.
+
@item server
@cindex server
A machine one can connect to and get news (or mail) from.
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