Re: gnus on XP

[Chris McMahan]

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 <notbob@nothome.com> writes:

> On 2008-02-26, Chris McMahan <first_initiallastname@one.dot.net> 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

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