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Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery.
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery. |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:09:37 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, timmcn@bitstream.net wrote:
> Users migrating to Gnus and Emacs from other Unix applications might
> have an easier time than those of us coming from Windows or Mac OS/OS
> X since we don't edit preference files directly and aren't used to
> doing this. For GUI-babies like me, whose first computer was a Mac
> 512Ke bought in 1986, having a nice little window (buffer) in which to
> enter the relevant server and user information, which would then write
> to .gnus, would make things much simpler. I would think that the
> Customize menu would be able to accommodate this. BTW, it should be
> easier to navigate to the Gnus customization group with the Options
> menu- perhaps the menu should automatically display a "Customize
> <active mode>" item? This would prevent having to hunt through the
> various Customize groups hierarchies.
That's a good idea, but it would require a lot of work. How do you
synchronize variable groups with buffers that use those variables?
Manual synchronization is very tedious; automatic synchronization will
probably miss many groups.
> If this isn't possible, I would think that one could set up a sample
> .gnus for new users to edit, using nnmail (or nnimap, as the case may
> be). This would get them started quickly with a backend that's
> pretty easy to use.
This is exactly what the Gnus assistants are supposed to do - anyone
interested in helping new users is more than welcome to contribute.
Ted
- How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Don Saklad, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Tim McNamara, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Don Saklad, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Ted Zlatanov, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Tim McNamara, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery.,
Ted Zlatanov <=
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Tim McNamara, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Adam Sjøgren, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Don Saklad, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Tim McNamara, 2004/09/29
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Adam Sjøgren, 2004/09/30
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Ted Zlatanov, 2004/09/30
- Re: How to set up gnus email for novices with little mastery., Alexandre Russel, 2004/09/30