Re: Positioning of items

[Glyn Millington]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:

> On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:18:20 +0000 Glyn Millington
> <glyn.millington@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
>> 
>> > asjo@koldfront.dk (Adam Sjøgren) writes:
>> >
>> >> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
>> >>
>> >>>  (add-to-list 'gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
>> >>> (nnml-directory "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail") (nnml-active-file
>> >>> "~/.emacs.d/gnus.d/mail/active")
>> >> The parenthesis here are messed up, which is why you get the
>> >> errors. I think you should consider to start with the simplest
>> >> possible configuration (say the one I posted from your
>> >> information previously), and when that works, and only then,
>> >> expand step by step- rather than rewriting everything for each
>> >> try.
>> >>
>> > Right, back online with gnus, and with no info lost, so far as I
>> > know. Now I have newsgroups and email, but still no system mail.
>> > The code relevant for it is
>> > ,----
>> > | (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil "")) (add-to-list
>> > | gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org"))
>> > (add-to-list | gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))
>> > (eval-after-load | "mail-source" '(add-to-list 'mail-sources
>> > (file :path | "/var/mail/boudiccas"))) `----
>> > I can find no way of 'adding in' the mail-source, but that could
>> > very well be my lack of knowledge. How can I get it working
>> > please?
>> > Thanks Sharon.
>>  (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
>> 
>> (add-to-list gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org"))
>> 
>> (add-to-list gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "") mail-sources
>> (file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas")))
>> 
>> Try that!
>> 
> Thanks for this.
>
> With the new code in place, I attempt to start gnus, which fails with
> this in the message buffer -
>
> eval-buffer: Attempt to set a constant symbol: nil
>
> That is a new error message, never seen before so I don't know what it
> is referring to, but it didn't occur before with the old code. Sorry!

OK - let's try splitting it up!



  (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
 
 (add-to-list gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nntp "news.gmane.org"))
 
 (add-to-list gnus-secondary-select-methods '(nnml ""))

(setq  mail-sources  '((file :path "/var/mail/boudiccas")))
 
Almost everyone  here has more lisp-cluefulness than I do!

atb

Glyn