On 2008-02-26, Chris McMahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
