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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 -- (. .) =ooO=(_)=Ooo===================================== Chris McMahan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
