| 1 | @title Configuring Gnus for reading news |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | @node Setting up the news server name and port number |
| 5 | @variable server :string (or (gnus-getenv-nntpserver) "your-server-here") |
| 6 | @variable port :number 119 |
| 7 | @validate (or (assistant-validate-connect-to-server server port) (y-or-n-p "Do you want to use the server anyway, although you can't confirm it's valid?")) |
| 8 | @result gnus-select-method (list 'nntp server (list 'nntp-server port)) |
| 9 | @text |
| 10 | Usenet news is usually read from your Internet service prodider's news |
| 11 | server. If you don't know the name of this server, contact your ISP. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | As a guess, the name of the server might be news.yourisp.com. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Server name: @variable{server} |
| 16 | Port number: @variable{port} |
| 17 | |
| 18 | @end text |
| 19 | @next t "User name and password" |
| 20 | |
| 21 | @node User name and password |
| 22 | @type interstitial |
| 23 | @next |
| 24 | (if (assistant-password-required-p) |
| 25 | "Enter user name and password" |
| 26 | "Want user name and password?") |
| 27 | @end next |
| 28 | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | @node Want user name and password? |
| 31 | @variable passwordp (:radio ((item "Yes") (item "No"))) "No" |
| 32 | @text |
| 33 | Some news servers require that you enter a user name and a password. |
| 34 | It doesn't look like your news server is one of them. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Do you want to enter user name and password anyway? |
| 37 | |
| 38 | @variable{passwordp} |
| 39 | |
| 40 | @end text |
| 41 | |
| 42 | @next (equal passwordp "No") finish |
| 43 | @next (not (equal passwordp "No")) "Enter user name and password" |
| 44 | |
| 45 | |
| 46 | @node Enter user name and password |
| 47 | @variable user-name :string (user-login-name) |
| 48 | @variable password :password (or (assistant-authinfo-data server port 'password) "") |
| 49 | @text |
| 50 | |
| 51 | It looks like your news server requires you to enter a user name |
| 52 | and a password: |
| 53 | |
| 54 | User name: @variable{user-name} |
| 55 | Password: @variable{user-name} |
| 56 | |
| 57 | @end text |
| 58 | |
| 59 | @c Local variables: |
| 60 | @c mode: texinfo |
| 61 | @c End: |
| 62 | |
| 63 | @c arch tag is missing |
| 64 | |