-\input texinfo
+@c Insert "\input texinfo" at 1st line before texing this file alone.
@c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c Copyright (C) 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-@setfilename gnus-faq.info
+@c Copyright (C) 1995, 98, 99, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@setfilename ../info/gnus-faq.info
@node Frequently Asked Questions
@section Frequently Asked Questions
This is the Gnus Frequently Asked Questions list.
If you have a Web browser, the official hypertext version is at
-@file{http://www.miranova.com/~steve/gnus-faq.html>}, and has
+@file{http://www.ccs.neu.edu/software/gnus/}, and has
probably been updated since you got this manual.
@menu
Gnus has a home World Wide Web page at@*
@file{http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding.html}.
-Gnus has a write up in the X Windows Applications FAQ at@*
+Gnus has a write up in the X Applications FAQ at@*
@file{http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/xapps/Q-III.html}.
The Gnus manual is also available on the World Wide Web. The canonical
@item
Q1.10 Mailcrypt 3.4 doesn't work
-This problem is verified to still exist in Gnus 5.0.9 and MailCrypt 3.4.
+This problem is verified to still exist in Gnus 5.0.9 and Mailcrypt 3.4.
The answer comes from Peter Arius
<arius@@immd2.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>.
@file{ftp://cag.lcs.mit.edu/pub/patl/mailcrypt-3.4.tar.gz}.
@item
-Tiny Mime.
+Tools for Mime.
-Tiny Mime is an Emacs MUA interface to MIME. Installation is
+Tools for Mime is an Emacs MUA interface to MIME. Installation is
a two-step process unlike most other packages, so you should
be prepared to move the byte-compiled code somewhere. There
are currently two versions of this package available. It can
@kbd{C-c C-y} grabs the previous message and prefixes each line with
@code{ail-indentation-spaces} spaces or @code{mail-yank-prefix} if that is
non-nil, unless you have set your own @code{mail-citation-hook}, which will
-be called to to do the job.
+be called to do the job.
You might also consider the Supercite package, which allows for pretty
arbitrarily complex quoting styles. Some people love it, some people
(("xref"
("alt.fan.oj-simpson" -1000 nil s))
("subject"
- ("\\<\\(make\\|fast\\|big\\)\\s-*\\(money\\|cash\\|bucks?\\)\\>" -1000 nil r)
+ (concat "\\<\\(make\\|fast\\|big\\)\\s-*"
+ "\\(money\\|cash\\|bucks?\\)\\>"
+ -1000 nil r)
("$$$$" -1000 nil s)))
@end lisp
;; $$$ Make Money $$$
("$$" -10 nil s)
;; Empty subjects are worthless!
- ("^ *\\([(<]none[>)]\\|(no subject\\( given\\)?)\\)? *$" -10 nil r)
+ ("^ *\\([(<]none[>)]\\|(no subject\\( given\\)?)\\)? *$"
+ -10 nil r)
;; Sometimes interesting announces occur!
("ANN?OU?NC\\(E\\|ING\\)" +10 nil r)
;; Some people think they're on mailing lists
("\\(un\\)?sub?scribe" -100 nil r)
;; Stop Micro$oft NOW!!
- ("\\(m\\(icro\\)?[s$]\\(oft\\|lot\\)?-?\\)?wind?\\(ows\\|aube\\|oze\\)?[- ]*\\('?95\\|NT\\|3[.]1\\|32\\)" -1001 nil r)
+ ;; ("concat" used to avoid overfull box.)
+ (concat "\\(m\\(icro\\)?[s$]\\(oft\\|lot\\)?-?\\)?"
+ "wind?\\(ows\\|aube\\|oze\\)?[- ]*"
+ "\\('?95\\|NT\\|3[.]1\\|32\\)" -1001 nil r)
;; I've nothing to buy
("\\(for\\|4\\)[- ]*sale" -100 nil r)
;; SELF-DISCIPLINED people
("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -2 nil r)
("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -4 nil r)
("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -8 nil r)
- ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -16 nil r)
- ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -32 nil r)
- ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -64 nil r)
- ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -128 nil r)
- ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -256 nil r)
- ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -512 nil r))
+ ("^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ -16 nil r)
+ (concat "^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ " \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ -32 nil r)
+ (concat "^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ " \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -64 nil r)
+ (concat "^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ " \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -128 nil r)
+ (concat "^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ " \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -256 nil r)
+ (concat "^xref: \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+"
+ " \\S-+" \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+ \\S-+" -512 nil r))
@end lisp
@end enumerate
@example
(defconst mail-yank-ignored-headers
"^.*:"
- "Delete these headers from old message when it's inserted in a reply.")
+ "Delete these headers from message when it's inserted in reply.")
@end example
@item
Q3.1 How do I convert my kill files to score files?
-A kill-to-score translator was written by Ethan Bradford
-<ethanb@@ptolemy.astro.washington.edu>. It is available from@*
+@email{ethanb@@ptolemy.astro.washington.edu, Ethan Bradford} write a
+kill-to-score translator. It is available from@*
@file{http://baugi.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding-various/gnus-kill-to-score.el}.
This is what I use...customize as necessary...
@lisp
-;;; Don't auto-select first article if reading sources, or archives or
-;;; jobs postings, etc. and just display the summary buffer
+;;; Don't auto-select first article if reading sources, or
+;;; archives or jobs postings, etc. and just display the
+;;; summary buffer
(add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
- (lambda ()
- (cond ((string-match "sources" gnus-newsgroup-name)
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
- ((string-match "jobs" gnus-newsgroup-name)
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
- ((string-match "comp\\.archives" gnus-newsgroup-name)
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
- ((string-match "reviews" gnus-newsgroup-name)
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
- ((string-match "announce" gnus-newsgroup-name)
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
- ((string-match "binaries" gnus-newsgroup-name)
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
- (t
- (setq gnus-auto-select-first t)))))
+ (function
+ (lambda ()
+ (cond ((string-match "sources" gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
+ ((string-match "jobs" gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
+ ((string-match "comp\\.archives" gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
+ ((string-match "reviews" gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
+ ((string-match "announce" gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
+ ((string-match "binaries" gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first nil))
+ (t
+ (setq gnus-auto-select-first t))))))
@end lisp
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