From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs --pristine --> -vanilla Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:14:01 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20021205221401.GA426@gnu.org> References: <873cpcnqep.fsf@computer.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039126948 8916 80.91.224.249 (5 Dec 2002 22:22:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:22:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18K4Nw-0002JK-00 for ; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:22:20 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18K4WG-0007SO-00 for ; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:30:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4H4-0007Dy-00; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:15:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4GP-0006wQ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:14:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4Fu-0006ci-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:14:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18K4Fu-0006c9-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:14:02 -0500 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18K4Ft-0000J9-00; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:14:01 -0500 Original-To: "D. Goel" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <873cpcnqep.fsf@computer.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9907 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9907 On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 03:48:14PM -0500, D. Goel wrote: > PS: Is there a good way to search for emacs-devel archives (other than > loading each one in the browser in turn and doing a search-forward?), > so i can check for similar topics before posting, to avoid duplicates? You could use google; I think the syntax for a site-specific search is to include a word like `site:foo.bar.com' in your search specifications. E.g., you could searching for something like: something interesting emacs-devel site:mail.gnu.org That only catches things that are old enough to be in google of course, but it's easy enough to just deal with the current month separately. -Miles -- P.S. All information contained in the above letter is false, for reasons of military security.