From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luca Ferrari Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are Emacs best uses? Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:35:13 +0200 Message-ID: References: <86ob8tojz0.fsf@somewhere.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376922929 2492 80.91.229.3 (19 Aug 2013 14:35:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:35:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Sebastien Vauban Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 19 16:35:30 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VBQYL-00073H-3x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:35:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43520 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBQYK-0003IU-Mp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:35:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36078) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBQY9-0003HI-6R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:35:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBQY6-0007Ei-8D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:35:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x231.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::231]:51442) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VBQY6-0007EZ-22 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:35:14 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id hq12so3100980wib.16 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:35:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aHNOexC03FJimRdpWKPM21mlavKHzCRm+/DWA7RZZdI=; b=R/7CQeqcmBQ+n2pvWaf9/J9MhV1fSrySqgAZxvTCGE6b+5qwKWLgi70CAhxLtG+elC MUfWGm0qTmChzj5fsXX7Qefcf9lij7oK5PO+hwcvzKQ8kJjmO626HMm/xSxSGJ4xedNt q0fnXJ8vUE3yv1Q1KD0phPrZOj9d3PRAgDK6Oy+Oycb3o/GAIk22bo+kV3xvG29siVJG vQyTwbv8oyNdp5qUMd4y9EPCrr/kInfMXeNgh+0U2nSY3/S+6eAC9mHL64SLeueYnVuu EqgWgQQshbImC2pSfhuKR5depLmLNeXgDT4AK44tSkpZTacQyjBKZAMrQBrDCphFLG0v y40w== X-Received: by 10.180.126.9 with SMTP id mu9mr8537949wib.16.1376922913336; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.157.194 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:35:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86ob8tojz0.fsf@somewhere.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: sZop8IvoWvXHojoQqe2rFP0Q3Wo X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::231 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92990 Archived-At: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Sebastien Vauban wrote: > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > ;; use proxy > (setq url-proxy-services > `(("http" . ,(getenv "http_proxy")) > ("ftp" . ,(getenv "http_proxy")) > ("no_proxy" . "^.*example.com"))) > ;; disable proxy for some hosts > )) > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > Despite two extra parens in the end, no, it does not help. I tried to update the package list but got "Failed to download 'gnu' archive". I then tried to get an URL with w3 but I got "http/80 Name or service unknown". How can I test if the proxy settings are working? By the way, http_proxy is set correctly. Thanks, Luca