Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure

Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure

[Joachim Kreimer-de Fries]

Am 21.02.2010, 22:25 Uhr, schrieb Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de>:
> Am 21.02.2010 um 20:06 schrieb Joachim Osnabryg:
>  »Set the environment NNTPSERVER to the news server…«
>  1. => How to set this environment?
>   In your init file:
>  	(setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")

Danke, Peter,

that you work on MacOSX makes me hope, that you can give me further help.

What might be the init file you mean? Is it the init file of the OS, or of  
Aquamacs? What is it's name, where can I finde it?

Is
>  	(setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")

a line in this file, in which I have to type on the place of "A string"  
the address of the newsserver, let's say "news.gmane.org" or whatever? Or  
is is a command for terminal (but the syntax, beginning with a "(" does  
not look the like for me)?

Sorry for my ignorance,
joachim
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Mac BacicTeX 2009 - LyX 1.6.5

Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure

[Kevin Rodgers]

Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote:
> Am 21.02.2010, 22:25 Uhr, schrieb Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de>:
>> Am 21.02.2010 um 20:06 schrieb Joachim Osnabryg:
>>  »Set the environment NNTPSERVER to the news server…«
>>  1. => How to set this environment?
>>   In your init file:
>>      (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")
> 
> Danke, Peter,
> 
> that you work on MacOSX makes me hope, that you can give me further help.
> 
> What might be the init file you mean? Is it the init file of the OS, or 
> of Aquamacs? What is it's name, where can I finde it?

It is for Emacs, and you can find it in Emacs via:

C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET

> Is
>>      (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")
> 
> a line in this file, in which I have to type on the place of "A string" 
> the address of the newsserver, let's say "news.gmane.org" or whatever? 

Yes.

> Or is is a command for terminal (but the syntax, beginning with a "(" 
> does not look the like for me)?

No, it is Emacs Lisp.

 > Sorry for my ignorance,

Read the Fine Manual.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure

[Joachim Osnabryg]

Am 23.02.2010, 04:21 Uhr, schrieb Kevin Rodgers:
> It is for Emacs, and you can find it in Emacs via:
>  C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET

> > Is
> >    (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")
> >  a line in this file, in which I have to type on the place of "A  
> string" > the address of the newsserver, let's say "news.gmane.org" or  
> whatever?  Yes.

>  Read the Fine Manual.

Helo Kevin and all back,

Which is the "Fine Manual" for upsetting and configuring Aquamacs Gnus?

e. g. I have now (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "news.gmane.org") in a file named  
.emacs i. e.  /Users/joachim/.emacs
and therein the row:

(setenv "NNTPSERVER" "news.gmane.org")

But when I menu-choose Tools > Read Net News (Gnus)
I get a Group buffer with the newsserver news.arcor.de (probably defined  
before in another file, can't remember how), but I would like to have both  
newsservers and be able to chose newsgroups from them.

I found many manuals etc. for Aquamacs, Emacs and Gnus, sometimes  
contradictory and in any case confusing.

So which Fine Manual I could work on step by step to use Aquamacs Emacs  
for News (or Gnus)???

joachim
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Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure

[Kevin Rodgers]

Joachim Osnabryg wrote:
> Helo Kevin and all back,
> 
> Which is the "Fine Manual" for upsetting and configuring Aquamacs Gnus?
> 
> e. g. I have now (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "news.gmane.org") in a file named 
> .emacs i. e.  /Users/joachim/.emacs
> and therein the row:
> 
> (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "news.gmane.org")
> 
> But when I menu-choose Tools > Read Net News (Gnus)
> I get a Group buffer with the newsserver news.arcor.de (probably defined 
> before in another file, can't remember how), but I would like to have 
> both newsservers and be able to chose newsgroups from them.
> 
> I found many manuals etc. for Aquamacs, Emacs and Gnus, sometimes 
> contradictory and in any case confusing.

I suggest the Gnus manual distributed with Emacs.

,----
| File: gnus,  Node: Finding the News,  Next: The First Time,  Up: Starting Up
|
| 1.1 Finding the News
====================|
|
| The `gnus-select-method' variable says where Gnus should look for news.
| This variable should be a list where the first element says "how" and
| the second element says "where".  This method is your native method.
| All groups not fetched with this method are foreign groups.
|
|    For instance, if the `news.somewhere.edu' NNTP server is where you
| want to get your daily dosage of news from, you'd say:
|
|      (setq gnus-select-method '(nntp "news.somewhere.edu"))
|
|    If you want to read directly from the local spool, say:
|
|      (setq gnus-select-method '(nnspool ""))
|
|    If you can use a local spool, you probably should, as it will almost
| certainly be much faster.  But do not use the local spool if your
| server is running Leafnode (which is a simple, standalone private news
| server); in this case, use `(nntp "localhost")'.
|
|    If this variable is not set, Gnus will take a look at the
| `NNTPSERVER' environment variable.  If that variable isn't set, Gnus
| will see whether `gnus-nntpserver-file' (`/etc/nntpserver' by default)
| has any opinions on the matter.  If that fails as well, Gnus will try
| to use the machine running Emacs as an NNTP server.  That's a long
| shot, though.
|
|    If `gnus-nntp-server' is set, this variable will override
| `gnus-select-method'.  You should therefore set `gnus-nntp-server' to
| `nil', which is what it is by default.
|
|    You can also make Gnus prompt you interactively for the name of an
| NNTP server.  If you give a non-numerical prefix to `gnus' (i.e., `C-u
| M-x gnus'), Gnus will let you choose between the servers in the
| `gnus-secondary-servers' list (if any).  You can also just type in the
| name of any server you feel like visiting.  (Note that this will set
| `gnus-nntp-server', which means that if you then `M-x gnus' later in
| the same Emacs session, Gnus will contact the same server.)
|
|    However, if you use one NNTP server regularly and are just
| interested in a couple of groups from a different server, you would be
| better served by using the `B' command in the group buffer.  It will
| let you have a look at what groups are available, and you can subscribe
| to any of the groups you want to.  This also makes `.newsrc'
| maintenance much tidier.  *Note Foreign Groups::.
|
|    A slightly different approach to foreign groups is to set the
| `gnus-secondary-select-methods' variable.  The select methods listed in
| this variable are in many ways just as native as the
| `gnus-select-method' server.  They will also be queried for active
| files during startup (if that's required), and new newsgroups that
| appear on these servers will be subscribed (or not) just as native
| groups are.
|
|    For instance, if you use the `nnmbox' back end to read your mail,
| you would typically set this variable to
|
|      (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnmbox "")))
|
`----


-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA