From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim McNamara Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Dramatic upgrade (was active URLs in Gnus) Date: 08 Nov 2003 14:22:06 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068323380 6061 80.91.224.253 (8 Nov 2003 20:29:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:29:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 08 21:29:38 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AIZiE-0003Fs-00 for ; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 21:29:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AIafP-0002h3-G9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 16:30:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newspeer.monmouth.com!zeus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!gemini.bitstream.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: e9771079.news.bitstream.net Original-X-Trace: 1068322992 gemini.bitstream.net 1096 216.243.177.155 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bitstream.net Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118019 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13958 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13958 Following up on Reiner's suggestion about upgrading to a newer version of Emacs/Gnus, I hunted around to find a suitable new version. Via the fink package system I found 21.2.1 which is apparently about a year old. Erm, what a *dramatic* difference! The visual interface has been heavily revamped, almost looking embarrassingly like Word, actually, with a icon bar across the top of the display. The little ASCII gnu has been replaced with an attractive full-color cave art pictograph. Yikes! Now I need to find a post or two with an URL in it to see if the new version and updated .emacs file will pass the URL to Mozilla. I feel like I've suddenly come out of the Bronze Age or something! Long term users may not quite recall the sense of amazement that one gets after changing from standard-issue GUI word processors and such to something with the power that Emacs has. Yikes!