Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > DG> hm, here's another confused emacs user. I had been "careful" to not > DG> "apt-get install gnus", lest it spoil my current emacs21. > > You should perhaps give Debian more credit.
Oh, I didn't mean to take any credit away from debian at all, sorry if i gave that impression. I am full of praise for debian, the best distro ever, and as a user, only seek to help improve it further and make it more user-friendly. Yes, debian and the debian emacs developers do a marvellous task of packaging emacs, gnus and related packages. > > DG> Perhaps the "apt-cache show gnus" should mention in its first > DG> line: "newsreader for emacs20 or older" or some such. > > But that would be untrue, since I am using the same package, > gnus, albeit a different version, for emacs21.

