Johann Spies wrote: > After a few weeks trying out Linux I decided to downloaded Emacs and sofar I > am impressed with Emacs. > > I have not succeeded in getting Emacs Gnus to read news, however. I did put > export NNTPSERVER=news.ilink.nis.za in my .bashrc file but it did not have > any effect on gnus' behavior > > I get the following error message: > Johann (My computer name) open error:''. Continue?
As written in the bash manual: .bashrc is only loaded by non-login shells, put the following at the top of your .bash_profile to get it read in login shells as well: test -r $HOME/.bashrc && source $HOME/.bashrc That change was introduced in version 1.12 or 1.13. Dominik Kubla -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not represent the official position of my employer on the issue(s) discussed. Any official statement made on behalf of my employer by me is marked as such. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
