Katsumi Yamaoka <yama...@jpl.org> writes: hi Katsumi,
> Felix Natter <fnat...@gmx.net> wrote: > [...] >> Would it help to upgrade to GNU Emacs 24.2? > > No, it doesn't. The most recent nndraft.el is in the development > repositories, the Gnus Git master[1] and the Emacs Bzr trunk[2]. > Both have not been released yet. But you can use one of them or > both at your own risk. Many changes were made in Gnus since Emacs > 24.2 was released. So, please note that you have to install Gnus > fully, not replacing nndraft.el only. I think the easiest way is > to install Ma Gnus, i.e., that of the Gnus Git master. Sorry for > this; I misunderstood that you use a development version of Gnus. > > To install Ma Gnus is not so hard. Download the repository or > a tarball[3] to somewhere and do: > > ・ cd gnus > ・ ./configure [options] > Run ``./configure --help'' to see the options if needed. > ・ make > ・ Add these snippets to your ~/.emacs file: > > (push "/Directory/Where/Gnus/Is/Installed" load-path) > (require 'gnus-load) > > See lisp/Makefile to know the directory where the elc files > will be installed. That will normally be: > /usr/local/share/emacs/24.2/site-lisp/gnus > > ・ su > ・ make install Thanks for the explanation! Will Ma Gnus also work with GNU Emacs 23? >> On the other hand, I installed Emacs24 on another machine and it also >> reports Gnus version 5.13. > > The version of Gnus bundled with Emacs is not growing for years > in spite of a lot of changes. :< What a pity, if important bugs are fixed... :-/ >> (GNU Emacs 24.2 is in Debian unstable, that's why I'm afraid of upgrading >> to it.) > > You can simply abandon Ma Gnus by: > ・ rm -r site-lisp/gnus > ・ remove the (require 'gnus-load) line in the ~/.emacs file. But Ma Gnus won't change the configuration so that the "stable" Gnus that comes with Emacs(23) does not run any more? In other words, can I always go back? Thanks and Best Regards, -- Felix Natter _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list info-gnus-english@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
