Xref: utzoo news.newusers.questions:5217 comp.emacs:10804 comp.editors:3262 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,comp.emacs,comp.editors Subject: reading news with emacs [valuable tip enclosed (GNUS)] Message-ID: <1991May31.010519.19077@cbfsb.att.com> Date: 31 May 91 01:05:19 GMT References: <1991May29.014141.20134@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <5484@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@cbfsb.att.com Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ihlpz.ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: croten@ltpsun.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 29 May 91 20: 48:50 GMT Originator: danj1@cbnewsf.cb.att.com >>>>> On 29 May 91 20:48:50 GMT, croten@ltpsun.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles D. Roten) said: Charles> Here is a summary of the format for an 'rn' kill file, [...] Charles goes on to mention how to make your $EDITOR emacs. Charles fails to mention, however, how you can read netnews inside GNU Emacs, see newsgroup gnu.emacs.gnus. With GNUS and SuperCite, you can e.g., be the baaadest poster around with your nifty citations as demonstrated above ("Charles>"), you can batch KILL while you sleep, you can get set up and read news on abandoned machines lying around the lab in minutes, with no help from authoritarian figures required (NNTP access to server necessary, however) etc. etc. [Disclaimer: I've never tried nn.] gnus (3.13) 90-03-01 Masanobu UMEADA, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/interfaces/gnus-3.13.tar.Z Net News Reader, Rn + vn with NNTP. supercite (2.1) 90-08-02 Barry A. Warsaw, tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/supercite2.1.shar.*.Z Mail citation package (2 shar files) [GNU Emacs itself is available on prep.ai.mit.edu via FTP]