-This package contains a beta version of Gnus. The lisp directory
+This package contains a alpha version of Gnus. The lisp directory
contains the source lisp files, and the texi directory contains a
draft of the Gnus info pages.
can simply say "./configure && make" in this directory. If you are
using XEmacs, you *must* say "make EMACS=xemacs". In that case you
may also want to pull down the package of nice glyphs from
-<URL:http://www.gnus.org/etc.tar.gz>. It should be installed
+<URL:http://www.gnus.org/dist/etc.tar.gz>. It should be installed
into the "gnus-5.6.53/etc" directory.
Then you have to tell Emacs where Gnus is. You might put something
To enable reading the Gnus manual, you could say something like:
+ (require 'info)
(setq Info-default-directory-list
(cons "~/gnus-5.6.53/texi" Info-default-directory-list))
+or
+
+ (require 'info)
+ (setq Info-directory-list
+ (cons "~/gnus-5.6.53/texi" Info-directory-list))
+
+depending on which version of Emacs or XEmacs you're using.
+
Note that Gnus and GNUS can't coexist in a single Emacs. They both use
the same function and variable names. If you have been running GNUS
in your Emacs, you should probably exit that Emacs and start a new one