Import No Gnus v0.4.

[elisp/gnus.git-] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index e3627c8..dc69f8a 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-This package contains a beta version of Gnus.  The lisp directory
-contains the source lisp files, and the texi directory contains a
-draft of the Gnus info pages.
+This package contains a development version of Gnus.  The lisp directory
+contains the source lisp files, and the texi directory contains the Gnus info
+pages.
 
 To use Gnus you first have to unpack the files, which you've obviously
 done, because you are reading this.
 
-You should definitely byte-compile the source files. To do that, you
+You should definitely byte-compile the source files.  To do that, you
 can simply say "./configure && make" in this directory.
 
 Do not say "make install".  I repeat, do *NOT* say "make install".  If
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ won't.
 
 If you are using XEmacs, you *must* say "./configure && make EMACS=xemacs".
 
-Then you have to tell Emacs where Gnus is. You might put something
+Then you have to tell Emacs where Gnus is.  You might put something
 like
 
-   (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/gnus-5.6.53/lisp") load-path))
+   (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/ngnus-0.4/lisp") load-path))
    (require 'gnus-load)
 
 in your .emacs file, or wherever you keep such things.  
@@ -27,36 +27,24 @@ in your .emacs file, or wherever you keep such things.
 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))
+  (if (featurep 'xemacs)
+      (add-to-list 'Info-directory-list "~/ngnus-0.4/texi/")
+    (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list "~/ngnus-0.4/texi/"))
 
-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
-to fire up Gnus.
-
-Gnus does absolutely not work with anything older than Emacs 21.1 or
-XEmacs 21.4.  You definitely need a relatively current Emacs.
+No Gnus does absolutely not work with anything older than Emacs 21.1 or
+XEmacs 21.4.
 
 To compile the Gnus manual, you either need a pretty new Emacs, or a
 pretty new version of the texinfo tools.
 
 Then you do a `M-x gnus', and everything should... uhm... it should
-work, but it might not. Set `debug-on-error' to t, and mail me the
+work, but it might not.  Set `debug-on-error' to t, and mail me the
 backtraces, or, better yet, find out why Gnus does something wrong,
-fix it, and send me the diffs. :-)
+fix it, and send me the diffs.  :-)
 
 There are four main things I want your help and input on:
 
-1) Startup. Does everything go smoothly, and why not?
+1) Startup.  Does everything go smoothly, and why not?
 
 2) Any errors while you read news normally?
 
@@ -66,4 +54,4 @@ There are four main things I want your help and input on:
    bit, and features you would like to see.
 
 Send any comments and all your bug fixes/complaints to
-`bugs@gnus.org'. 
+`bugs@gnus.org'.