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Re: gnus/assistant.el
From: |
Reiner Steib |
Subject: |
Re: gnus/assistant.el |
Date: |
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:50:37 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Fri, Nov 16 2007, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Would someone please delete gnus/assistant.el from the trunk
I don't say it's wrong to remove the file. But I was hoping that it
attracts more developers if it was installed somewhere in Emacs along
with a TODO entry.
Having an "install wizard" / "setup assistant" (i.e. the functionality
`assistant.el' provides) would probably be useful for other Emacs
packages or tasks as well. See the "screenshot below for an example"
(`assistant.el' is not specific to Gnus).
Already finished (to the point of actually being usable):
- Definition of a texinfo-like format (*.ast) for the setup steps
- Parsing and rendering the *.ast files, widgets, ...
Most important missing functionality, AFAICS:
- Setting the variables (put them into the customize block)
- Navigation (goto the next *.ast file)
Bye, Reiner.
,----[ *Assistant Configuring Gnus for the first time* ]
| Configuring Gnus for the first time
|
| What do you want to do with Gnus?
|
| Welcome to Gnus. You need to tell us what you want to do with Gnus
| before we go on to specific configurations.
|
| Choose the tasks you want to set up:
| Set:
| [X] Read news via NNTP
| [ ] Read mail, store it locally
| [X] Read mail and store it on an IMAP server
|
|
| Choose the method Gnus will use to send mail:
| (*) Send mail via sendmail
| ( ) Send mail via SMTP
|
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| [<< Go back to What do you want to do with Gnus?][Reset]
| [Proceed to Setting up a NNTP server >>]
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