Re: Aquamacs Gnus - newsserver - how to configure

[Kevin Rodgers]

Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote:
> Am 21.02.2010, 22:25 Uhr, schrieb Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de>:
> > Am 21.02.2010 um 20:06 schrieb Joachim Osnabryg:
> >  »Set the environment NNTPSERVER to the news server…«
> >  1. => How to set this environment?
> >   In your init file:
> >      (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")
>
> Danke, Peter,
>
> that you work on MacOSX makes me hope, that you can give me further help.
>
> What might be the init file you mean? Is it the init file of the OS, or 
> of Aquamacs? What is it's name, where can I finde it?

It is for Emacs, and you can find it in Emacs via:

C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET

> Is
> >      (setenv "NNTPSERVER" "A string")
>
> a line in this file, in which I have to type on the place of "A string" 
> the address of the newsserver, let's say "news.gmane.org" or whatever? 

Yes.

> Or is is a command for terminal (but the syntax, beginning with a "(" 
> does not look the like for me)?

No, it is Emacs Lisp.

> Sorry for my ignorance,

Read the Fine Manual.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA