* Article Buttons:: Click on URLs, Message-IDs, addresses and the like.
* Article Date:: Grumble, UT!
* Article Signature:: What is a signature?
-* Article Miscellania:: Various other stuff.
+* Article Miscellanea:: Various other stuff.
Alternative Approaches
* Article Buttons:: Click on URLs, Message-IDs, addresses and the like.
* Article Date:: Grumble, UT!
* Article Signature:: What is a signature?
-* Article Miscellania:: Various other stuff.
+* Article Miscellanea:: Various other stuff.
@end menu
signature after all.
-@node Article Miscellania
-@subsection Article Miscellania
+@node Article Miscellanea
+@subsection Article Miscellanea
@table @kbd
@item A t
@vindex nntp-server-opened-hook
@cindex @sc{mode reader}
@cindex authinfo
-@cindex authentification
-@cindex nntp authentification
+@cindex authentication
+@cindex nntp authentication
@findex nntp-send-authinfo
@findex nntp-send-mode-reader
is run after a connection has been made. It can be used to send
@findex nntp-open-ssl-stream
@item nntp-open-ssl-stream
Opens a connection to a server over a @dfn{secure} channel. To use this
-you must have SSLay installed
+you must have SSLeay installed
(@uref{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL}, and you also need
@file{ssl.el} (from the W3 distribution, for instance). You then
define a server as follows:
@item nnspool-active-file
@vindex nnspool-active-file
-The path to the active file.
+The name of the active file.
@item nnspool-newsgroups-file
@vindex nnspool-newsgroups-file
-The path to the group descriptions file.
+The name of the group descriptions file.
@item nnspool-history-file
@vindex nnspool-history-file
-The path to the news history file.
+The name of the news history file.
@item nnspool-active-times-file
@vindex nnspool-active-times-file
-The path to the active date file.
+The name of the active date file.
@item nnspool-nov-is-evil
@vindex nnspool-nov-is-evil
@table @code
@item :path
-The path of the file. Defaults to the value of the @code{MAIL}
+The file name. Defaults to the value of the @code{MAIL}
environment variable or @file{/usr/mail/spool/user-name}.
@end table
(file :path "/usr/spool/mail/user-name")
@end lisp
-Or using the default path:
+Or using the default file name:
@lisp
(file)
@table @code
@item :path
-The path of the directory where the files are. There is no default
+The name of the directory where the files are. There is no default
value.
@item :suffix
@table @code
@item :path
-The path of the directory where the mails are stored. The default is
+The name of the directory where the mails are stored. The default is
taken from the @code{MAILDIR} environment variable or
@samp{~/Maildir/}.
@item :subdirs
Go to the group buffer.
@item
-Type @kbd{G f} and give the path to the mbox file when prompted to create an
+Type @kbd{G f} and give the name of the mbox file when prompted to create an
@code{nndoc} group from the mbox file (@pxref{Foreign Groups}).
@item
(,gnus-del-mark . -15)))
@end lisp
-This is the default value. If you have adaption on words enabled, every
+This is the default value. If you adapt on words, every
word that appears in subjects of articles marked with
@code{gnus-read-mark} will result in a score rule that increase the
score with 30 points.
* Compilation:: How to speed Gnus up.
* Mode Lines:: Displaying information in the mode lines.
* Highlighting and Menus:: Making buffers look all nice and cozy.
-* Buttons:: Get tendonitis in ten easy steps!
+* Buttons:: Get tendinitis in ten easy steps!
* Daemons:: Gnus can do things behind your back.
* NoCeM:: How to avoid spam and other fatty foods.
* Undo:: Some actions can be undone.
@table @code
@item gnus-home-directory
-All Gnus path variables will be initialized from this variable, which
-defaults to @file{~/}.
+All Gnus file and directory variables will be initialized from this
+variable, which defaults to @file{~/}.
@item gnus-directory
@vindex gnus-directory
-Most Gnus storage path variables will be initialized from this variable,
-which defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment variable, or
-@file{~/News/} if that variable isn't set.
+Most Gnus storage file and directory variables will be initialized from
+this variable, which defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment
+variable, or @file{~/News/} if that variable isn't set.
Note that Gnus is mostly loaded when the @file{.gnus.el} file is read.
This means that other directory variables that are initialized from this
been added.
@item
-@code{nndoc} was rewritten to be easily extendable (@pxref{Document
+@code{nndoc} was rewritten to be easily extensible (@pxref{Document
Server Internals}).
@item
mail before saving the mail (@pxref{Washing Mail}).
@item
-Emphasized text can be properly fontisized:
+Emphasized text can be properly fontified:
@end itemize
@cindex ephemeral groups
Most groups store data on what articles you have read. @dfn{Ephemeral}
groups are groups that will have no data stored---when you exit the
-group, it'll disappear into the aether.
+group, it'll disappear into the ether.
@item solid groups
@cindex solid groups