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Re: Emacs Gnus elisp source?
Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> writes:
> On 10/4/2010 1:07 PM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>> I'm using the Cygwin X version of Emacs Gnus for email. I recently
>> switched from some other version of TLS to the Cygwin gnutls.
>>
>> When I switched, it started prompting me for the send password with each
>> email I send. Previously, it would cache the password somewhere.
>>
>> I'd like to debug this, but the elisp source files are missing, and I
>> don't see how to get the Cygwin installer to install them.
>
> The elisp source files are in the emacs-el package.
Ah. I did look, but apparently I just didn't see that. Sorry for the
noise.
Now I can see the sources; thanks.
>> I also don't see the precise version on the FSF Gnu FTP site; Emacs
>> reports 23.2.1, but I only see 23.2 there.
>
> This is a common source of confusion. The short answer is that you
> should ignore the final '.1'. For a longer answer, see
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-08/msg00891.html
Ok, thanks; I've never noticed that before.
>> Hints on getting gnutls to work better with Emacs Gnus are also welcome.
>
> There's been a lot of discussion about this lately on the emacs-devel
> mailing list, which I haven't been following in detail.
Me either; too much traffic.
> I think you can expect a lot of improvement in gnutls integration in
> emacs-24, but probably not before that.
Ok, thanks
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