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authorGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2013-07-03 00:45:25 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2013-07-03 00:45:25 -0700
commitf2a538a2a00a0b057c184f8f146cc7e2ea91c629 (patch)
treec82a8ebea57d1636c0cfc2745d755f5b1adb7fe3
parent6338a04941f44e7c2b9b7c4852f6d0d31c771e36 (diff)
Fix/update some gnus manual links to external resources
* doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 5-8, FAQ 6-3): Remove defunct URLs. (FAQ 7-1): Update URL. * doc/misc/gnus.texi (Top): Restrict "Other related manuals" to info output. (Foreign Groups): Use @indicateurl for examples. (Direct Functions): Remove defunct URL. (RSS): Update URL.
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi22
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/gnus.texi25
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index ddd8b81e86..6a745b27d9 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
* dbus.texi (Introspection): Update URL to a less defunct one.
+ * gnus.texi (Top): Restrict "Other related manuals" to info output.
+ (Foreign Groups): Use @indicateurl for examples.
+ (Direct Functions): Remove defunct URL.
+ (RSS): Update URL.
+
+ * gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 5-8, FAQ 6-3): Remove defunct URLs.
+ (FAQ 7-1): Update URL.
+
* pgg.texi (Top, Overview): Add note about obsolescence.
* bovine.texi (top):
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
index ede957a5c3..55756ac9b3 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
@@ -1541,8 +1541,9 @@ cat file.face | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g;s/\"/\\\"/g;' > file.face.quoted
If you can't use compface, there's an online X-face converter at
@uref{http://www.dairiki.org/xface/}.
-If you use MS Windows, you could also use the WinFace program from
-@uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~walterln/winface/}.
+If you use MS Windows, you could also use the WinFace program,
+which used to be available from
+@indicateurl{http://www.xs4all.nl/~walterln/winface/}.
Now you only have to tell Gnus to include the X-face in your postings by saying
@example
@@ -1835,15 +1836,20 @@ too.
Of course you can also use grep to search through your
local mail, but this is both slow for big archives and
inconvenient since you are not displaying the found mail
-in Gnus. Here comes nnir into action. Nnir is a front end
+in Gnus. Here nnir comes into action. Nnir is a front end
to search engines like swish-e or swish++ and
-others. You index your mail with one of those search
+others. You index your mail with one of those search
engines and with the help of nnir you can search through
the indexed mail and generate a temporary group with all
-messages which met your search criteria. If this sound
-cool to you get nnir.el from
+messages which met your search criteria. If this sounds
+cool to you, get nnir.el from
+@c FIXME Isn't this file in Gnus?
+@ignore
+@c Dead link 2013/7.
@uref{ftp://ls6-ftp.cs.uni-dortmund.de/pub/src/emacs/}
-or @uref{ftp://ftp.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de/pub/src/emacs/}.
+or
+@end ignore
+@uref{ftp://ftp.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de/pub/src/emacs/}.
Instructions on how to use it are at the top of the file.
@node FAQ 6-4
@@ -1966,7 +1972,7 @@ the easiest solution is a small nntp server like
@uref{http://infa.abo.fi/~patrik/sn/, sn},
of course you can also install a full featured news
server like
-@uref{http://www.isc.org/products/INN/, inn}.
+@uref{http://www.isc.org/software/inn/, inn}.
Then you want to fetch your Mail, popular choices
are @uref{http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/, fetchmail}
and @uref{http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/, getmail}.
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index b70c31b28f..4279820acd 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ This manual corresponds to Gnus v5.13
* Index:: Variable, function and concept index.
* Key Index:: Key Index.
+@c Doesn't work right in html.
+@c FIXME Do this in a more standard way.
+@ifinfo
Other related manuals
* Message:(message). Composing messages.
@@ -427,6 +430,7 @@ Other related manuals
* Sieve:(sieve). Managing Sieve scripts in Emacs.
* EasyPG:(epa). @acronym{PGP/MIME} with Gnus.
* SASL:(sasl). @acronym{SASL} authentication in Emacs.
+@end ifinfo
@detailmenu
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
@@ -2708,11 +2712,11 @@ the article range.
This command is similar to @code{gnus-read-ephemeral-gmane-group}, but
the group name and the article number and range are constructed from a
given @acronym{URL}. Supported @acronym{URL} formats include:
-@url{http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12300/focus=12399},
-@url{http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12345/},
-@url{http://article.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12345/},
-@url{http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12345/}, and
-@url{http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.foo.bar/thread=12345}.
+@indicateurl{http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12300/focus=12399},
+@indicateurl{http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12345/},
+@indicateurl{http://article.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12345/},
+@indicateurl{http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.foo.bar/12345/}, and
+@indicateurl{http://news.gmane.org/group/gmane.foo.bar/thread=12345}.
@item gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group
@findex gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group
@@ -13805,9 +13809,12 @@ installed. You then define a server as follows:
@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 @uref{http://www.openssl.org, OpenSSL} or
-@uref{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL, SSLeay} installed. You
-then define a server as follows:
+this you must have @uref{http://www.openssl.org, OpenSSL}
+@ignore
+@c Defunct URL, ancient package, so don't mention it.
+or @uref{ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL, SSLeay}
+@end ignore
+installed. You then define a server as follows:
@lisp
;; @r{"snews" is port 563 and is predefined in our @file{/etc/services}}
@@ -16919,7 +16926,7 @@ Some web sites have an RDF Site Summary (@acronym{RSS}).
@acronym{RSS} is a format for summarizing headlines from news related
sites (such as BBC or CNN). But basically anything list-like can be
presented as an @acronym{RSS} feed: weblogs, changelogs or recent
-changes to a wiki (e.g., @url{http://cliki.net/recent-changes.rdf}).
+changes to a wiki (e.g., @url{http://cliki.net/site/recent-changes}).
@acronym{RSS} has a quite regular and nice interface, and it's
possible to get the information Gnus needs to keep groups updated.