From: ross@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mailto links
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:44:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iq9lx6t5.fsf@rosslaird.info> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87sk8qvse3.fsf@rosslaird.info
ross@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes:
> Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ross@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes:
>>
>>>
>>> (setq 'mail-user-agent' 'gnus-user-agent')
>>>
>>> Which, of course, causes emacs to choke (or, at least to grumble.)
>>>
>>> Ross
>>
>> Hi Ross : its a gnus setting not a browse setting.
>>
>> Inside emacs put your cursor over the variable name
>> "mail-user-agent". Press C-h v (control key and "h" at the same time,
>> release and then press "v"). Select "customize" option. There you can
>> select "Gnus Message with full Gnus features". Save for future
>> sessions. You could also "C-h v" and then type the name of the
>> variable. Remove your code above.
>>
>
> Hi Richard;
>
> Thanks for the help. This is a good example, I think, of how cryptic
> Emacs can be. I followed your first set of instructions exactly, but
> still had difficulty. When I put my "cursor over the variable name" and
> then hit C-h v, I did not get an option, I got this:
>
> Describe variable (default mail-user-agent) (mail-user-agent)
>
> Which, I think, just tells me what the variable is called. Probably this
> was due to the fact that I was just hovering over it in your post, as I
> was not able (as I said in my first post) to find this variable in
> customize. However, your tip got me thinking about a more general
> search, outside of org-customize. So, I just entered "customize" (which
> I have done before) and drilled my way down to where I found the
> variable. There I was able to set the option as you describe above.
>
> Emacs is a strange beast. Strong, old, canny. But very strange.
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Ross
And ha, after all that I still get Kmail...
R.
--
Ross A. Laird, PhD
www.rosslaird.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-25 4:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-23 23:25 mailto links David A. Gershman
2010-02-24 4:59 ` Ross A. Laird
2010-02-24 9:26 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-02-25 2:10 ` Ross A. Laird
2010-02-25 3:36 ` Richard Riley
2010-02-25 4:41 ` Ross A. Laird
2010-02-25 4:44 ` Ross A. Laird [this message]
2010-02-25 4:50 ` Richard Riley
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2010-02-23 23:07 Ross A. Laird
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