Byte-Compilation

Move the lisp files, the C file, and `Makefile' to the appropriate directory in the search path defined by the variable load-path. Before actually byte-compiling the lisp files, make sure there are no byte-compiled files of older versions of GNUS in that directory. Remove or rename such files as the byte-compiler may be confused by old macro definitions. If you can use the `make' command, you don't have to take care of the dependencies.

The C file `tcp.c' should be compiled with a C compiler and installed in a directory in the search path defined by the variable exec-path, if this is required.

If you can use the `make' command, just type make in a Unix shell. All the lisp files will be byte-compiled. Otherwise, byte-compile lisp files in the following order according to your computing environment by yourself:

1. Byte-compile `nntp.el', `gnus.el', `gnuspost.el', `gnusmail.el', and `gnusmisc.el' in this order.
2. Byte-compile `nnspool.el' if you want to use the local news spool of your machine instead of NNTP (see section Using Local News Spool).
3. Byte-compile `mhspool.el' if you want to read articles or mail in your private directory using GNUS (see section Reading a Private Directory).
4. Compile and install `tcp.el' and `tcp.c' if TCP/IP is not supported by Emacs but is supported by your operating system.

`tcp.el' defines the function open-network-stream, and `tcp.c' is an emulation program for the stream used by the function. If you modified `tcp.c' for your system, please send the author the diffs. Some of them will be included in the future releases of GNUS.