1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
4 * Parsing of the common list confirmation requests so that Gnus can
5 prepare the response with a single command. Including LISTSERV
6 periodic ping messages and the like.
8 * Parsing of the various List-* headers to enable automatic commands
9 like "send help message," "send unsubscribe message," and the like.
11 [done, see gnus-ml.el]
13 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
14 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
15 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
16 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
17 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
18 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
20 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
21 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
22 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
23 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
24 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
25 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
26 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
27 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
30 * Support for zipped folders for all backends this makes sense for.
31 Most likely using jka-compr. (It has been suggested that this do
32 work but I think it should be verified for all backends.)
34 * Support for RFC2015, PGP-MIME. Probably has to involve the people in
35 the Mailcrypt project.
39 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
40 so I don't know what is lacking.)
42 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
43 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
44 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
45 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
47 * The stuff on "Newest Features" in the manual should be implemented
48 and the node updated (it maybe is?).
50 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
51 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
52 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
55 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
56 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
57 there for decoding in a later session.
59 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
60 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
61 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
62 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
63 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
64 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
65 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
66 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
67 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
69 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
70 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
71 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
72 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
73 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
74 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
77 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
78 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
79 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
80 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
81 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
83 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
84 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
85 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
86 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
87 customize buffer would be appropriate.
88 - Where does your mail come from?
89 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
90 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
92 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
93 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
94 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
95 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
96 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
98 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
99 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
100 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
101 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
102 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
104 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
106 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
107 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
108 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
110 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
112 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
113 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
115 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
116 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
118 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
119 choice between predefined profiles of
120 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
121 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
122 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
123 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
125 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
126 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
127 retrieving should be a separate matter.
128 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
129 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
132 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
133 for the other scoring rules.
135 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
137 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
138 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
139 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
142 * A possibility to add notes to messages. If thouse could include links
143 to other (stored) messages this would be very practical.
145 * A nnfolder like backend with .overview files.
146 This would not only speed up things, but also allow nnir to work on it.
150 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
151 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
152 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
155 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
156 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
157 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
158 display those with ticked messages but not those with
159 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
160 when we allow labels.
162 * Go through the todo list and remove items already done.
164 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
165 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
166 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
167 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
168 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
169 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
171 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
172 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
173 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
174 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
175 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
177 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
178 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
179 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
181 * New backend between nnfolder and nnml: have more than one article
182 per file, but more than one file per group. With .overview files.
184 [done. nnfolder has .overview. Backward- and forward-compatible
185 between 1.0 and 2.0. (setq nnfolder-nov-is-evil t) disables the
188 * .overview files for nnfolder?
192 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
193 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
194 equivalent of nnfolder.
196 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
197 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
198 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
199 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
200 the next or previous unread article.
202 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
203 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
204 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
205 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
206 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
209 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
210 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
211 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
213 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
214 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
221 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
222 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
223 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
225 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
226 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
227 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
228 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
229 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
230 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
231 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
232 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
233 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
234 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
235 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
237 I think Francisco Potort
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\e(B already did something like this?
239 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
240 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
241 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
242 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
243 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
244 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
245 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
247 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
248 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
249 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
250 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
251 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
252 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
254 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
255 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
256 points back to the list.)
258 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
259 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
261 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
262 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
263 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
264 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
266 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
267 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
269 * Allow a user-defined picons directory for personal groups.
271 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
272 articles for all bakends. The comments amybe should go into a
273 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
275 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
276 topic line in *Group*.
278 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
279 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
281 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
283 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
284 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
286 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
288 * http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
292 * facep is not declared.
294 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
295 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
297 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
300 [N/A]<URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
301 [N/A]<URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
302 [N/A]<URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
303 [N/A]<URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
304 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
305 [N/A]<URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
306 [N/A]http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/
310 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
312 * gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.
314 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
317 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
318 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
320 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
322 * FAQ doesn't have an up node?
324 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
325 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
327 * `t' `t' makes X-Faces disappear.
329 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
332 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
334 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
336 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
337 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
339 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
341 * implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
343 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
344 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
346 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
349 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
351 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
352 make the mail groups killed.
354 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
356 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
357 articles have to be removed.
359 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
362 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
364 * finding short score file names takes forever.
366 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
368 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
370 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
372 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
374 * nnweb doesn't work properly.
376 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
378 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
379 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
382 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
384 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
385 bar and the Gnus bar.
387 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
388 `(canonize-message-id id)'
389 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
390 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
391 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
392 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
394 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
398 * postponed commands.
400 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
403 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
406 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
407 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
409 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
410 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
412 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
415 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
416 backends that support that.
418 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
420 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
421 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
423 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
424 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
426 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
429 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
431 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
433 * server mode command: close/open all connections
435 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
436 has been changed before using it.
438 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
441 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
443 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
445 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
447 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
448 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
450 * easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
451 contain groups that match a regexp.
453 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
456 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
459 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
462 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
464 * nntp-ping-before-connect
466 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
468 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
469 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
471 * message annotations.
473 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
475 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
476 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
479 * allow group line format spec to say how many articles there are
484 * `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
486 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
489 * C-c C-f C-e to add an Expires header.
491 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
492 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
494 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
496 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
498 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
499 finds and generate proper active ranges.
501 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
502 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
504 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
506 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
508 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
509 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
511 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
513 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
515 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
516 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
517 group(s) to save mail in.
519 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
521 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
523 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
524 `C-c C-c' when posting.
526 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
529 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
530 article should be marker as expirable.
532 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
534 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
535 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
538 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
539 parent. Also consult Date headers.
541 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
543 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
545 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
546 Message-ID, delete the "original".
548 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
549 message-ids into a See-Also header.
551 * support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
554 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
556 * when browsing a foreign server, the groups that are already
557 subscribed should be listed as such and not as "K".
561 * generate font names dynamically.
563 * score file mode auto-alist.
565 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
566 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
568 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
569 all headers there is.
571 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
574 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
575 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
576 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
578 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
581 * score-find-trace should display the total score of the article.
583 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
584 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
587 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
588 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
590 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
592 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
593 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
595 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
598 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
600 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
602 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
604 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
605 "body", "head" and "all"
607 * When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including
608 newlines) should be ignored.
610 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
611 in subtopics as well.
613 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
616 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
619 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
621 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
623 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
625 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
627 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
629 * allow fetching mail from several pop servers.
633 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
634 or the formatted article.
636 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
638 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
639 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
641 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
644 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
646 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
649 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
650 Gnus expire even unread articles.
652 * a command to print the article buffer as postscript.
654 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
657 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
659 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
661 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
663 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
666 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
667 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
670 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
671 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
673 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
676 * a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
678 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
679 particular server? Hm.
681 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
682 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
684 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
686 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
687 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
689 * a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that all kibozed
690 articles should be entered into the cache.
692 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
693 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
694 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
695 higher than a certain number.
697 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
698 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
700 * allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
702 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
704 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
706 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
709 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
710 headers from all articles.
712 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
713 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
715 * command to show and edit group scores
717 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
720 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
722 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
724 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
725 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
726 marking in the group buffer.
728 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
729 that are of that length.
731 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
733 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
735 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
737 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
739 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
742 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
744 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
745 a score lower than this number.
747 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
750 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
752 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
753 each copy can be edited separately.
755 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
757 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
758 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
760 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
762 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
763 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
764 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
765 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
767 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
770 * command to remove all topic stuff.
772 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
773 splitting the resulting digests.
775 * nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
777 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
779 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
780 an alist - before saving.
782 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
784 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
785 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
787 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
790 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
791 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
793 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
795 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
796 several groups at once.
798 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
801 * nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded
806 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
808 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
811 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
813 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
815 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
817 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
820 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
821 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
822 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
823 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
826 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
827 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
829 * `X u' should decode base64 articles.
833 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
836 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
838 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
841 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
842 server and just read the articles in the server
844 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
847 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
849 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
850 listed in each group info.
852 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
855 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
856 only be applied to some groups.
858 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
859 mail-copies-to: never.
861 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
862 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
864 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
866 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
867 entry, based on article marks.
869 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
870 instead of normal logo?)
872 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
874 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
877 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
879 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
881 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
882 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
883 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
884 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
885 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
886 closest to your site.
888 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
889 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
891 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
892 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
894 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
895 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
897 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
898 "Return the date the group was last read."
899 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
902 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
903 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
904 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
905 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
906 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
908 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
909 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
911 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
914 They could be used like this:
916 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
917 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
918 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
920 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
922 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
924 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
927 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
928 affect the summary line format.
930 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
932 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
933 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
935 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
938 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
940 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
942 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
945 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
947 - For other files, just find them normally.
949 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
950 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
952 * Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
953 and tell him what you are doing.
955 * Currently, I get prompted:
957 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
960 The problem above is that since there is really only one
961 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
962 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
963 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
964 sci.somethingelse?...
966 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
967 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
968 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
971 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
972 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
973 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
977 more than n blank lines
979 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
982 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
984 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
985 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
986 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
987 "same" subject for threading purposes.
989 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
990 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
991 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
992 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
993 insert-file-contents-literally.)
995 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
996 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
999 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
1003 show-list-of-articles-in-group
1004 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1005 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
1006 if (articles-selected)
1007 start-reading-selected-articles;
1008 junk-unread-articles;
1013 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1014 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1015 select-thread-under-cursor;
1017 select-article-under-cursor;
1021 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1022 if (more-pages-in-article)
1024 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1029 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1030 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1031 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1032 unrelated such nneething groups.
1034 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1035 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1036 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1037 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1039 * It would be nice if it also handled
1041 <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>
1043 which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.
1047 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1048 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1049 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1050 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1052 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1054 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1055 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1058 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1061 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1062 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1063 well. (message-sent-hook).
1065 * rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.
1067 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1071 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1072 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1075 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1076 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1077 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1079 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1080 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1083 * `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.
1085 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1088 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1089 nnmail duplicate checking.
1091 * allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
1092 value of the signature file.
1094 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1095 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1096 some sort of interface like
1098 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1099 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1100 bbdb-complete-name)))
1102 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1103 information in the header
1105 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1108 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1110 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1112 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1113 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1115 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1117 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1118 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1119 do more gathering by subject.
1121 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1122 article numerical order.
1124 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1125 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1127 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1129 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1132 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1133 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1135 * http://www.dejanews.com/forms/dnsetfilter_exp.html ? This filter
1136 allows one to construct advance queries on the Dejanews database
1137 such as specifying start and end dates, subject, author, and/or
1140 * new Date header scoring type - older, newer
1142 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1144 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1146 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1147 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1148 will automatically get the process mark.
1150 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1151 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1152 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1154 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1157 * `gnus-summary-select-article-on-entry' or something. It'll
1158 default to t and will select whatever article decided by
1159 `gnus-auto-select-first'.
1161 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1162 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1163 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1165 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1166 to post in them (using the current select method).
1168 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1170 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1172 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1173 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1175 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1176 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1178 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1179 all articles that match a certain From header.
1181 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1182 offer saving living summary buffers.
1184 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1185 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1187 * a battery of character translation functions to translate common
1188 Mac, MS (etc) characters into ISO 8859-1.
1190 (defun article-fix-m$word ()
1191 "Fix M$Word smartquotes in an article."
1194 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
1195 (goto-char (point-min))
1196 (while (search-forward "\221" nil t)
1197 (replace-match "`" t t))
1198 (goto-char (point-min))
1199 (while (search-forward "\222" nil t)
1200 (replace-match "'" t t))
1201 (goto-char (point-min))
1202 (while (search-forward "\223" nil t)
1203 (replace-match "\"" t t))
1204 (goto-char (point-min))
1205 (while (search-forward "\224" nil t)
1206 (replace-match "\"" t t)))))
1210 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1212 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1213 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1214 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1215 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1217 * allow message-default-headers to be a function.
1219 * new Date score match types - < > = (etc) that take floating point
1220 numbers and match on the age of the article.
1222 * > > > If so, I've got one gripe: It seems that when I fire up gnus 5.2.25
1223 > > > under xemacs-19.14, it's creating a new frame, but is erasing the
1224 > > > buffer in the frame that it was called from =:-O
1226 > > Hm. How do you start up Gnus? From the toolbar or with
1227 > > `M-x gnus-other-frame'?
1229 > I normally start it up from the toolbar; at
1230 > least that's the way I've caught it doing the
1233 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1234 current process mark set onto the stack.
1236 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1237 dersom teksten matcher
1238 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1239 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1240 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1242 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1243 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1245 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1246 props set on the lines.
1248 * use run-with-idle-timer for gnus-demon instead of the home-brewed
1249 stuff for better reliability.
1251 * add a way to select which NoCeM type to apply - spam, troll, etc.
1253 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1255 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1257 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1260 * (nnoo-set SERVER VARIABLE VALUE)
1266 * interrupitng agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1268 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1269 to the current group.
1271 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1272 X characters in the body.
1274 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1276 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1278 * format spec to "tab" to a position.
1280 * Move all prompting to the new `M-n' default style.
1282 * command to display all dormant articles.
1284 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1286 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1287 replied to something someone else has said.
1289 * Read Netscape discussion groups:
1290 snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.communicator.unix
1292 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1293 edit the displayed version.
1295 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1298 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1300 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1301 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1302 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1303 (read & age > 14 days)?
1305 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1308 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1310 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1313 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1314 special, unique buffer.
1316 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1318 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a
1319 certain number of days old.
1321 * New spec: %~(tab 56) to put point on column 56
1323 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1325 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1326 active file, for instance.
1328 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1329 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1330 of the first article.
1332 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1333 the topics for displaying.
1335 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1336 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1338 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1340 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1341 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1342 summary buffer for each article.
1344 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1346 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1349 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1351 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1354 * The jingle is only played on the second invocation of Gnus.
1356 * Bouncing articles should do MIME.
1360 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1361 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1363 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1364 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1366 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1367 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1369 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1370 timeout for all commands.
1372 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1373 line. It should go somewhere else.
1375 * I'm having trouble accessing a newsgroup with a "+" in its name
1376 with Gnus. There is a new newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com named
1377 "microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time" that I'm trying to
1379 "nntp+msnews.microsoft.com:microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time"
1380 but it gives an error that it cant access the group.
1382 Is the "+" character illegal in newsgroup names? Is there any way
1383 in Gnus to work around this? (gnus 5.6.45 - XEmacs 20.4)
1385 [It works in 5.8.8.]
1389 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1390 --text follows this line--
1391 Sorry I killfiled you...
1393 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1395 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1398 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1402 * - Edit article's summary line.
1404 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1406 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1409 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1412 * Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1413 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1416 * Be able to forward groups of messages as MIME digests.
1420 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1423 * When I type W W c (gnus-article-hide-citation) in the summary
1424 buffer, the citations are revealed, but the [+] buttons don't turn
1425 into [-] buttons. (If I click on one of the [+] buttons, it does
1426 turn into a [-] button.)
1428 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1429 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1430 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1431 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1433 * Handle external-body parts.
1435 [done for some access types]
1437 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1440 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1442 (body "whatever.text")
1444 * Be able to run `J u' from summary buffers.
1446 * Solve the halting problem.
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