1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
6 The result of Google group search return a thread. Is it a digest
11 Implement NOV caching with Gnus Agent.
13 * Multiple charsets for topic names.
17 * Allow specification of server in Newsgroups header
21 WIBNI I could put `Newsgroups: nntp+quimby:bla' into a message and
22 Gnus would know to post this message on my server `nntp:quimby' into
23 the group bla? I think this would be way cool.
25 But Gnus would have to rewrite the Newsgroups header before actually
28 Thanks for Micha Wiedenmann for this suggestion.
30 * Understand mail-user-agent. Maybe gnus-mail-user-agent.
34 * Emphasis delimiters show when `W W c'.
38 * Parsing of the common list confirmation requests so that Gnus can
39 prepare the response with a single command. Including LISTSERV
40 periodic ping messages and the like.
42 * Parsing of the various List-* headers to enable automatic commands
43 like "send help message," "send unsubscribe message," and the like.
45 [done, see gnus-ml.el]
47 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
48 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
49 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
50 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
51 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
52 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
54 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
55 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
56 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
57 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
58 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
59 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
60 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
61 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
64 * Support for zipped folders for all backends this makes sense for.
65 Most likely using jka-compr. (It has been suggested that this do
66 work but I think it should be verified for all backends.)
68 * Support for RFC2015, PGP-MIME. Probably has to involve the people in
69 the Mailcrypt project.
73 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
74 so I don't know what is lacking.)
76 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
77 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
78 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
79 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
81 [John Wiegley's article <200011030445.VAA08277@localhost.dynodns.net>,
82 posted on gnu.emacs.gnus does this.
83 Also, gnus-article-encrypt `K E' encrypts the article body.]
85 * The stuff on "Newest Features" in the manual should be implemented
86 and the node updated (it maybe is?).
88 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
89 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
90 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
93 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
94 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
95 there for decoding in a later session.
97 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
98 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
99 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
100 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
101 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
102 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
103 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
104 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
105 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
107 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
108 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
109 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
110 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
111 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
112 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
115 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
116 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
117 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
118 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
119 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
121 [See Support for encrypted folders.]
123 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
124 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
125 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
126 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
127 customize buffer would be appropriate.
128 - Where does your mail come from?
129 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
130 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
132 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
133 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
134 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
135 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
136 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
138 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
139 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
140 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
141 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
142 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
144 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
146 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
147 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
148 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
150 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
152 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
153 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
155 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
156 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
158 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
159 choice between predefined profiles of
160 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
161 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
162 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
163 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
165 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
166 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
167 retrieving should be a separate matter.
168 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
169 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
172 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
173 for the other scoring rules.
175 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
177 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
178 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
179 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
182 * A possibility to add notes to messages. If thouse could include links
183 to other (stored) messages this would be very practical.
185 * A nnfolder like backend with .overview files.
186 This would not only speed up things, but also allow nnir to work on it.
190 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
191 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
192 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
195 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
196 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
197 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
198 display those with ticked messages but not those with
199 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
200 when we allow labels.
202 * Go through the todo list and remove items already done.
204 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
205 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
206 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
207 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
208 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
209 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
211 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
212 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
213 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
214 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
215 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
217 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
218 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
219 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
221 * New backend between nnfolder and nnml: have more than one article
222 per file, but more than one file per group. With .overview files.
224 [done. nnfolder has .overview. Backward- and forward-compatible
225 between 1.0 and 2.0. (setq nnfolder-nov-is-evil t) disables the
228 * .overview files for nnfolder?
232 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
233 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
234 equivalent of nnfolder.
236 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
237 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
238 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
239 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
240 the next or previous unread article.
242 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
243 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
244 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
245 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
246 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
249 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
250 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
251 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
253 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
254 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
261 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
262 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
263 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
265 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
266 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
267 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
268 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
269 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
270 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
271 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
272 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
273 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
274 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
275 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
277 I think Francisco Potort
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279 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
280 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
281 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
282 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
283 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
284 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
285 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
287 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
288 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
289 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
290 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
291 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
292 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
294 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
295 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
296 points back to the list.)
298 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
299 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
301 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
302 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
303 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
304 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
306 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
307 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
309 * Allow a user-defined picons directory for personal groups.
311 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
312 articles for all bakends. The comments amybe should go into a
313 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
315 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
316 topic line in *Group*.
318 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
319 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
321 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
323 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
324 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
326 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
328 * http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
332 * facep is not declared.
334 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
335 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
337 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
340 [N/A]<URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
341 [N/A]<URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
342 [N/A]<URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
343 [N/A]<URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
344 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
345 [N/A]<URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
346 [N/A]http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/
350 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
352 * gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.
354 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
357 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
358 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
360 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
362 * FAQ doesn't have an up node?
364 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
365 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
367 * `t' `t' makes X-Faces disappear.
369 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
372 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
374 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
376 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
377 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
379 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
381 * implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
383 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
384 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
386 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
389 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
391 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
392 make the mail groups killed.
394 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
396 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
397 articles have to be removed.
399 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
402 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
404 * finding short score file names takes forever.
406 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
408 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
410 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
412 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
414 * nnweb doesn't work properly.
416 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
418 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
419 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
422 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
424 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
425 bar and the Gnus bar.
427 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
428 `(canonize-message-id id)'
429 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
430 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
431 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
432 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
434 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
438 * postponed commands.
440 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
443 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
446 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
447 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
449 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
450 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
452 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
455 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
456 backends that support that.
458 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
460 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
461 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
463 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
464 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
466 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
469 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
471 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
473 * server mode command: close/open all connections
475 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
476 has been changed before using it.
478 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
481 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
483 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
485 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
487 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
488 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
490 * easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
491 contain groups that match a regexp.
493 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
496 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
499 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
502 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
504 * nntp-ping-before-connect
506 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
508 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
509 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
511 * message annotations.
513 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
515 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
516 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
519 * allow group line format spec to say how many articles there are
524 * `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
526 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
529 * C-c C-f C-e to add an Expires header.
531 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
532 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
534 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
536 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
538 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
539 finds and generate proper active ranges.
541 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
542 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
544 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
546 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
548 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
549 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
551 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
553 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
555 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
556 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
557 group(s) to save mail in.
559 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
561 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
563 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
564 `C-c C-c' when posting.
566 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
569 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
570 article should be marker as expirable.
572 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
574 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
575 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
578 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
579 parent. Also consult Date headers.
581 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
583 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
585 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
586 Message-ID, delete the "original".
588 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
589 message-ids into a See-Also header.
591 * support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
594 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
596 * when browsing a foreign server, the groups that are already
597 subscribed should be listed as such and not as "K".
601 * generate font names dynamically.
603 * score file mode auto-alist.
605 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
606 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
608 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
609 all headers there is.
611 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
614 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
615 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
616 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
618 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
621 * score-find-trace should display the total score of the article.
623 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
624 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
627 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
628 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
630 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
632 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
633 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
635 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
638 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
640 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
642 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
644 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
645 "body", "head" and "all"
647 * When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including
648 newlines) should be ignored.
650 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
651 in subtopics as well.
653 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
656 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
659 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
661 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
663 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
665 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
667 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
669 * allow fetching mail from several pop servers.
673 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
674 or the formatted article.
676 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
678 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
679 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
681 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
684 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
686 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
689 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
690 Gnus expire even unread articles.
692 * a command to print the article buffer as postscript.
694 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
697 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
699 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
701 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
703 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
706 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
707 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
710 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
711 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
713 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
716 * a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
718 [done, (setq gnus-inews-mark-gcc-as-read t)]
720 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
721 particular server? Hm.
723 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
724 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
726 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
728 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
729 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
731 * a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that all kibozed
732 articles should be entered into the cache.
734 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
735 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
736 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
737 higher than a certain number.
739 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
740 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
742 * allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
744 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
746 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
748 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
751 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
752 headers from all articles.
754 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
755 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
757 * command to show and edit group scores
759 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
762 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
764 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
766 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
767 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
768 marking in the group buffer.
770 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
771 that are of that length.
773 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
775 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
777 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
779 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
781 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
784 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
786 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
787 a score lower than this number.
789 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
792 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
794 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
795 each copy can be edited separately.
797 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
799 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
800 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
802 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
804 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
805 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
806 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
807 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
809 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
812 * command to remove all topic stuff.
814 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
815 splitting the resulting digests.
817 * nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
819 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
821 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
822 an alist - before saving.
824 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
826 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
827 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
829 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
832 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
833 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
835 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
837 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
838 several groups at once.
840 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
843 * nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded
848 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
850 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
853 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
855 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
857 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
859 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
862 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
863 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
864 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
865 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
868 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
869 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
871 * `X u' should decode base64 articles.
875 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
878 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
880 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
883 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
884 server and just read the articles in the server
886 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
889 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
891 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
892 listed in each group info.
894 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
897 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
898 only be applied to some groups.
900 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
901 mail-copies-to: never.
903 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
904 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
906 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
908 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
909 entry, based on article marks.
911 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
912 instead of normal logo?)
914 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
916 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
919 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
921 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
923 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
924 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
925 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
926 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
927 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
928 closest to your site.
930 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
931 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
933 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
934 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
936 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
937 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
939 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
940 "Return the date the group was last read."
941 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
944 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
945 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
946 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
947 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
948 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
950 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
951 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
953 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
956 They could be used like this:
958 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
959 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
960 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
962 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
964 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
966 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
969 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
970 affect the summary line format.
972 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
974 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
975 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
977 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
980 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
982 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
984 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
987 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
989 - For other files, just find them normally.
991 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
992 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
994 * Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
995 and tell him what you are doing.
997 * Currently, I get prompted:
999 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
1002 The problem above is that since there is really only one
1003 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
1004 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
1005 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
1006 sci.somethingelse?...
1008 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
1009 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
1010 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
1011 "no.all.SCORE", osv.
1013 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
1014 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
1015 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
1019 more than n blank lines
1021 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
1024 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
1026 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
1027 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
1028 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
1029 "same" subject for threading purposes.
1031 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
1032 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
1033 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
1034 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
1035 insert-file-contents-literally.)
1037 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
1038 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
1041 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
1045 show-list-of-articles-in-group
1046 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1047 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
1048 if (articles-selected)
1049 start-reading-selected-articles;
1050 junk-unread-articles;
1055 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1056 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1057 select-thread-under-cursor;
1059 select-article-under-cursor;
1063 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1064 if (more-pages-in-article)
1066 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1071 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1072 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1073 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1074 unrelated such nneething groups.
1076 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1077 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1078 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1079 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1081 * It would be nice if it also handled
1083 <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>
1085 which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.
1089 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1090 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1091 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1092 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1094 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1096 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1097 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1100 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1103 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1104 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1105 well. (message-sent-hook).
1107 * rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.
1109 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1113 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1114 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1117 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1118 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1119 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1121 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1122 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1125 * `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.
1127 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1130 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1131 nnmail duplicate checking.
1133 * allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
1134 value of the signature file.
1136 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1137 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1138 some sort of interface like
1140 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1141 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1142 bbdb-complete-name)))
1144 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1145 information in the header
1147 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1150 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1152 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1154 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1155 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1157 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1159 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1160 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1161 do more gathering by subject.
1163 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1164 article numerical order.
1166 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1167 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1169 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1171 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1174 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1175 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1177 * http://www.dejanews.com/forms/dnsetfilter_exp.html ? This filter
1178 allows one to construct advance queries on the Dejanews database
1179 such as specifying start and end dates, subject, author, and/or
1182 * new Date header scoring type - older, newer
1184 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1186 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1188 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1189 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1190 will automatically get the process mark.
1192 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1193 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1194 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1196 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1199 * `gnus-summary-select-article-on-entry' or something. It'll
1200 default to t and will select whatever article decided by
1201 `gnus-auto-select-first'.
1203 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1204 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1205 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1207 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1208 to post in them (using the current select method).
1210 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1212 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1214 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1215 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1217 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1218 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1220 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1221 all articles that match a certain From header.
1223 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1224 offer saving living summary buffers.
1226 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1227 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1229 * a battery of character translation functions to translate common
1230 Mac, MS (etc) characters into ISO 8859-1.
1232 (defun article-fix-m$word ()
1233 "Fix M$Word smartquotes in an article."
1236 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
1237 (goto-char (point-min))
1238 (while (search-forward "\221" nil t)
1239 (replace-match "`" t t))
1240 (goto-char (point-min))
1241 (while (search-forward "\222" nil t)
1242 (replace-match "'" t t))
1243 (goto-char (point-min))
1244 (while (search-forward "\223" nil t)
1245 (replace-match "\"" t t))
1246 (goto-char (point-min))
1247 (while (search-forward "\224" nil t)
1248 (replace-match "\"" t t)))))
1252 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1254 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1255 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1256 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1257 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1259 * allow message-default-headers to be a function.
1261 * new Date score match types - < > = (etc) that take floating point
1262 numbers and match on the age of the article.
1264 * > > > If so, I've got one gripe: It seems that when I fire up gnus 5.2.25
1265 > > > under xemacs-19.14, it's creating a new frame, but is erasing the
1266 > > > buffer in the frame that it was called from =:-O
1268 > > Hm. How do you start up Gnus? From the toolbar or with
1269 > > `M-x gnus-other-frame'?
1271 > I normally start it up from the toolbar; at
1272 > least that's the way I've caught it doing the
1275 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1276 current process mark set onto the stack.
1278 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1279 dersom teksten matcher
1280 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1281 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1282 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1284 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1285 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1287 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1288 props set on the lines.
1290 * use run-with-idle-timer for gnus-demon instead of the home-brewed
1291 stuff for better reliability.
1293 * add a way to select which NoCeM type to apply - spam, troll, etc.
1295 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1297 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1299 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1302 * (nnoo-set SERVER VARIABLE VALUE)
1308 * interrupitng agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1310 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1311 to the current group.
1313 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1314 X characters in the body.
1316 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1318 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1320 * format spec to "tab" to a position.
1322 * Move all prompting to the new `M-n' default style.
1324 * command to display all dormant articles.
1326 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1328 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1329 replied to something someone else has said.
1331 * Read Netscape discussion groups:
1332 snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.communicator.unix
1334 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1335 edit the displayed version.
1337 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1340 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1342 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1343 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1344 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1345 (read & age > 14 days)?
1347 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1350 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1352 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1355 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1356 special, unique buffer.
1358 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1360 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a
1361 certain number of days old.
1363 * New spec: %~(tab 56) to put point on column 56
1365 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1367 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1368 active file, for instance.
1370 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1371 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1372 of the first article.
1374 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1375 the topics for displaying.
1377 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1378 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1380 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1382 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1383 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1384 summary buffer for each article.
1386 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1388 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1391 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1393 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1396 * The jingle is only played on the second invocation of Gnus.
1398 * Bouncing articles should do MIME.
1402 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1403 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1405 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1406 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1408 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1409 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1411 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1412 timeout for all commands.
1414 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1415 line. It should go somewhere else.
1417 * I'm having trouble accessing a newsgroup with a "+" in its name
1418 with Gnus. There is a new newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com named
1419 "microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time" that I'm trying to
1421 "nntp+msnews.microsoft.com:microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time"
1422 but it gives an error that it cant access the group.
1424 Is the "+" character illegal in newsgroup names? Is there any way
1425 in Gnus to work around this? (gnus 5.6.45 - XEmacs 20.4)
1427 [It works in 5.8.8.]
1431 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1432 --text follows this line--
1433 Sorry I killfiled you...
1435 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1437 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1440 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1444 * - Edit article's summary line.
1446 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1448 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1451 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1454 * Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1455 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1458 * Be able to forward groups of messages as MIME digests.
1462 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1465 * When I type W W c (gnus-article-hide-citation) in the summary
1466 buffer, the citations are revealed, but the [+] buttons don't turn
1467 into [-] buttons. (If I click on one of the [+] buttons, it does
1468 turn into a [-] button.)
1472 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1473 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1474 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1475 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1477 * Handle external-body parts.
1479 [done for some access types]
1481 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1484 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1486 (body "whatever.text")
1488 * Be able to run `J u' from summary buffers.
1492 * Solve the halting problem.
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