1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
4 * Multiple charsets for topic names.
6 * Allow specification of server in Newsgroups header
10 WIBNI I could put `Newsgroups: nntp+quimby:bla' into a message and
11 Gnus would know to post this message on my server `nntp:quimby' into
12 the group bla? I think this would be way cool.
14 But Gnus would have to rewrite the Newsgroups header before actually
17 Thanks for Micha Wiedenmann for this suggestion.
19 * Understand mail-user-agent. Maybe gnus-mail-user-agent.
23 * Emphasis delimiters show when `W W c'.
27 * Parsing of the common list confirmation requests so that Gnus can
28 prepare the response with a single command. Including LISTSERV
29 periodic ping messages and the like.
31 * Parsing of the various List-* headers to enable automatic commands
32 like "send help message," "send unsubscribe message," and the like.
34 [done, see gnus-ml.el]
36 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
37 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
38 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
39 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
40 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
41 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
43 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
44 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
45 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
46 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
47 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
48 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
49 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
50 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
53 * Support for zipped folders for all backends this makes sense for.
54 Most likely using jka-compr. (It has been suggested that this do
55 work but I think it should be verified for all backends.)
57 * Support for RFC2015, PGP-MIME. Probably has to involve the people in
58 the Mailcrypt project.
62 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
63 so I don't know what is lacking.)
65 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
66 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
67 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
68 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
70 [John Wiegley's article <200011030445.VAA08277@localhost.dynodns.net>,
71 posted on gnu.emacs.gnus does this.
72 Also, gnus-article-encrypt `K E' encrypts the article body.]
74 * The stuff on "Newest Features" in the manual should be implemented
75 and the node updated (it maybe is?).
77 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
78 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
79 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
82 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
83 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
84 there for decoding in a later session.
86 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
87 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
88 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
89 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
90 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
91 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
92 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
93 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
94 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
96 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
97 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
98 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
99 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
100 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
101 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
104 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
105 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
106 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
107 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
108 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
110 [See Support for encrypted folders.]
112 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
113 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
114 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
115 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
116 customize buffer would be appropriate.
117 - Where does your mail come from?
118 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
119 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
121 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
122 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
123 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
124 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
125 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
127 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
128 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
129 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
130 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
131 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
133 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
135 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
136 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
137 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
139 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
141 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
142 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
144 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
145 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
147 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
148 choice between predefined profiles of
149 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
150 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
151 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
152 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
154 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
155 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
156 retrieving should be a separate matter.
157 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
158 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
161 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
162 for the other scoring rules.
164 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
166 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
167 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
168 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
171 * A possibility to add notes to messages. If thouse could include links
172 to other (stored) messages this would be very practical.
174 * A nnfolder like backend with .overview files.
175 This would not only speed up things, but also allow nnir to work on it.
179 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
180 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
181 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
184 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
185 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
186 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
187 display those with ticked messages but not those with
188 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
189 when we allow labels.
191 * Go through the todo list and remove items already done.
193 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
194 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
195 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
196 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
197 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
198 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
200 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
201 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
202 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
203 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
204 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
206 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
207 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
208 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
210 * New backend between nnfolder and nnml: have more than one article
211 per file, but more than one file per group. With .overview files.
213 [done. nnfolder has .overview. Backward- and forward-compatible
214 between 1.0 and 2.0. (setq nnfolder-nov-is-evil t) disables the
217 * .overview files for nnfolder?
221 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
222 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
223 equivalent of nnfolder.
225 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
226 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
227 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
228 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
229 the next or previous unread article.
231 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
232 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
233 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
234 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
235 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
238 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
239 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
240 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
242 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
243 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
250 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
251 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
252 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
254 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
255 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
256 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
257 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
258 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
259 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
260 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
261 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
262 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
263 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
264 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
266 I think Francisco Potort
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\e(B already did something like this?
268 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
269 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
270 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
271 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
272 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
273 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
274 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
276 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
277 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
278 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
279 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
280 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
281 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
283 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
284 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
285 points back to the list.)
287 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
288 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
290 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
291 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
292 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
293 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
295 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
296 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
298 * Allow a user-defined picons directory for personal groups.
300 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
301 articles for all bakends. The comments amybe should go into a
302 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
304 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
305 topic line in *Group*.
307 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
308 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
310 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
312 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
313 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
315 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
317 * http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
321 * facep is not declared.
323 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
324 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
326 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
329 [N/A]<URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
330 [N/A]<URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
331 [N/A]<URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
332 [N/A]<URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
333 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
334 [N/A]<URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
335 [N/A]http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/
339 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
341 * gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.
343 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
346 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
347 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
349 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
351 * FAQ doesn't have an up node?
353 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
354 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
356 * `t' `t' makes X-Faces disappear.
358 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
361 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
363 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
365 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
366 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
368 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
370 * implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
372 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
373 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
375 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
378 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
380 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
381 make the mail groups killed.
383 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
385 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
386 articles have to be removed.
388 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
391 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
393 * finding short score file names takes forever.
395 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
397 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
399 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
401 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
403 * nnweb doesn't work properly.
405 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
407 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
408 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
411 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
413 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
414 bar and the Gnus bar.
416 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
417 `(canonize-message-id id)'
418 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
419 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
420 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
421 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
423 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
427 * postponed commands.
429 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
432 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
435 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
436 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
438 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
439 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
441 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
444 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
445 backends that support that.
447 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
449 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
450 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
452 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
453 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
455 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
458 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
460 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
462 * server mode command: close/open all connections
464 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
465 has been changed before using it.
467 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
470 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
472 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
474 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
476 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
477 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
479 * easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
480 contain groups that match a regexp.
482 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
485 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
488 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
491 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
493 * nntp-ping-before-connect
495 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
497 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
498 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
500 * message annotations.
502 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
504 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
505 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
508 * allow group line format spec to say how many articles there are
513 * `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
515 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
518 * C-c C-f C-e to add an Expires header.
520 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
521 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
523 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
525 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
527 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
528 finds and generate proper active ranges.
530 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
531 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
533 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
535 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
537 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
538 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
540 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
542 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
544 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
545 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
546 group(s) to save mail in.
548 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
550 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
552 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
553 `C-c C-c' when posting.
555 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
558 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
559 article should be marker as expirable.
561 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
563 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
564 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
567 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
568 parent. Also consult Date headers.
570 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
572 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
574 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
575 Message-ID, delete the "original".
577 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
578 message-ids into a See-Also header.
580 * support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
583 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
585 * when browsing a foreign server, the groups that are already
586 subscribed should be listed as such and not as "K".
590 * generate font names dynamically.
592 * score file mode auto-alist.
594 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
595 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
597 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
598 all headers there is.
600 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
603 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
604 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
605 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
607 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
610 * score-find-trace should display the total score of the article.
612 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
613 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
616 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
617 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
619 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
621 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
622 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
624 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
627 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
629 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
631 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
633 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
634 "body", "head" and "all"
636 * When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including
637 newlines) should be ignored.
639 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
640 in subtopics as well.
642 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
645 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
648 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
650 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
652 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
654 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
656 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
658 * allow fetching mail from several pop servers.
662 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
663 or the formatted article.
665 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
667 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
668 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
670 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
673 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
675 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
678 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
679 Gnus expire even unread articles.
681 * a command to print the article buffer as postscript.
683 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
686 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
688 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
690 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
692 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
695 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
696 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
699 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
700 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
702 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
705 * a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
707 [done, (setq gnus-inews-mark-gcc-as-read t)]
709 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
710 particular server? Hm.
712 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
713 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
715 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
717 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
718 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
720 * a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that all kibozed
721 articles should be entered into the cache.
723 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
724 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
725 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
726 higher than a certain number.
728 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
729 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
731 * allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
733 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
735 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
737 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
740 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
741 headers from all articles.
743 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
744 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
746 * command to show and edit group scores
748 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
751 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
753 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
755 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
756 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
757 marking in the group buffer.
759 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
760 that are of that length.
762 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
764 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
766 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
768 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
770 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
773 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
775 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
776 a score lower than this number.
778 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
781 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
783 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
784 each copy can be edited separately.
786 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
788 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
789 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
791 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
793 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
794 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
795 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
796 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
798 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
801 * command to remove all topic stuff.
803 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
804 splitting the resulting digests.
806 * nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
808 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
810 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
811 an alist - before saving.
813 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
815 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
816 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
818 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
821 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
822 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
824 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
826 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
827 several groups at once.
829 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
832 * nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded
837 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
839 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
842 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
844 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
846 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
848 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
851 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
852 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
853 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
854 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
857 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
858 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
860 * `X u' should decode base64 articles.
864 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
867 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
869 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
872 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
873 server and just read the articles in the server
875 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
878 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
880 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
881 listed in each group info.
883 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
886 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
887 only be applied to some groups.
889 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
890 mail-copies-to: never.
892 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
893 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
895 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
897 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
898 entry, based on article marks.
900 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
901 instead of normal logo?)
903 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
905 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
908 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
910 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
912 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
913 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
914 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
915 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
916 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
917 closest to your site.
919 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
920 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
922 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
923 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
925 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
926 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
928 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
929 "Return the date the group was last read."
930 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
933 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
934 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
935 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
936 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
937 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
939 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
940 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
942 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
945 They could be used like this:
947 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
948 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
949 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
951 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
953 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
955 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
958 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
959 affect the summary line format.
961 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
963 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
964 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
966 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
969 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
971 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
973 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
976 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
978 - For other files, just find them normally.
980 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
981 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
983 * Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
984 and tell him what you are doing.
986 * Currently, I get prompted:
988 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
991 The problem above is that since there is really only one
992 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
993 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
994 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
995 sci.somethingelse?...
997 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
998 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
999 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
1000 "no.all.SCORE", osv.
1002 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
1003 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
1004 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
1008 more than n blank lines
1010 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
1013 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
1015 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
1016 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
1017 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
1018 "same" subject for threading purposes.
1020 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
1021 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
1022 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
1023 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
1024 insert-file-contents-literally.)
1026 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
1027 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
1030 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
1034 show-list-of-articles-in-group
1035 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1036 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
1037 if (articles-selected)
1038 start-reading-selected-articles;
1039 junk-unread-articles;
1044 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1045 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1046 select-thread-under-cursor;
1048 select-article-under-cursor;
1052 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1053 if (more-pages-in-article)
1055 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1060 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1061 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1062 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1063 unrelated such nneething groups.
1065 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1066 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1067 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1068 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1070 * It would be nice if it also handled
1072 <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>
1074 which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.
1078 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1079 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1080 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1081 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1083 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1085 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1086 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1089 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1092 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1093 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1094 well. (message-sent-hook).
1096 * rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.
1098 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1102 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1103 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1106 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1107 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1108 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1110 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1111 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1114 * `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.
1116 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1119 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1120 nnmail duplicate checking.
1122 * allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
1123 value of the signature file.
1125 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1126 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1127 some sort of interface like
1129 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1130 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1131 bbdb-complete-name)))
1133 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1134 information in the header
1136 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1139 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1141 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1143 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1144 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1146 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1148 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1149 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1150 do more gathering by subject.
1152 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1153 article numerical order.
1155 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1156 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1158 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1160 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1163 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1164 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1166 * http://www.dejanews.com/forms/dnsetfilter_exp.html ? This filter
1167 allows one to construct advance queries on the Dejanews database
1168 such as specifying start and end dates, subject, author, and/or
1171 * new Date header scoring type - older, newer
1173 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1175 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1177 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1178 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1179 will automatically get the process mark.
1181 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1182 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1183 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1185 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1188 * `gnus-summary-select-article-on-entry' or something. It'll
1189 default to t and will select whatever article decided by
1190 `gnus-auto-select-first'.
1192 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1193 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1194 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1196 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1197 to post in them (using the current select method).
1199 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1201 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1203 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1204 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1206 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1207 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1209 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1210 all articles that match a certain From header.
1212 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1213 offer saving living summary buffers.
1215 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1216 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1218 * a battery of character translation functions to translate common
1219 Mac, MS (etc) characters into ISO 8859-1.
1221 (defun article-fix-m$word ()
1222 "Fix M$Word smartquotes in an article."
1225 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
1226 (goto-char (point-min))
1227 (while (search-forward "\221" nil t)
1228 (replace-match "`" t t))
1229 (goto-char (point-min))
1230 (while (search-forward "\222" nil t)
1231 (replace-match "'" t t))
1232 (goto-char (point-min))
1233 (while (search-forward "\223" nil t)
1234 (replace-match "\"" t t))
1235 (goto-char (point-min))
1236 (while (search-forward "\224" nil t)
1237 (replace-match "\"" t t)))))
1241 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1243 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1244 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1245 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1246 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1248 * allow message-default-headers to be a function.
1250 * new Date score match types - < > = (etc) that take floating point
1251 numbers and match on the age of the article.
1253 * > > > If so, I've got one gripe: It seems that when I fire up gnus 5.2.25
1254 > > > under xemacs-19.14, it's creating a new frame, but is erasing the
1255 > > > buffer in the frame that it was called from =:-O
1257 > > Hm. How do you start up Gnus? From the toolbar or with
1258 > > `M-x gnus-other-frame'?
1260 > I normally start it up from the toolbar; at
1261 > least that's the way I've caught it doing the
1264 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1265 current process mark set onto the stack.
1267 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1268 dersom teksten matcher
1269 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1270 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1271 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1273 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1274 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1276 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1277 props set on the lines.
1279 * use run-with-idle-timer for gnus-demon instead of the home-brewed
1280 stuff for better reliability.
1282 * add a way to select which NoCeM type to apply - spam, troll, etc.
1284 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1286 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1288 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1291 * (nnoo-set SERVER VARIABLE VALUE)
1297 * interrupitng agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1299 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1300 to the current group.
1302 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1303 X characters in the body.
1305 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1307 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1309 * format spec to "tab" to a position.
1311 * Move all prompting to the new `M-n' default style.
1313 * command to display all dormant articles.
1315 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1317 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1318 replied to something someone else has said.
1320 * Read Netscape discussion groups:
1321 snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.communicator.unix
1323 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1324 edit the displayed version.
1326 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1329 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1331 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1332 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1333 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1334 (read & age > 14 days)?
1336 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1339 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1341 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1344 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1345 special, unique buffer.
1347 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1349 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a
1350 certain number of days old.
1352 * New spec: %~(tab 56) to put point on column 56
1354 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1356 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1357 active file, for instance.
1359 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1360 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1361 of the first article.
1363 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1364 the topics for displaying.
1366 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1367 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1369 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1371 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1372 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1373 summary buffer for each article.
1375 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1377 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1380 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1382 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1385 * The jingle is only played on the second invocation of Gnus.
1387 * Bouncing articles should do MIME.
1391 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1392 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1394 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1395 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1397 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1398 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1400 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1401 timeout for all commands.
1403 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1404 line. It should go somewhere else.
1406 * I'm having trouble accessing a newsgroup with a "+" in its name
1407 with Gnus. There is a new newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com named
1408 "microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time" that I'm trying to
1410 "nntp+msnews.microsoft.com:microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time"
1411 but it gives an error that it cant access the group.
1413 Is the "+" character illegal in newsgroup names? Is there any way
1414 in Gnus to work around this? (gnus 5.6.45 - XEmacs 20.4)
1416 [It works in 5.8.8.]
1420 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1421 --text follows this line--
1422 Sorry I killfiled you...
1424 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1426 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1429 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1433 * - Edit article's summary line.
1435 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1437 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1440 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1443 * Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1444 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1447 * Be able to forward groups of messages as MIME digests.
1451 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1454 * When I type W W c (gnus-article-hide-citation) in the summary
1455 buffer, the citations are revealed, but the [+] buttons don't turn
1456 into [-] buttons. (If I click on one of the [+] buttons, it does
1457 turn into a [-] button.)
1461 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1462 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1463 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1464 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1466 * Handle external-body parts.
1468 [done for some access types]
1470 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1473 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1475 (body "whatever.text")
1477 * Be able to run `J u' from summary buffers.
1479 * Solve the halting problem.
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