1 ;;; gnus-async.el --- asynchronous support for Gnus
2 ;; Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
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32 (defvar gnus-asynchronous t
33 "*If nil, inhibit all Gnus asynchronicity.
34 If non-nil, let the other asynch variables be heeded.")
36 (defvar gnus-use-article-prefetch 30
37 "*If non-nil, prefetch articles in groups that allow this.
38 If a number, prefetch only that many articles forward;
39 if t, prefetch as many articles as possible.")
41 (defvar gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy '(read exit)
42 "List of symbols that say when to remove articles from the prefetch buffer.
43 Possible values in this list are `read', which means that
44 articles are removed as they are read, and `exit', which means
45 that all articles belonging to a group are removed on exit
48 (defvar gnus-use-header-prefetch nil
49 "*If non-nil, prefetch the headers to the next group.")
51 ;;; Internal variables.
53 (defvar gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer " *Async Prefetch Article*")
54 (defvar gnus-async-article-alist nil)
55 (defvar gnus-async-article-semaphore '(nil))
56 (defvar gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
58 (defvar gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer " *Async Prefetch Headers*")
59 (defvar gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
61 ;;; Utility functions.
63 (defun gnus-group-asynchronous-p (group)
64 "Say whether GROUP is fetched from a server that supports asynchronocity."
65 (gnus-asynchronous-p (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
67 ;;; Somewhat bogus semaphores.
69 (defun gnus-async-get-semaphore (semaphore)
70 "Wait until SEMAPHORE is released."
71 (while (/= (length (nconc (symbol-value semaphore) (list nil))) 2)
74 (defun gnus-async-release-semaphore (semaphore)
76 (setcdr (symbol-value semaphore) nil))
82 (gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-async-close 'gnus)
83 (defun gnus-async-close ()
84 (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)
85 (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer)
86 (setq gnus-async-article-alist nil
87 gnus-async-header-prefetched nil))
89 (defun gnus-async-set-buffer ()
90 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer t))
92 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-next (group article summary)
93 "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with the article after ARTICLE."
94 (let ((next (caadr (gnus-data-find-list article))))
96 (gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary))))
98 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-article (group article summary &optional next)
99 "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with ARTICLE."
100 (when (and gnus-asynchronous
103 (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
104 (pop gnus-async-fetch-list)
105 (gnus-async-release-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore))
106 (let ((do-fetch next))
107 (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
108 (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
110 gnus-async-fetch-list))
113 (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
115 (setq do-fetch (not gnus-async-fetch-list))
116 ;; Nix out any outstanding requests.
117 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
118 ;; Fill in the new list.
119 (let ((n gnus-use-article-prefetch)
120 (data (gnus-data-find-list article))
122 (while (and (setq d (pop data))
126 (unless (or (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry
127 group (setq article (gnus-data-number d)))
128 (not (natnump article)))
129 ;; Not already fetched -- so we add it to the list.
130 (push article gnus-async-fetch-list)))
131 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list (nreverse gnus-async-fetch-list))))
134 (setq article (pop gnus-async-fetch-list))))
136 (gnus-async-release-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore))
139 ;; We want to fetch some more articles.
143 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
144 (goto-char (point-max))
145 (setq mark (point-marker))
146 (let ((nnheader-callback-function
147 (gnus-make-async-article-function
148 group article mark summary next))
149 (nntp-server-buffer (get-buffer
150 gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)))
151 (gnus-message 7 "Prefetching article %d in group %s"
153 (gnus-request-article article group)))))))))
155 (defun gnus-make-async-article-function (group article mark summary next)
156 "Return a callback function."
159 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
160 (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
161 (push (list ',(intern (format "%s-%d" group article))
162 ,mark (set-marker (make-marker)
165 gnus-async-article-alist)
166 (gnus-async-release-semaphore
167 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
168 (when (gnus-buffer-live-p ,summary)
169 (gnus-async-prefetch-article
170 ,group ,next ,summary t)))))
172 (defun gnus-async-request-fetched-article (group article buffer)
173 "See whether we have ARTICLE from GROUP and put it in BUFFER."
174 (when (numberp article)
175 (let ((entry (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry group article)))
178 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
179 (copy-to-buffer buffer (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
180 ;; Remove the read article from the prefetch buffer.
181 (when (memq 'read gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy)
182 (gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry entry))
185 (defun gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry (entry)
186 "Delete ENTRY from buffer and alist."
187 (delete-region (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
188 (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
189 (set-marker (caddr entry) nil)
190 (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
191 (setq gnus-async-article-alist
192 (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))
193 (gnus-async-release-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore))
195 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-remove-group (group)
196 "Remove all articles belonging to GROUP from the prefetch buffer."
197 (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
198 (memq 'exit gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy))
199 (let ((alist gnus-async-article-alist))
201 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
203 (when (equal group (nth 3 (car alist)))
204 (gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry (car alist)))
207 (defun gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry (group article)
208 "Return the entry for ARTICLE in GROUP iff it has been prefetched."
209 (assq (intern (format "%s-%d" group article))
210 gnus-async-article-alist))
216 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-headers (group)
217 "Prefetch the headers for group GROUP."
220 (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
222 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
223 (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
224 (setq unread (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)))
225 ;; Mark that a fetch is in progress.
226 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched t)
227 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
229 (let ((nntp-server-buffer (current-buffer))
230 (nnheader-callback-function
232 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched
233 ,(cons group unread)))))
234 (gnus-retrieve-headers unread group gnus-fetch-old-headers))))))
236 (defun gnus-async-retrieve-fetched-headers (articles group)
237 "See whether we have prefetched headers."
238 (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
239 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
240 (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
241 (equal group (car gnus-async-header-prefetched))
242 (equal articles (cdr gnus-async-header-prefetched)))
244 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
246 (copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
248 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
251 (provide 'gnus-async)
253 ;;; gnus-async.el ends here