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.gnus repository:
http://superdave.socom.com/gnus/

I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.

A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
facep is not declared.
Implement new "From " search.
Install mh-e.
No link to red gnus from ding page.
Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles
isn't the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.

Hypermail:
<URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
<URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
<URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
<URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
<URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/


{^-- } is made into - in LaTeX.
filladapt in Message buffers:  > > recognition.
gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.

Bugs:

* when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep hanging on?
* starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems.  Does
NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
* nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
* FAQ doesn't have an up node?
* when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box,
the crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
* `t' `t' makes X-Faces disappear.
* nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will
be marked as unread.
* Orphan score entries dont show on "V t" score trace
* when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
* rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive
to avoid exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
* expinged articles are counted when computing scores.
* implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
* ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode -- `n' and
stuff just skips past them.  Read articles are the same.
* topics that contain just groups with ticked
articles aren't displayed.
* nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
* implement gnus-score-thread
* If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
make the mail groups killed. 
* no "no news is good news" when using topics.
* when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted
and articles have to be removed.
* nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into several
parts.
* scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
* finding short score file names takes forever.
* canceling articles in foreign groups.
* nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
* C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
* move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
* nnweb doesn't work properly.
* using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
* when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a slave, the 
master will yank it first to one topic and then add it to another.  
Perhaps.

New features:

* warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
* really unbinhex binhex files.
* take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
bar and the Gnus bar.
* push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
`(canonize-message-id id)'
`(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
`(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
`(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
`(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
* nnml .overview directory with splits.
* asynchronous cache
* postponed commands.
* the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its summary line.
* when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
the server?  
* sort after gathering threads -- make false roots have the
headers of the oldest orhpan with a 0 article number?
* nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?  Also
inherit copy prompts and save files.
* command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode buffer.
* allow editing the group description from the group buffer
for backends that support that.
* gnus-{hide,show}-all-topics
* groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each topic,
and not just list all subtopics at the end.
* a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to connect
threads -- `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
* a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree buffer.
* a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
* add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
* server mode command: close/open all connections
* put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
has been changed before using it.
* on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent group.
* hide (sub)threads with low score.
* when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
* gnus-summary-limit-to-body
* a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
on.  Eg. -- `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
* easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
contaion groups that match a regexp.
* allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using
the URL.
* If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from the
"From " line.
* fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info
from subject lines.
* gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
* nntp-ping-before-connect
* command to check whether NOV is evil.  "list overview.fmt".
* when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score
files very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
* message annotations.
* topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
* (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in minibuf")
to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under XEmacs.
* allow group line format spec to say how many articles there
are in the cache.
* AUTHINFO GENERIC
* support qmail maildir spools
* `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
* stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays instead
* C-c C-f C-e to add an Expires header.
* go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
next group instead of going to the group buffer.
* gnus-renumber-cache -- to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
* record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
* `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
finds and generate proper active ranges.
* nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
* gnus-fetch-article -- start Gnus, enter group, display article
* gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
* when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable groups, 
articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
* nneething should allow deletion/moving.
* TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
* if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the group(s) to 
save mail in.
* command for listing all score files that have been applied.
* a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
* `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' -- variable to override
`C-c C-c' when posting.
* nnmail-group-spool-alist -- says where each group should use
as a spool file.
* when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the article 
should be marker as expirable.
* article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
* on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error.  For instance,
on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the nntp server.
* when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the parent.
Also consult Date headers.
* a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
* `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
* duplicates -- command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read 
Message-ID, delete the "original".
* when replying to several messages at once, put the "other" message-ids
into a See-Also header.
* support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
* support ProleText: <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
* when browsing a foreign server, the groups that are already subscribed
should be listed as such and not as "K".
* generate font names dynamically.
* score file mode auto-alist.
* allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents.  Implement
methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
* `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate
absolutely all headers there is.
* function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles
and pipe them to the process.
* cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.  Update
the file whenever we read the active file or the list
of killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
* function for starting to edit a file to put into 
the current mail group.
* score-find-trace should display the total score of the article. 
* "ghettozie" -- score on Xref header and nix it out after using it 
to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted to.
* look at procmail splitting.  The backends should create
the groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
* function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
* when replying to several process-marked articles, 
have all the From end up in Cc headers?  Variable to toggle.
* command to delete a crossposted mail article from all 
groups it has been mailed to.
* `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.  
* hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
* Command in the group buffer to respoll process-marked groups.
* `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept
pseudo-"headers" like "body", "head" and "all"
* When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including
newlines) should be ignored.
* Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark
groups in subtopics as well.
* Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing them. 
* nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
variable settings.
* add edit and forward secondary marks.
* nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
* allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
* `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
* nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
* allow fetching mail from several pop servers.
* Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
or the formatted article.
* a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
* I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
should be a feature in Red Gnus.
* The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse click.
* more limiting functions -- date, etc.
* be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse matches.
* a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make Gnus expire
even unread articles.
* a command to print the article buffer as postscript.
* variable to disable password fetching when opening by nntp-open-telnet.
* manual: more example servers -- nntp with rlogin, telnet
* checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
* cancelling articles in foreign groups.
* article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by
Xref handling.
* Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go to the
next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be found.
* Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere --
in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
* Topic movement commands -- like thread movement.  Up, down, forward, next.
* a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
* a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes
from a particular server?  Hm.
* `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' -- a function to fill
the article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
* `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
* a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file,
and then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
* a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that
all kibozed articles should be entered into the cache.
* It should also probably be possible to delimit what
`gnus-jog-cache' does -- for instance, work on just some groups, or on
some levels, and entering just articles that have a score higher than
a certain number.
* function to request all articles in a thread.
* nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing
the entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
* allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
* a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
* a command for making the native groups into foreign groups. 
* server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups
from a server.
* when following up mulitple articles, include all To, Cc, etc headers
from all articles.
* a command for deciding what the total score of the current
thread is.  Also a way to highlight based on this.
* command to show and edit group scores
* a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
horizontally.
* variable to fetch-old-headers but not display any in the summary buffer
so that the tree code can show entire threads.  Also not limit in 
the tree buffer.
* command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
* `C-u C-u a' -- prompt for many crossposted groups.
* keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in this session).
Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some marking in the group
buffer.
* gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number -- build only sparse threads
that are of that length.
* have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
* cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
* asynchronous posting under nntp.
* be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
* a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select method. 
* `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
* if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
a score lower than this number.
* split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and "method".
* buttonize ange-ftp file names.
* a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article
so that each copy can be edited separately.
* nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
* record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that
it can be repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
* nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for
all nnml servers.
* when the user does commands in the group buffer, check
the modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
ask-user-about-supersession-threat.  Also warn when trying
to save .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
* M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in
the topic.
* command to remove all topic stuff.
* allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail
and splitting the resulting digests.
* nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
* command to nix out all nnoo state information.
* nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names 
matches an alist -- before saving.
* use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
* variable to activate each group before entering them
to get the (new) number of articles.  `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
* command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even
starting Gnus first if necessary.
* when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just 
ask the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
* buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
* `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing
of several groups at once.
* command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that
matches some regexp(s).
* nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded messages. 
* it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
* hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack it.
* `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
* remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
* `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
* when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if present.
* killing and yanking groups in topics should be better.  If killing one copy
of a group that exists in multiple topics, only that copy should
be removed.  Yanking should insert the copy, and yanking topics
should be possible to be interspersed with the other yankings.
* command for enter a group just to read the cached articles.  A way to say
"ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
* `X u' should decode base64 articles.
* a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
recently cited text.
* nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
* after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should
be invalidated.
* there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
server and just read the articles in the server
* allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default
value of nnoo variables.
* a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
* groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
listed in each group info.
* a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
buffer.
* a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions
should only be applied to some groups.
* Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
mail-copies-to: never.
* new group parameter -- `post-to-server' that says to post
using the current server.  Also a variable to do the same.
* the slave dribble files should autosave to the slave file names.
* a group parameter that says what articles to display on group entry, based
on article marks.
* a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters.  (Whip instead
of normal logo?)
* Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where appliccable.
* Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different?  Also
clear up info.
* group user-defined meta-parameters.



From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
* I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and I was
thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had archives
you could also try to read the archive for that group.  Part of the
problem is that archives are spread all over the net, unlike FAQs.
What would be best I suppose is to find the one closest to your site.

In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html




*From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
(add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
  (lambda ()
    (gnus-group-add-parameter group
       (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))

(defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
  "Return the date the group was last read."
  (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
      (t "")))

 - J<

* tanken var at når du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO) til å lete
opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld, kan du la den være en
liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen som FOO, istedet.  da kunne man
hatt forskjellige serveres startup-filer forskjellige steder.


*LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
LMI> answered and read, I guess.  

It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
unix mbox files).

They could be used like this:

`M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
`M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
`/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.

<expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g. 

        `/ l bug & !fixed RET'

would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
`fixed'. 

One could also immagine the labels being used for highliting, or
affect the summary line format.


*Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk

I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:

- If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
summary buffer.

- For other directories, create a nneething summaru buffer.

- For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.

- For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby summary.

- For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.

- For other files, just find them normally.

I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.

*Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw) and
tell him what you are doing.

*Currently, I get prompted:

decend into sci?
- type y
decend into sci.something ?
- type n
decend into ucd?

The problem above is that since there is really only one subsection of
science, shouldn't it prompt you for only decending sci.something?  If
there was a sci.somethingelse group or section, then it should prompt
for sci? first the sci.something? then sci.somethingelse?...

*Ja, det burde være en måte å si slikt.  Kanskje en ny variabel?
`gnus-use-few-score-files'?  Så kunne score-regler legges til den
"mest" lokale score-fila.  F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
"no.all.SCORE", osv.

*What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of the following
as a single spoiler warning and hide it all, replacing it with a "Next Page"
button:
 

        ^L's

        more than n blank lines
        
        more than m identical lines 
        (which should be replaced with button to show them)

        any whitespace surrounding any of the above


*Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' --
`spaces', or something.  (We could even default to that.)  And then
subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
"same" subject for threading purposes. 

*Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second form
"(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex) use the first
form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to distinguish between
those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist, insert-file-contents-literally.)

* Under XEmacs -- do funny article marks:
tick - thumb tack
killed - skull
soup - bowl of soup
score below - dim light bulb
score over - bright light bulb

*Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:

Group-mode
        show-list-of-articles-in-group
        if (key-pressed == SPACE) {
                if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select) {
                        if (articles-selected)
                                start-reading-selected-articles;
                        junk-unread-articles;
                        next-group;
                } else {
                        show-next-page;
                }
        } else if (key-pressed = '.') {
                if (consolidated-menus)         # same as hide-thread in Gnus
                        select-thread-under-cursor;
                else
                        select-article-under-cursor;
        }

Article-mode
        if (key-pressed == SPACE) {
                if (more-pages-in-article)
                        next-page;
                else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
                        next-article;
                else 
                        next-group;
        }

*My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I guess
it would have been unacceptable if one was using many unrelated such
nneething groups.

A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D' prompt, be
allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*', somewhat limiting
the top-level directory only (in case directories would be matched by
the wildcard expression).

*It would be nice if it also handled 

        <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>

which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.


*
  Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this works out
really well.  Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that would be on a
gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at least group, summary, and
article versions) variable.

  So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)

  A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS' menu in
the main menubar.  This approach works really well for Emacs-W3 and VM.


* nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
articles.
* gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary buffer
active.  Make it work when posting from the group buffer as well.
(message-sent-hook).
* rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.

* * Enhancements to Gnus:

  Add two commands:

  * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)--enters Gnus and goes
    straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
    servers first.

  * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc--produces a buffer very similar to
    the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
    quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.

* add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder --
go through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
and stuff.

* `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.

* a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
secondary marks.

* when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do
the nnmail duplicate checking.

* allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
value of the signature file.

* In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so that it
could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers.  So, some sort of
interface like

(setq message-tab-alist
      '((message-header-regexp message-expand-group)
        ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"  bbdb-complete-name)))

then you could run the relevant function to complete the information in
the header

* cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the time.

* a command to import a buffer into a group.

* nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.

* point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the
beginning of the buffer when selecting new articles.