* Getting Mail:: Reading your personal mail with Gnus.
* Browsing the Web:: Getting messages from a plethora of Web sources.
* IMAP:: Using Gnus as a @acronym{IMAP} client.
-* Other Sources:: Reading directories, files, SOUP packets.
+* Other Sources:: Reading directories, files.
* Combined Groups:: Combining groups into one group.
* Email Based Diary:: Using mails to manage diary events in Gnus.
* Gnus Unplugged:: Reading news and mail offline.
* Archiving Mail::
* Web Searches:: Creating groups from articles that match a string.
-* Ultimate:: The Ultimate Bulletin Board systems.
-* Web Archive:: Reading mailing list archived on web.
* RSS:: Reading RDF site summary.
* Customizing W3:: Doing stuff to Emacs/W3 from Gnus.
* Directory Groups:: You can read a directory as if it was a newsgroup.
* Anything Groups:: Dired? Who needs dired?
* Document Groups:: Single files can be the basis of a group.
-* SOUP:: Reading @sc{soup} packets ``offline''.
* Mail-To-News Gateways:: Posting articles via mail-to-news gateways.
Document Groups
* Document Server Internals:: How to add your own document types.
-SOUP
-
-* SOUP Commands:: Commands for creating and sending @sc{soup} packets
-* SOUP Groups:: A back end for reading @sc{soup} packets.
-* SOUP Replies:: How to enable @code{nnsoup} to take over mail and news.
-
Combined Groups
* Virtual Groups:: Combining articles from many groups.
-* Kibozed Groups:: Looking through parts of the newsfeed for articles.
Email Based Diary
@vindex gnus-group-update-hook
@findex gnus-group-highlight-line
@code{gnus-group-update-hook} is called when a group line is changed.
-It will not be called when @code{gnus-visual} is @code{nil}. This hook
-calls @code{gnus-group-highlight-line} by default.
+It will not be called when @code{gnus-visual} is @code{nil}.
@node Group Maneuvering
(@code{gnus-group-recent-archive-directory}), but given a prefix, a full
group will be created from @code{gnus-group-archive-directory}.
-@item G k
-@kindex G k (Group)
-@findex gnus-group-make-kiboze-group
-@cindex nnkiboze
-Make a kiboze group. You will be prompted for a name, for a regexp to
-match groups to be ``included'' in the kiboze group, and a series of
-strings to match on headers (@code{gnus-group-make-kiboze-group}).
-@xref{Kibozed Groups}.
-
@item G D
@kindex G D (Group)
@findex gnus-group-enter-directory
made). Since mairix already presents search results in such a virtual
mail folder, it is very well suited for using it as an external program
for creating @emph{smart} mail folders, which represent certain mail
-searches. This is similar to a Kiboze group (@pxref{Kibozed Groups}),
-but much faster.
+searches.
@node nnmairix requirements
@subsubsection nnmairix requirements
@vindex gnus-canceled-mark
Canceled article (@code{gnus-canceled-mark})
-@item F
-@vindex gnus-souped-mark
-@sc{soup}ed article (@code{gnus-souped-mark}). @xref{SOUP}.
-
@item Q
@vindex gnus-sparse-mark
Sparsely reffed article (@code{gnus-sparse-mark}). @xref{Customizing
intended for those non-news newsgroups where the back end has to fetch
quite a lot to present the summary buffer, and where it's impossible to
go back to parents of articles. This is mostly the case in the
-web-based groups, like the @code{nnultimate} groups.
+web-based groups.
If you don't use those, then it's safe to leave this as the default
@code{nil}. If you want to use this variable, it should be a regexp
can use include:
@table @code
+@item gnus-article-html
+Use Gnus rendered based on w3m.
+
@item w3
Use Emacs/W3.
Remove all images from the article buffer
(@code{gnus-article-remove-images}).
+@item W D W
+@kindex W D W (Summary)
+@findex gnus-html-show-images
+If you're reading an @acronym{HTML} article rendered with
+@code{gnus-article-html}, then you can insert any blocked images in
+the buffer with this command.
+(@code{gnus-html-show-images}).
+
@end table
If set to @code{gnus-article-html}, Gnus will use the built-in method,
that's based on @code{curl} and @code{w3m}.
+@item gnus-blocked-images
+@vindex gnus-blocked-images
+Images that have @acronym{URL}s that match this regexp won't be
+fetched and displayed. For instance, do block all @acronym{URL}s that
+have the string ``ads'' in them, do the following:
+
+@lisp
+(setq gnus-blocked-images "ads")
+@end lisp
+
+The default is to block all external images.
+
@item gnus-html-cache-directory
@vindex gnus-html-cache-directory
Gnus will download and cache images according to how
-@code{mm-w3m-safe-url-regexp} is set. These images will be stored in
+@code{gnus-blocked-images} is set. These images will be stored in
this directory.
@item gnus-html-cache-size
@vindex gnus-html-frame-width
The width to use when rendering HTML. The default is 70.
+@item gnus-max-image-proportion
+@vindex gnus-max-image-proportion
+How big pictures displayed are in relation to the window they're in.
+A value of 0.7 (the default) means that they are allowed to take up
+70% of the width and height of the window. If they are larger than
+this, and Emacs supports it, then the images will be rescaled down to
+fit these criteria.
+
@end table
To use this, make sure that you have @code{w3m} and @code{curl}
* Getting Mail:: Reading your personal mail with Gnus.
* Browsing the Web:: Getting messages from a plethora of Web sources.
* IMAP:: Using Gnus as a @acronym{IMAP} client.
-* Other Sources:: Reading directories, files, SOUP packets.
+* Other Sources:: Reading directories, files.
* Combined Groups:: Combining groups into one group.
* Email Based Diary:: Using mails to manage diary events in Gnus.
* Gnus Unplugged:: Reading news and mail offline.
@menu
* Archiving Mail::
* Web Searches:: Creating groups from articles that match a string.
-* Ultimate:: The Ultimate Bulletin Board systems.
-* Web Archive:: Reading mailing list archived on web.
* RSS:: Reading RDF site summary.
* Customizing W3:: Doing stuff to Emacs/W3 from Gnus.
@end menu
@end table
-@node Ultimate
-@subsection Ultimate
-@cindex nnultimate
-@cindex Ultimate Bulletin Board
-
-@uref{http://www.ultimatebb.com/, The Ultimate Bulletin Board} is
-probably the most popular Web bulletin board system used. It has a
-quite regular and nice interface, and it's possible to get the
-information Gnus needs to keep groups updated.
-
-The easiest way to get started with @code{nnultimate} is to say
-something like the following in the group buffer: @kbd{B nnultimate RET
-http://www.tcj.com/messboard/ubbcgi/ RET}. (Substitute the @acronym{URL}
-(not including @samp{Ultimate.cgi} or the like at the end) for a forum
-you're interested in; there's quite a list of them on the Ultimate web
-site.) Then subscribe to the groups you're interested in from the
-server buffer, and read them from the group buffer.
-
-The following @code{nnultimate} variables can be altered:
-
-@table @code
-@item nnultimate-directory
-@vindex nnultimate-directory
-The directory where @code{nnultimate} stores its files. The default is@*
-@file{~/News/ultimate/}.
-@end table
-
-
-@node Web Archive
-@subsection Web Archive
-@cindex nnwarchive
-@cindex Web Archive
-
-Some mailing lists only have archives on Web servers, such as
-@uref{http://www.egroups.com/} and
-@uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/}. It has a quite regular and nice
-interface, and it's possible to get the information Gnus needs to keep
-groups updated.
-
-@findex gnus-group-make-warchive-group
-The easiest way to get started with @code{nnwarchive} is to say
-something like the following in the group buffer: @kbd{M-x
-gnus-group-make-warchive-group RET @var{an_egroup} RET egroups RET
-www.egroups.com RET @var{your@@email.address} RET}. (Substitute the
-@var{an_egroup} with the mailing list you subscribed, the
-@var{your@@email.address} with your email address.), or to browse the
-back end by @kbd{B nnwarchive RET mail-archive RET}.
-
-The following @code{nnwarchive} variables can be altered:
-
-@table @code
-@item nnwarchive-directory
-@vindex nnwarchive-directory
-The directory where @code{nnwarchive} stores its files. The default is@*
-@file{~/News/warchive/}.
-
-@item nnwarchive-login
-@vindex nnwarchive-login
-The account name on the web server.
-
-@item nnwarchive-passwd
-@vindex nnwarchive-passwd
-The password for your account on the web server.
-@end table
-
@node RSS
@subsection RSS
@cindex nnrss
@cindex expunge
@cindex manual expunging
@kindex G x (Group)
-@findex gnus-group-nnimap-expunge
+@findex gnus-group-expunge-group
If you're using the @code{never} setting of @code{nnimap-expunge-on-close},
you may want the option of expunging all deleted articles in a mailbox
* Directory Groups:: You can read a directory as if it was a newsgroup.
* Anything Groups:: Dired? Who needs dired?
* Document Groups:: Single files can be the basis of a group.
-* SOUP:: Reading @sc{soup} packets ``offline''.
* Mail-To-News Gateways:: Posting articles via mail-to-news gateways.
@end menu
means low probability with @samp{0} being the lowest valid number.
-@node SOUP
-@subsection SOUP
-@cindex SOUP
-@cindex offline
-
-In the PC world people often talk about ``offline'' newsreaders. These
-are thingies that are combined reader/news transport monstrosities.
-With built-in modem programs. Yecchh!
-
-Of course, us Unix Weenie types of human beans use things like
-@code{uucp} and, like, @code{nntpd} and set up proper news and mail
-transport things like Ghod intended. And then we just use normal
-newsreaders.
-
-However, it can sometimes be convenient to do something that's a bit
-easier on the brain if you have a very slow modem, and you're not really
-that interested in doing things properly.
-
-A file format called @sc{soup} has been developed for transporting news
-and mail from servers to home machines and back again. It can be a bit
-fiddly.
-
-First some terminology:
-
-@table @dfn
-
-@item server
-This is the machine that is connected to the outside world and where you
-get news and/or mail from.
-
-@item home machine
-This is the machine that you want to do the actual reading and responding
-on. It is typically not connected to the rest of the world in any way.
-
-@item packet
-Something that contains messages and/or commands. There are two kinds
-of packets:
-
-@table @dfn
-@item message packets
-These are packets made at the server, and typically contain lots of
-messages for you to read. These are called @file{SoupoutX.tgz} by
-default, where @var{x} is a number.
-
-@item response packets
-These are packets made at the home machine, and typically contains
-replies that you've written. These are called @file{SoupinX.tgz} by
-default, where @var{x} is a number.
-
-@end table
-
-@end table
-
-
-@enumerate
-
-@item
-You log in on the server and create a @sc{soup} packet. You can either
-use a dedicated @sc{soup} thingie (like the @code{awk} program), or you
-can use Gnus to create the packet with its @sc{soup} commands (@kbd{O
-s} and/or @kbd{G s b}; and then @kbd{G s p}) (@pxref{SOUP Commands}).
-
-@item
-You transfer the packet home. Rail, boat, car or modem will do fine.
-
-@item
-You put the packet in your home directory.
-
-@item
-You fire up Gnus on your home machine using the @code{nnsoup} back end as
-the native or secondary server.
-
-@item
-You read articles and mail and answer and followup to the things you
-want (@pxref{SOUP Replies}).
-
-@item
-You do the @kbd{G s r} command to pack these replies into a @sc{soup}
-packet.
-
-@item
-You transfer this packet to the server.
-
-@item
-You use Gnus to mail this packet out with the @kbd{G s s} command.
-
-@item
-You then repeat until you die.
-
-@end enumerate
-
-So you basically have a bipartite system---you use @code{nnsoup} for
-reading and Gnus for packing/sending these @sc{soup} packets.
-
-@menu
-* SOUP Commands:: Commands for creating and sending @sc{soup} packets
-* SOUP Groups:: A back end for reading @sc{soup} packets.
-* SOUP Replies:: How to enable @code{nnsoup} to take over mail and news.
-@end menu
-
-
-@node SOUP Commands
-@subsubsection SOUP Commands
-
-These are commands for creating and manipulating @sc{soup} packets.
-
-@table @kbd
-@item G s b
-@kindex G s b (Group)
-@findex gnus-group-brew-soup
-Pack all unread articles in the current group
-(@code{gnus-group-brew-soup}). This command understands the
-process/prefix convention.
-
-@item G s w
-@kindex G s w (Group)
-@findex gnus-soup-save-areas
-Save all @sc{soup} data files (@code{gnus-soup-save-areas}).
-
-@item G s s
-@kindex G s s (Group)
-@findex gnus-soup-send-replies
-Send all replies from the replies packet
-(@code{gnus-soup-send-replies}).
-
-@item G s p
-@kindex G s p (Group)
-@findex gnus-soup-pack-packet
-Pack all files into a @sc{soup} packet (@code{gnus-soup-pack-packet}).
-
-@item G s r
-@kindex G s r (Group)
-@findex nnsoup-pack-replies
-Pack all replies into a replies packet (@code{nnsoup-pack-replies}).
-
-@item O s
-@kindex O s (Summary)
-@findex gnus-soup-add-article
-This summary-mode command adds the current article to a @sc{soup} packet
-(@code{gnus-soup-add-article}). It understands the process/prefix
-convention (@pxref{Process/Prefix}).
-
-@end table
-
-
-There are a few variables to customize where Gnus will put all these
-thingies:
-
-@table @code
-
-@item gnus-soup-directory
-@vindex gnus-soup-directory
-Directory where Gnus will save intermediate files while composing
-@sc{soup} packets. The default is @file{~/SoupBrew/}.
-
-@item gnus-soup-replies-directory
-@vindex gnus-soup-replies-directory
-This is what Gnus will use as a temporary directory while sending our
-reply packets. @file{~/SoupBrew/SoupReplies/} is the default.
-
-@item gnus-soup-prefix-file
-@vindex gnus-soup-prefix-file
-Name of the file where Gnus stores the last used prefix. The default is
-@samp{gnus-prefix}.
-
-@item gnus-soup-packer
-@vindex gnus-soup-packer
-A format string command for packing a @sc{soup} packet. The default is
-@samp{tar cf - %s | gzip > $HOME/Soupout%d.tgz}.
-
-@item gnus-soup-unpacker
-@vindex gnus-soup-unpacker
-Format string command for unpacking a @sc{soup} packet. The default is
-@samp{gunzip -c %s | tar xvf -}.
-
-@item gnus-soup-packet-directory
-@vindex gnus-soup-packet-directory
-Where Gnus will look for reply packets. The default is @file{~/}.
-
-@item gnus-soup-packet-regexp
-@vindex gnus-soup-packet-regexp
-Regular expression matching @sc{soup} reply packets in
-@code{gnus-soup-packet-directory}.
-
-@end table
-
-
-@node SOUP Groups
-@subsubsection SOUP Groups
-@cindex nnsoup
-
-@code{nnsoup} is the back end for reading @sc{soup} packets. It will
-read incoming packets, unpack them, and put them in a directory where
-you can read them at leisure.
-
-These are the variables you can use to customize its behavior:
-
-@table @code
-
-@item nnsoup-tmp-directory
-@vindex nnsoup-tmp-directory
-When @code{nnsoup} unpacks a @sc{soup} packet, it does it in this
-directory. (@file{/tmp/} by default.)
-
-@item nnsoup-directory
-@vindex nnsoup-directory
-@code{nnsoup} then moves each message and index file to this directory.
-The default is @file{~/SOUP/}.
-
-@item nnsoup-replies-directory
-@vindex nnsoup-replies-directory
-All replies will be stored in this directory before being packed into a
-reply packet. The default is @file{~/SOUP/replies/}.
-
-@item nnsoup-replies-format-type
-@vindex nnsoup-replies-format-type
-The @sc{soup} format of the replies packets. The default is @samp{?n}
-(rnews), and I don't think you should touch that variable. I probably
-shouldn't even have documented it. Drats! Too late!
-
-@item nnsoup-replies-index-type
-@vindex nnsoup-replies-index-type
-The index type of the replies packet. The default is @samp{?n}, which
-means ``none''. Don't fiddle with this one either!
-
-@item nnsoup-active-file
-@vindex nnsoup-active-file
-Where @code{nnsoup} stores lots of information. This is not an ``active
-file'' in the @code{nntp} sense; it's an Emacs Lisp file. If you lose
-this file or mess it up in any way, you're dead. The default is
-@file{~/SOUP/active}.
-
-@item nnsoup-packer
-@vindex nnsoup-packer
-Format string command for packing a reply @sc{soup} packet. The default
-is @samp{tar cf - %s | gzip > $HOME/Soupin%d.tgz}.
-
-@item nnsoup-unpacker
-@vindex nnsoup-unpacker
-Format string command for unpacking incoming @sc{soup} packets. The
-default is @samp{gunzip -c %s | tar xvf -}.
-
-@item nnsoup-packet-directory
-@vindex nnsoup-packet-directory
-Where @code{nnsoup} will look for incoming packets. The default is
-@file{~/}.
-
-@item nnsoup-packet-regexp
-@vindex nnsoup-packet-regexp
-Regular expression matching incoming @sc{soup} packets. The default is
-@samp{Soupout}.
-
-@item nnsoup-always-save
-@vindex nnsoup-always-save
-If non-@code{nil}, save the replies buffer after each posted message.
-
-@end table
-
-
-@node SOUP Replies
-@subsubsection SOUP Replies
-
-Just using @code{nnsoup} won't mean that your postings and mailings end
-up in @sc{soup} reply packets automagically. You have to work a bit
-more for that to happen.
-
-@findex nnsoup-set-variables
-The @code{nnsoup-set-variables} command will set the appropriate
-variables to ensure that all your followups and replies end up in the
-@sc{soup} system.
-
-In specific, this is what it does:
-
-@lisp
-(setq message-send-news-function 'nnsoup-request-post)
-(setq message-send-mail-function 'nnsoup-request-mail)
-@end lisp
-
-And that's it, really. If you only want news to go into the @sc{soup}
-system you just use the first line. If you only want mail to be
-@sc{soup}ed you use the second.
-
-
@node Mail-To-News Gateways
@subsection Mail-To-News Gateways
@cindex mail-to-news gateways
@menu
* Virtual Groups:: Combining articles from many groups.
-* Kibozed Groups:: Looking through parts of the newsfeed for articles.
@end menu
inherited.
-@node Kibozed Groups
-@subsection Kibozed Groups
-@cindex nnkiboze
-@cindex kibozing
-
-@dfn{Kibozing} is defined by the @acronym{OED} as ``grepping through
-(parts of) the news feed''. @code{nnkiboze} is a back end that will
-do this for you. Oh joy! Now you can grind any @acronym{NNTP} server
-down to a halt with useless requests! Oh happiness!
-
-@kindex G k (Group)
-To create a kibozed group, use the @kbd{G k} command in the group
-buffer.
-
-The address field of the @code{nnkiboze} method is, as with
-@code{nnvirtual}, a regexp to match groups to be ``included'' in the
-@code{nnkiboze} group. That's where most similarities between
-@code{nnkiboze} and @code{nnvirtual} end.
-
-In addition to this regexp detailing component groups, an
-@code{nnkiboze} group must have a score file to say what articles are
-to be included in the group (@pxref{Scoring}).
-
-@kindex M-x nnkiboze-generate-groups
-@findex nnkiboze-generate-groups
-You must run @kbd{M-x nnkiboze-generate-groups} after creating the
-@code{nnkiboze} groups you want to have. This command will take time.
-Lots of time. Oodles and oodles of time. Gnus has to fetch the
-headers from all the articles in all the component groups and run them
-through the scoring process to determine if there are any articles in
-the groups that are to be part of the @code{nnkiboze} groups.
-
-Please limit the number of component groups by using restrictive
-regexps. Otherwise your sysadmin may become annoyed with you, and the
-@acronym{NNTP} site may throw you off and never let you back in again.
-Stranger things have happened.
-
-@code{nnkiboze} component groups do not have to be alive---they can be dead,
-and they can be foreign. No restrictions.
-
-@vindex nnkiboze-directory
-The generation of an @code{nnkiboze} group means writing two files in
-@code{nnkiboze-directory}, which is @file{~/News/kiboze/} by default.
-One contains the @acronym{NOV} header lines for all the articles in
-the group, and the other is an additional @file{.newsrc} file to store
-information on what groups have been searched through to find
-component articles.
-
-Articles marked as read in the @code{nnkiboze} group will have
-their @acronym{NOV} lines removed from the @acronym{NOV} file.
-
-
@node Email Based Diary
@section Email Based Diary
@cindex diary
@vindex gnus-adaptive-pretty-print
Adaptive score files can get huge and are not meant to be edited by
human hands. If @code{gnus-adaptive-pretty-print} is @code{nil} (the
-deafult) those files will not be written in a human readable way.
+default) those files will not be written in a human readable way.
@vindex gnus-score-exact-adapt-limit
When doing adaptive scoring, substring or fuzzy matching would probably
You can set the process mark on both groups and articles and perform
operations on all the marked items (@pxref{Process/Prefix}).
-@item
-You can grep through a subset of groups and create a group from the
-results (@pxref{Kibozed Groups}).
-
@item
You can list subsets of groups according to, well, anything
(@pxref{Listing Groups}).
else (@pxref{Document Groups}).
@item
-Gnus has a new back end (@code{nnsoup}) to create/read SOUP packets
-(@pxref{SOUP}).
+Gnus has a new back end (@code{nnsoup}) to create/read SOUP packets.
@item
The Gnus cache is much faster.
As the variables for the other back ends, there are
@code{nndiary-nov-is-evil}, @code{nndir-nov-is-evil},
@code{nnfolder-nov-is-evil}, @code{nnimap-nov-is-evil},
-@code{nnml-nov-is-evil}, @code{nnspool-nov-is-evil}, and
-@code{nnwarchive-nov-is-evil}. Note that a non-@code{nil} value for
-@code{gnus-nov-is-evil} overrides all those variables.@footnote{Although
-the back ends @code{nnkiboze}, @code{nnultimate}, and
-@code{nnwfm} don't have their own nn*-nov-is-evil.}
+@code{nnml-nov-is-evil}, and @code{nnspool-nov-is-evil}. Note that a
+non-@code{nil} value for @code{gnus-nov-is-evil} overrides all those
+variables.
@end table
on successful article retrieval.
-@item (nnchoke-request-group GROUP &optional SERVER FAST)
+@item (nnchoke-request-group GROUP &optional SERVER FAST INFO)
Get data on @var{group}. This function also has the side effect of
making @var{group} the current group.
If @var{fast}, don't bother to return useful data, just make @var{group}
the current group.
+If @var{info}, it allows the backend to update the group info
+structure.
+
Here's an example of some result data and a definition of the same:
@example
@c mode: texinfo
@c coding: iso-8859-1
@c End:
-
-@ignore
- arch-tag: c9fa47e7-78ca-4681-bda9-9fef45d1c819
-@end ignore
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