+2012-08-06 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
+
+ * gnus-int.el (gnus-request-head): Add an optional to-buffer parameter
+ to mimic `gnus-request-article' and enjoy backends the nn*-request-head
+ to-buffer argument that is already supported.
+
2012-08-05 Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
* gnus-demon.el (gnus-demon-add-handler, gnus-demon-remove-handler):
(and (bound-and-true-p gnus-registry-enabled)
(gnus-try-warping-via-registry))))))
-(defun gnus-request-head (article group)
- "Request the head of ARTICLE in GROUP."
+(defun gnus-request-head (article group &optional to-buffer)
+ "Request the head of ARTICLE in GROUP.
+If TO-BUFFER, insert the article in that buffer."
(let* ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
(head (gnus-get-function gnus-command-method 'request-head t))
res clean-up)
;; Use `head' function.
((fboundp head)
(setq res (funcall head article (gnus-group-real-name group)
- (nth 1 gnus-command-method))))
+ (nth 1 gnus-command-method)
+ to-buffer)))
;; Use `article' function.
(t
- (setq res (gnus-request-article article group)
+ (setq res (gnus-request-article article group to-buffer)
clean-up t)))
(when clean-up
- (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
+ (with-current-buffer (or to-buffer
+ nntp-server-buffer)
(goto-char (point-min))
(when (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
(delete-region (1- (point)) (point-max)))