+Sat Jun 12 00:19:57 1999 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@menja.ifi.uio.no>
+
+ * gnus.el: Pterodactyl Gnus v0.85 is released.
+
+1999-04-20 Michael Cook <cook@sightpath.com>
+
+ * gnus-cite.el (gnus-cite-attribution-prefix): Tweak for MS
+ Outlook citation regex.
+
+1999-06-12 02:09:49 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+ * nndoc.el (nndoc-mime-parts-type-p): Accept space before
+ semicolon.
+
+1999-05-24 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
+
+ * gnus-range.el (gnus-remove-from-range): Document range1
+ modification, protect range2.
+
+1999-05-24 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
+
+ * gnus-sum.el (gnus-update-marks): Protect lists from
+ gnus-remove-from-range, don't sort twice.
+
+1999-05-21 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
+
+ * gnus-start.el (gnus-read-descriptions-file): Protect if no
+ function in backend.
+
+1999-05-15 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
+
+ * gnus-sum.el (gnus-valid-move-group-p): Check for a
+ request-accept-article function in the backend instead of using
+ the 'respool capability.
+
+1999-04-18 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
+
+ * mm-bodies.el (mm-decode-content-transfer-encoding): Handle
+ spurious whitespace at eob.
+
+1999-06-12 02:02:06 Adrian Aichner <aichner@ecf.teradyne.com>
+
+ * nnmail.el (nnmail-get-new-mail): Check right variable.
+
+1999-06-12 01:57:39 Karl Kleinpaste <karl@justresearch.com>
+
+ * mailcap.el (mailcap-mime-data): Fix rfc822.
+
+1999-06-11 23:48:50 TOZAWA Akihiko <miles@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
+
+ * nndoc.el (nndoc-nsmail-type-p): New function.
+ (nndoc-type-alist): Recognize nsmail.
+
+1999-05-12 Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk>
+
+ * gnus-art.el (gnus-treatment-function-alist): Display `x-face'
+ *before* `article-hide-headers' deletes the information.
+
+1999-05-22 00:26:46 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus-sum.el (gnus-summary-save-parts): New command and
+ keystroke.
+ (gnus-summary-save-parts-1): New function.
+ (gnus-summary-iterate): Buggy.
+
+ * mm-decode.el (mm-save-part-to-file): Made into own function.
+
+1999-05-11 05:53:16 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus-group.el (gnus-group-set-info): Resist nils.
+
+1999-05-04 19:26:08 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * mailcap.el (mailcap-mime-data): Ditto.
+
+ * gnus-uu.el (gnus-uu-default-view-rules): Ditto.
+
+ * gnus-art.el (gnus-article-x-face-command): Default to ee.
+
+1999-05-02 Gareth Jones <gdj1@gdjones.demon.co.uk>
+
+ * gnus-art.el (article-make-date-line): Put X-Sent below Date if
+ gnus-article-date-lapsed-new-header is t.
+
Sat May 1 20:27:43 1999 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@menja.ifi.uio.no>
* gnus.el: Pterodactyl Gnus v0.84 is released.
:group 'gnus-article-hiding)
(defcustom gnus-article-x-face-command
- "{ echo '/* Width=48, Height=48 */'; uncompface; } | icontopbm | xv -quit -"
+ "{ echo '/* Width=48, Height=48 */'; uncompface; } | icontopbm | eae -"
"*String or function to be executed to display an X-Face header.
If it is a string, the command will be executed in a sub-shell
asynchronously. The compressed face will be piped to this command."
(gnus-treat-fill-long-lines gnus-article-fill-long-lines)
(gnus-treat-strip-cr gnus-article-remove-cr)
(gnus-treat-emphasize gnus-article-emphasize)
+ (gnus-treat-display-xface gnus-article-display-x-face)
(gnus-treat-hide-headers gnus-article-maybe-hide-headers)
(gnus-treat-hide-boring-headers gnus-article-hide-boring-headers)
(gnus-treat-hide-signature gnus-article-hide-signature)
(gnus-treat-strip-blank-lines gnus-article-strip-blank-lines)
(gnus-treat-overstrike gnus-article-treat-overstrike)
(gnus-treat-buttonize-head gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head)
- (gnus-treat-display-xface gnus-article-display-x-face)
(gnus-treat-display-smileys gnus-smiley-display)
(gnus-treat-display-picons gnus-article-display-picons)
(gnus-treat-play-sounds gnus-earcon-display)))
(delete-region (progn (beginning-of-line) (point))
(progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
(setq newline nil))
+ (if (re-search-forward tdate-regexp nil t)
+ (forward-line 1))
(insert (article-make-date-line date type))
(when newline
(insert "\n")
:type 'integer)
(defcustom gnus-cite-attribution-prefix
- "In article\\|in <\\|On \\(Mon\\|Tue\\|Wed\\|Thu\\|Fri\\|Sat\\|Sun\\),\\| > -----Original Message-----"
+ "In article\\|in <\\|On \\(Mon\\|Tue\\|Wed\\|Thu\\|Fri\\|Sat\\|Sun\\),\\|-----Original Message-----"
"*Regexp matching the beginning of an attribution line."
:group 'gnus-cite
:type 'regexp)
(gnus-browse-foreign-server method))
(defun gnus-group-set-info (info &optional method-only-group part)
- (let* ((entry (gnus-gethash
- (or method-only-group (gnus-info-group info))
- gnus-newsrc-hashtb))
- (part-info info)
- (info (if method-only-group (nth 2 entry) info))
- method)
- (when method-only-group
+ (when info
+ (let* ((entry (gnus-gethash
+ (or method-only-group (gnus-info-group info))
+ gnus-newsrc-hashtb))
+ (part-info info)
+ (info (if method-only-group (nth 2 entry) info))
+ method)
+ (when method-only-group
+ (unless entry
+ (error "Trying to change non-existent group %s" method-only-group))
+ ;; We have received parts of the actual group info - either the
+ ;; select method or the group parameters. We first check
+ ;; whether we have to extend the info, and if so, do that.
+ (let ((len (length info))
+ (total (if (eq part 'method) 5 6)))
+ (when (< len total)
+ (setcdr (nthcdr (1- len) info)
+ (make-list (- total len) nil)))
+ ;; Then we enter the new info.
+ (setcar (nthcdr (1- total) info) part-info)))
(unless entry
- (error "Trying to change non-existent group %s" method-only-group))
- ;; We have received parts of the actual group info - either the
- ;; select method or the group parameters. We first check
- ;; whether we have to extend the info, and if so, do that.
- (let ((len (length info))
- (total (if (eq part 'method) 5 6)))
- (when (< len total)
- (setcdr (nthcdr (1- len) info)
- (make-list (- total len) nil)))
- ;; Then we enter the new info.
- (setcar (nthcdr (1- total) info) part-info)))
- (unless entry
- ;; This is a new group, so we just create it.
- (save-excursion
- (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
- (setq method (gnus-info-method info))
- (when (gnus-server-equal method "native")
- (setq method nil))
+ ;; This is a new group, so we just create it.
(save-excursion
(set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
- (if method
- ;; It's a foreign group...
- (gnus-group-make-group
- (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-info-group info))
- (if (stringp method) method
- (prin1-to-string (car method)))
- (and (consp method)
- (nth 1 (gnus-info-method info))))
- ;; It's a native group.
- (gnus-group-make-group (gnus-info-group info))))
- (gnus-message 6 "Note: New group created")
- (setq entry
- (gnus-gethash (gnus-group-prefixed-name
- (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-info-group info))
- (or (gnus-info-method info) gnus-select-method))
- gnus-newsrc-hashtb))))
- ;; Whether it was a new group or not, we now have the entry, so we
- ;; can do the update.
- (if entry
- (progn
- (setcar (nthcdr 2 entry) info)
- (when (and (not (eq (car entry) t))
- (gnus-active (gnus-info-group info)))
- (setcar entry (length (gnus-list-of-unread-articles (car info))))))
- (error "No such group: %s" (gnus-info-group info)))))
+ (setq method (gnus-info-method info))
+ (when (gnus-server-equal method "native")
+ (setq method nil))
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
+ (if method
+ ;; It's a foreign group...
+ (gnus-group-make-group
+ (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-info-group info))
+ (if (stringp method) method
+ (prin1-to-string (car method)))
+ (and (consp method)
+ (nth 1 (gnus-info-method info))))
+ ;; It's a native group.
+ (gnus-group-make-group (gnus-info-group info))))
+ (gnus-message 6 "Note: New group created")
+ (setq entry
+ (gnus-gethash (gnus-group-prefixed-name
+ (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-info-group info))
+ (or (gnus-info-method info) gnus-select-method))
+ gnus-newsrc-hashtb))))
+ ;; Whether it was a new group or not, we now have the entry, so we
+ ;; can do the update.
+ (if entry
+ (progn
+ (setcar (nthcdr 2 entry) info)
+ (when (and (not (eq (car entry) t))
+ (gnus-active (gnus-info-group info)))
+ (setcar entry (length (gnus-list-of-unread-articles (car info))))))
+ (error "No such group: %s" (gnus-info-group info))))))
(defun gnus-group-set-method-info (group select-method)
(gnus-group-set-info select-method group 'method))
(defun gnus-remove-from-range (range1 range2)
"Return a range that has all articles from RANGE2 removed from
RANGE1. The returned range is always a list. RANGE2 can also be a
-unsorted list of articles."
+unsorted list of articles. RANGE1 is modified by side effects, RANGE2
+is not modified."
(if (or (null range1) (null range2))
range1
(let (out r1 r2 r1_min r1_max r2_min r2_max
- (range1 range1)
- (range2 (if (listp (cdr range2))
- (sort range2 (lambda (e1 e2)
- (< (if (consp e1) (car e1) e1)
- (if (consp e2) (car e2) e2))))
- range2)))
+ (range2 (gnus-copy-sequence range2)))
(setq range1 (if (listp (cdr range1)) range1 (list range1))
- range2 (if (listp (cdr range2)) range2 (list range2))
+ range2 (sort (if (listp (cdr range2)) range2 (list range2))
+ (lambda (e1 e2)
+ (< (if (consp e1) (car e1) e1)
+ (if (consp e2) (car e2) e2))))
r1 (car range1)
r2 (car range2)
r1_min (if (consp r1) (car r1) r1)
(gnus-message 5 "Reading descriptions file via %s..." (car method))
(cond
+ ((null (gnus-get-function method 'request-list-newsgroups t))
+ t)
((not (gnus-check-server method))
(gnus-message 1 "Couldn't open server")
nil)
(setq arts (cdr arts)))
(setq list (cdr all)))))
- (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-set-mark
- gnus-newsgroup-name)
- ;; uncompressed:s are not proper flags (they are cons cells)
- ;; cache is a internal gnus flag
- (unless (memq (cdr type) (cons 'cache uncompressed))
- (let* ((old (cdr (assq (cdr type) (gnus-info-marks info))))
- (list (gnus-compress-sequence (sort list '<)))
- (del (gnus-remove-from-range old list))
- (add (gnus-remove-from-range list old)))
- (if add
- (push (list add 'add (list (cdr type))) delta-marks))
- (if del
- (push (list del 'del (list (cdr type))) delta-marks)))))
+ (or (memq (cdr type) uncompressed)
+ (setq list (gnus-compress-sequence (set symbol (sort list '<)) t)))
+
+ (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-set-mark
+ gnus-newsgroup-name)
+ ;; uncompressed:s are not proper flags (they are cons cells)
+ ;; cache is a internal gnus flag
+ (unless (memq (cdr type) (cons 'cache uncompressed))
+ (let* ((old (cdr (assq (cdr type) (gnus-info-marks info))))
+ (del (gnus-remove-from-range (gnus-copy-sequence old) list))
+ (add (gnus-remove-from-range (gnus-copy-sequence list) old)))
+ (if add
+ (push (list add 'add (list (cdr type))) delta-marks))
+ (if del
+ (push (list del 'del (list (cdr type))) delta-marks)))))
(when list
- (push (cons (cdr type)
- (if (memq (cdr type) uncompressed) list
- (gnus-compress-sequence
- (set symbol (sort list '<)) t)))
- newmarked)))
-
+ (push (cons (cdr type) list) newmarked)))
(when delta-marks
(unless (gnus-check-group gnus-newsgroup-name)
`(let ((,articles (gnus-summary-work-articles ,arg)))
(while ,articles
(gnus-summary-goto-subject (car ,articles))
- ,@forms))))
+ ,@forms
+ (pop ,articles)))))
(put 'gnus-summary-iterate 'lisp-indent-function 1)
(put 'gnus-summary-iterate 'edebug-form-spec '(form body))
"Limit the summary buffer to articles that are older than (or equal) AGE days.
If YOUNGER-P (the prefix) is non-nil, limit the summary buffer to
articles that are younger than AGE days."
- (interactive "nTime in days: \nP")
+ (interactive "nLimit to articles older than (in days): \nP")
(prog1
(let ((data gnus-newsgroup-data)
(cutoff (days-to-time age))
(and (boundp group)
(symbol-name group)
(symbol-value group)
- (memq 'respool
- (assoc (symbol-name
- (car (gnus-find-method-for-group
- (symbol-name group))))
- gnus-valid-select-methods))))
+ (gnus-get-function (gnus-find-method-for-group
+ (symbol-name group)) 'request-accept-article t)))
(defun gnus-read-move-group-name (prompt default articles prefix)
"Read a group name."
(error "No such group: %s" to-newsgroup)))
to-newsgroup))
+(defun gnus-summary-save-parts (type dir n reverse)
+ "Save parts matching a type."
+ (interactive
+ (list (read-string "Save parts of type: " "image/.*")
+ (read-file-name "Save to directory: " t nil t)
+ current-prefix-arg))
+ (gnus-summary-iterate n
+ (let ((gnus-display-mime-function nil)
+ (gnus-inhibit-treatment t))
+ (gnus-summary-select-article))
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer gnus-article-buffer)
+ (let ((handles (or (mm-dissect-buffer) (mm-uu-dissect))))
+ (when handles
+ (gnus-summary-save-parts-1 type dir handles reverse))))))
+
+(defun gnus-summary-save-parts-1 (type dir handle reverse)
+ (if (stringp (car handle))
+ (mapcar (lambda (h) (gnus-summary-save-parts-1 type dir h reverse))
+ (cdr handle))
+ (when (if reverse
+ (not (string-match type (car (mm-handle-type handle))))
+ (string-match type (car (mm-handle-type handle))))
+ (let ((file (expand-file-name
+ (file-name-nondirectory
+ (or
+ (mail-content-type-get
+ (mm-handle-disposition handle) 'filename)
+ (concat gnus-newsgroup-name "." gnus-current-article)))
+ dir)))
+ (unless (file-exists-p file)
+ (mm-save-part-to-file handle file))))))
+
;; Summary extract commands
(defun gnus-summary-insert-pseudos (pslist &optional not-view)
'(("\\.te?xt$\\|\\.doc$\\|read.*me\\|\\.c?$\\|\\.h$\\|\\.bat$\\|\\.asm$\\|makefile" "cat %s | sed 's/\r$//'")
("\\.pas$" "cat %s | sed 's/\r$//'")
("\\.[1-9]$" "groff -mandoc -Tascii %s | sed s/\b.//g")
- ("\\.\\(jpe?g\\|gif\\|tiff?\\|p[pgb]m\\|xwd\\|xbm\\|pcx\\)$" "xv")
- ("\\.tga$" "tgatoppm %s | xv -")
+ ("\\.\\(jpe?g\\|gif\\|tiff?\\|p[pgb]m\\|xwd\\|xbm\\|pcx\\)$" "ee")
+ ("\\.tga$" "tgatoppm %s | ee -")
("\\.\\(wav\\|aiff\\|hcom\\|u[blw]\\|s[bfw]\\|voc\\|smp\\)$"
"sox -v .5 %s -t .au -u - > /dev/audio")
("\\.au$" "cat %s > /dev/audio")
"k" gnus-summary-kill-process-mark
"y" gnus-summary-yank-process-mark
"w" gnus-summary-save-process-mark
- "i" gnus-uu-invert-processable)
+ "i" gnus-uu-invert-processable
+ "m" gnus-summary-save-parts)
(gnus-define-keys (gnus-uu-extract-map "X" gnus-summary-mode-map)
;;"x" gnus-uu-extract-any
;; We replace certain characters that could make things messy.
(setq gnus-uu-file-name
(let ((nnheader-file-name-translation-alist
- '((?/ . ?,) (? . ?_) (?* . ?_) (?$ . ?_))))
+ '((?/ . ?,) (? . ?_) (?* . ?_) (?$ . ?_))))
(nnheader-translate-file-chars (match-string 1))))
(replace-match (concat "begin 644 " gnus-uu-file-name) t t)
(if (or (featurep 'xface)
(featurep 'xpm))
'gnus-xmas-article-display-xface
- "{ echo '/* Width=48, Height=48 */'; uncompface; } | icontopbm | xv -quit -")
+ "{ echo '/* Width=48, Height=48 */'; uncompface; } | icontopbm | ee -")
"*String or function to be executed to display an X-Face header.
If it is a string, the command will be executed in a sub-shell
asynchronously. The compressed face will be piped to this command."
:link '(custom-manual "(gnus)Exiting Gnus")
:group 'gnus)
-(defconst gnus-version-number "0.84"
+(defconst gnus-version-number "0.85"
"Version number for this version of Gnus.")
(defconst gnus-version (format "Pterodactyl Gnus v%s" gnus-version-number)
(if result
(prog1
(mail-source-callback callback server)
- (when prescript
+ (when postscript
(if (and (symbolp postscript)
(fboundp postscript))
- (funcall prescript)
+ (funcall postscript)
(call-process shell-file-name nil 0 nil
shell-command-switch
(format-spec
(viewer . mm-view-message)
(test . (and (featurep 'gnus)
(gnus-alive-p)))
- (type . "message/rfc-822"))
+ (type . "message/rfc822"))
("rfc-*822"
(viewer . vm-mode)
(test . (fboundp 'vm-mode))
- (type . "message/rfc-822"))
+ (type . "message/rfc822"))
("rfc-*822"
(viewer . w3-mode)
(test . (fboundp 'w3-mode))
- (type . "message/rfc-822"))
+ (type . "message/rfc822"))
("rfc-*822"
(viewer . view-mode)
(test . (fboundp 'view-mode))
- (type . "message/rfc-822"))
+ (type . "message/rfc822"))
("rfc-*822"
(viewer . fundamental-mode)
- (type . "message/rfc-822")))
+ (type . "message/rfc822")))
("image"
("x-xwd"
(viewer . "xwud -in %s")
(test . (eq (mm-device-type) 'x))
("needsx11"))
(".*"
- (viewer . "xv -perfect %s")
+ (viewer . "ee %s")
(type . "image/*")
(test . (eq (mm-device-type) 'x))
("needsx11")))
((eq encoding 'quoted-printable)
(quoted-printable-decode-region (point-min) (point-max)))
((eq encoding 'base64)
- (base64-decode-region (point-min) (point-max)))
+ (base64-decode-region (point-min)
+ ;; Some mailers insert whitespace
+ ;; junk at the end which
+ ;; base64-decode-region dislikes.
+ (save-excursion
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (skip-chars-backward "\n\t ")
+ (point))))
((memq encoding '(7bit 8bit binary))
)
((null encoding)
(or filename name "")
(or mm-default-directory default-directory))))
(setq mm-default-directory (file-name-directory file))
- (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
- (mm-insert-part handle)
- (when (or (not (file-exists-p file))
- (yes-or-no-p (format "File %s already exists; overwrite? "
- file)))
- ;; Now every coding system is 100% binary within mm-with-unibyte-buffer
- ;; Is text still special?
- (let ((coding-system-for-write
- (if (equal "text" (car (split-string
- (car (mm-handle-type handle)) "/")))
- buffer-file-coding-system
- 'binary))
- ;; Don't re-compress .gz & al. Arguably we should make
- ;; `file-name-handler-alist' nil, but that would chop
- ;; ange-ftp which it's reasonable to use here.
- (inhibit-file-name-operation 'write-region)
- (inhibit-file-name-handlers
- (if (equal (car (mm-handle-type handle))
- "application/octet-stream")
- (cons 'jka-compr-handler inhibit-file-name-handlers)
- inhibit-file-name-handlers)))
- (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file))))))
+ (when (or (not (file-exists-p file))
+ (yes-or-no-p (format "File %s already exists; overwrite? "
+ file)))
+ (mm-save-part-to-file handle file))))
+
+(defun mm-save-part-to-file (handle file)
+ (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
+ (mm-insert-part handle)
+ ;; Now every coding system is 100% binary within mm-with-unibyte-buffer
+ ;; Is text still special?
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write
+ (if (equal "text" (car (split-string
+ (car (mm-handle-type handle)) "/")))
+ buffer-file-coding-system
+ 'binary))
+ ;; Don't re-compress .gz & al. Arguably we should make
+ ;; `file-name-handler-alist' nil, but that would chop
+ ;; ange-ftp which it's reasonable to use here.
+ (inhibit-file-name-operation 'write-region)
+ (inhibit-file-name-handlers
+ (if (equal (car (mm-handle-type handle))
+ "application/octet-stream")
+ (cons 'jka-compr-handler inhibit-file-name-handlers)
+ inhibit-file-name-handlers)))
+ (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file))))
(defun mm-pipe-part (handle)
"Pipe HANDLE to a process."
"*Type of the file.
One of `mbox', `babyl', `digest', `news', `rnews', `mmdf', `forward',
`rfc934', `rfc822-forward', `mime-parts', `standard-digest',
-`slack-digest', `clari-briefs' or `guess'.")
+`slack-digest', `clari-briefs', `nsmail' or `guess'.")
(defvoo nndoc-post-type 'mail
"*Whether the nndoc group is `mail' or `post'.")
`((mmdf
(article-begin . "^\^A\^A\^A\^A\n")
(body-end . "^\^A\^A\^A\^A\n"))
+ (nsmail
+ (article-begin . "^From - "))
(news
(article-begin . "^Path:"))
(rnews
(when (and limit
(re-search-forward
(concat "\
-^Content-Type:[ \t]*multipart/[a-z]+ *;\\(\\(\n[ \t]\\)?.*;\\)*"
+^Content-Type:[ \t]*multipart/[a-z]+ *; *\\(\\(\n[ \t]\\)?.*;\\)*"
"\\(\n[ \t]\\)?[ \t]*boundary=\"?[^\"\n]*[^\" \t\n]")
limit t))
t)))
(insert "From: " (or from "unknown")
"\nSubject: " (or subject "(no subject)") "\n")))
+(defun nndoc-nsmail-type-p ()
+ (when (looking-at "From - ")
+ t))
+
(deffoo nndoc-request-accept-article (group &optional server last)
nil)
-
;;;
;;; Functions for dissecting the documents
;;;
(incf total new)
(incf i))))
;; If we did indeed read any incoming spools, we save all info.
- (unless (zerop i)
+ (unless (zerop new)
(nnmail-save-active
(nnmail-get-value "%s-group-alist" method)
(nnmail-get-value "%s-active-file" method))
+1999-06-12 00:13:25 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Comparing Mail Backends): Slight edits.
+
+1999-06-12 00:13:20 Karl Kleinpaste <karl@justresearch.com>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Comparing Mail Backends): New.
+
+1999-06-11 21:47:22 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+ * gnus.texi (Group Score): Doc fix.
+ (The Active File): Addition.
+ (Document Groups): Addition.
+
1999-04-18 Didier Verna <verna@inf.enst.fr>
* gnus.texi (Article treatment): document the new variable
-
-\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
+@c \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename gnus
-@settitle Pterodactyl Gnus 0.84 Manual
+@settitle Pterodactyl Gnus 0.85 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
\newcommand{\gnussc}[1]{\textsc{#1}}
\newcommand{\gnustitle}[1]{{\huge\textbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\gnusauthor}[1]{{\large\textbf{#1}}}
+\newcommand{\gnusresult}[1]{\gnustt{=> #1}}
\newcommand{\gnusbullet}{{${\bullet}$}}
\newcommand{\gnusdollar}{\$}
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Pterodactyl Gnus 0.84 Manual
+@title Pterodactyl Gnus 0.85 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
spool or your mbox file. All at the same time, if you want to push your
luck.
-This manual corresponds to Pterodactyl Gnus 0.84.
+This manual corresponds to Pterodactyl Gnus 0.85.
@end ifinfo
at all. In any case, @code{some} should be faster than @code{nil}, and
is certainly faster than @code{t} over slow lines.
+Some news servers (Leafnode and old versions of INN, for instance) do
+not support the @code{LIST ACTIVE group}. For these servers, @code{nil}
+is probably the most effficient value for this variable.
+
If this variable is @code{nil}, Gnus will ask for group info in total
lock-step, which isn't very fast. If it is @code{some} and you use an
@sc{nntp} server, Gnus will pump out commands as fast as it can, and
performance, but if the server does not support the aforementioned
@code{LIST ACTIVE group} command, this isn't very nice to the server.
+If you think that starting up Gnus takes too long, try all the three
+different values for this variable and see what works best for you.
+
In any case, if you use @code{some} or @code{nil}, you should definitely
kill all groups that you aren't interested in to speed things up.
group buffer according to how often you read groups, perhaps? Within
reason?
-This is what @dfn{group score} is for. You can assign a score to each
-group. You can then sort the group buffer based on this score.
-Alternatively, you can sort on score and then level. (Taken together,
-the level and the score is called the @dfn{rank} of the group. A group
-that is on level 4 and has a score of 1 has a higher rank than a group
-on level 5 that has a score of 300. (The level is the most significant
-part and the score is the least significant part.))
+This is what @dfn{group score} is for. You can have Gnus assign a score
+to each group through the mechanism described below. You can then sort
+the group buffer based on this score. Alternatively, you can sort on
+score and then level. (Taken together, the level and the score is
+called the @dfn{rank} of the group. A group that is on level 4 and has
+a score of 1 has a higher rank than a group on level 5 that has a score
+of 300. (The level is the most significant part and the score is the
+least significant part.))
@findex gnus-summary-bubble-group
If you want groups you read often to get higher scores than groups you
command, you will be prompted for a file name and a file type.
Currently supported types are @code{babyl}, @code{mbox}, @code{digest},
@code{mmdf}, @code{news}, @code{rnews}, @code{clari-briefs},
-@code{rfc934}, @code{rfc822-forward}, and @code{forward}. If you run
-this command without a prefix, Gnus will guess at the file type.
-@xref{Document Groups}.
+@code{rfc934}, @code{rfc822-forward}, @code{nsmail} and @code{forward}.
+If you run this command without a prefix, Gnus will guess at the file
+type. @xref{Document Groups}.
@item G u
@kindex G u (Group)
* Mail Spool:: Store your mail in a private spool?
* MH Spool:: An mhspool-like backend.
* Mail Folders:: Having one file for each group.
+* Comparing Mail Backends:: An in-depth looks at pros and cons.
@end menu
@code{nnfolder-directory}. This only works if you use long file names,
though.
+@node Comparing Mail Backends
+@subsubsection Comparing Mail Backends
+
+First, just for terminology, the @dfn{backend} is the common word for a
+low-level access method---a transport, if you will, by which something
+is acquired. The sense is that one's mail has to come from somewhere,
+and so selection of a suitable backend is required in order to get that
+mail within spitting distance of Gnus.
+
+The same concept exists for Usenet itself: Though access to articles is
+typically done by NNTP these days, once upon a midnight dreary, everyone
+in the world got at Usenet by running a reader on the machine where the
+articles lay (the machine which today we call an NNTP server), and
+access was by the reader stepping into the articles' directory spool
+area directly. One can still select between either the @code{nntp} or
+@code{nnspool} backends, to select between these methods, if one happens
+actually to live on the server (or can see its spool directly, anyway,
+via NFS).
+
+The goal in selecting a mail backend is to pick one which
+simultaneously represents a suitable way of dealing with the original
+format plus leaving mail in a form that is convenient to use in the
+future. Here are some high and low points on each:
+
+@table @code
+@item nnmbox
+
+UNIX systems have historically had a single, very common, and well-
+defined format. All messages arrive in a single @dfn{spool file}, and
+they are delineated by a line whose regular expression matches
+@samp{^From_}. (My notational use of @samp{_} is to indicate a space,
+to make it clear in this instance that this is not the RFC-specified
+@samp{From:} header.) Because Emacs and therefore Gnus emanate
+historically from the Unix environment, it is simplest if one does not
+mess a great deal with the original mailbox format, so if one chooses
+this backend, Gnus' primary activity in getting mail from the real spool
+area to Gnus' preferred directory is simply to copy it, with no
+(appreciable) format change in the process. It is the ``dumbest'' way
+to move mail into availability in the Gnus environment. This makes it
+fast to move into place, but slow to parse, when Gnus has to look at
+what's where.
+
+@item nnbabyl
+
+Once upon a time, there was the DEC-10 and DEC-20, running operating
+systems called TOPS and related things, and the usual (only?) mail
+reading environment was a thing called Babyl. I don't know what format
+was used for mail landing on the system, but Babyl had its own internal
+format to which mail was converted, primarily involving creating a
+spool-file-like entity with a scheme for inserting Babyl-specific
+headers and status bits above the top of each message in the file.
+RMAIL was Emacs' first mail reader, it was written by Richard Stallman,
+and Stallman came out of that TOPS/Babyl environment, so he wrote RMAIL
+to understand the mail files folks already had in existence. Gnus (and
+VM, for that matter) continue to support this format because it's
+perceived as having some good qualities in those mailer-specific
+headers/status bits stuff. RMAIL itself still exists as well, of
+course, and is still maintained by Stallman.
+
+Both of the above forms leave your mail in a single file on your
+filesystem, and they must parse that entire file each time you take a
+look at your mail.
+
+@item nnml
+
+@code{nnml} is the backend which smells the most as though you were
+actually operating with an @code{nnspool}-accessed Usenet system. (In
+fact, I believe @code{nnml} actually derived from @code{nnspool} code,
+lo these years ago.) One's mail is taken from the original spool file,
+and is then cut up into individual message files, 1:1. It maintains a
+Usenet-style active file (analogous to what one finds in an INN- or
+CNews-based news system in (for instance) @file{/var/lib/news/active},
+or what is returned via the @samp{NNTP LIST} verb) and also creates
+@dfn{overview} files for efficient group entry, as has been defined for
+@sc{nntp} servers for some years now. It is slower in mail-splitting,
+due to the creation of lots of files, updates to the @code{nnml} active
+file, and additions to overview files on a per-message basis, but it is
+extremely fast on access because of what amounts to the indexing support
+provided by the active file and overviews.
+
+@code{nnml} costs @dfn{inodes} in a big way; that is, it soaks up the
+resource which defines available places in the filesystem to put new
+files. Sysadmins take a dim view of heavy inode occupation within
+tight, shared filesystems. But if you live on a personal machine where
+the filesystem is your own and space is not at a premium, @code{nnml}
+wins big.
+
+It is also problematic using this backend if you are living in a
+FAT16-based Windows world, since much space will be wasted on all these
+tiny files.
+
+@item nnmh
+
+The Rand MH mail-reading system has been around UNIX systems for a very
+long time; it operates by splitting one's spool file of messages into
+individual files, but with little or no indexing support -- @code{nnmh}
+is considered to be semantically equivalent to ``@code{nnml} without
+active file or overviews''. This is arguably the worst choice, because
+one gets the slowness of individual file creation married to the
+slowness of access parsing when learning what's new in one's groups.
+
+@item nnfolder
+
+Basically the effetc of @code{nnfolder} is @code{nnmbox} (the first
+method described above) on a per-group basis. That is, @code{nnmbox}
+itself puts *all* one's mail in one file; @code{nnfolder} provides a
+little bit of optimization to this so that each of one's mail groups has
+a Unix mail box file. It's faster than @code{nnmbox} because each group
+can be parsed separately, and still provides the simple Unix mail box
+format requiring minimal effort in moving the mail around. In addition,
+it maintains an ``active'' file making it much faster for Gnus to figure
+out how many messages there are in each separate group.
+
+If you have groups that are expected to have a massive amount of
+messages, @code{nnfolder} is not the best choice, but if you receive
+only a moderate amount of mail, @code{nnfolder} is probably the most
+friendly mail backend all over.
+
+@end table
+
+
@node Other Sources
@section Other Sources
@item forward
Forwarded articles.
+@item nsmail
+Netscape mail boxes.
+
@item mime-parts
MIME multipart messages.
This should be one of @code{mbox}, @code{babyl}, @code{digest},
@code{news}, @code{rnews}, @code{mmdf}, @code{forward}, @code{rfc934},
@code{rfc822-forward}, @code{mime-parts}, @code{standard-digest},
-@code{slack-digest}, @code{clari-briefs} or @code{guess}.
+@code{slack-digest}, @code{clari-briefs}, @code{nsmail} or @code{guess}.
@item nndoc-post-type
@vindex nndoc-post-type
Is the "+" character illegal in newsgroup names? Is there any way in
Gnus to work around this? (gnus 5.6.45 - XEmacs 20.4)
+@item
+
+When `#F', do:
+
+@example
+Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
+ --text follows this line--
+Sorry I killfiled you...
+
+Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
+> bar
+Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
+> bar 1
+@end example
@item
Solve the halting problem.
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename message
-@settitle Pterodactyl Message 0.84 Manual
+@settitle Pterodactyl Message 0.85 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Pterodactyl Message 0.84 Manual
+@title Pterodactyl Message 0.85 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
* Key Index:: List of Message mode keys.
@end menu
-This manual corresponds to Pterodactyl Message 0.84. Message is
+This manual corresponds to Pterodactyl Message 0.85. Message is
distributed with the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number
as this manual.
((member command '("xref" "pxref"))
(latexi-exchange-command (concat "gnus" command) arg))
((member command '("sc" "file" "dfn" "emph" "kbd"
- "code" "samp" "var" "strong" "i"))
+ "code" "samp" "var" "strong" "i"
+ "result"))
(goto-char (match-beginning 0))
(delete-char 1)
(insert "\\gnus"))
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