1 ;;; gnus-async.el --- asynchronous support for Gnus
2 ;; Copyright (C) 1996,97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
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32 (defgroup gnus-asynchronous nil
33 "Support for asynchronous operations."
36 (defcustom gnus-asynchronous t
37 "*If nil, inhibit all Gnus asynchronicity.
38 If non-nil, let the other asynch variables be heeded."
39 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
42 (defcustom gnus-use-article-prefetch 30
43 "*If non-nil, prefetch articles in groups that allow this.
44 If a number, prefetch only that many articles forward;
45 if t, prefetch as many articles as possible."
46 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
47 :type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
49 (integer :tag "some" 0)))
51 (defcustom gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy '(read exit)
52 "List of symbols that say when to remove articles from the prefetch buffer.
53 Possible values in this list are `read', which means that
54 articles are removed as they are read, and `exit', which means
55 that all articles belonging to a group are removed on exit
57 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
58 :type '(set (const read) (const exit)))
60 (defcustom gnus-use-header-prefetch nil
61 "*If non-nil, prefetch the headers to the next group."
62 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
65 (defcustom gnus-async-prefetch-article-p 'gnus-async-unread-p
66 "Function called to say whether an article should be prefetched or not.
67 The function is called with one parameter -- the article data.
68 It should return non-nil if the article is to be prefetched."
69 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
72 ;;; Internal variables.
74 (defvar gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer " *Async Prefetch Article*")
75 (defvar gnus-async-article-alist nil)
76 (defvar gnus-async-article-semaphore '(nil))
77 (defvar gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
79 (defvar gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer " *Async Prefetch Headers*")
80 (defvar gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
82 ;;; Utility functions.
84 (defun gnus-group-asynchronous-p (group)
85 "Say whether GROUP is fetched from a server that supports asynchronicity."
86 (gnus-asynchronous-p (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
88 ;;; Somewhat bogus semaphores.
90 (defun gnus-async-get-semaphore (semaphore)
91 "Wait until SEMAPHORE is released."
92 (while (/= (length (nconc (symbol-value semaphore) (list nil))) 2)
95 (defun gnus-async-release-semaphore (semaphore)
97 (setcdr (symbol-value semaphore) nil))
99 (defmacro gnus-async-with-semaphore (&rest forms)
102 (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
104 (gnus-async-release-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)))
106 (put 'gnus-asynch-with-semaphore 'lisp-indent-function 0)
107 (put 'gnus-asynch-with-semaphore 'edebug-form-spec '(body))
113 (gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-async-close 'gnus)
114 (defun gnus-async-close ()
115 (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)
116 (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer)
117 (setq gnus-async-article-alist nil
118 gnus-async-header-prefetched nil))
120 (defun gnus-async-set-buffer ()
121 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer t))
123 (defun gnus-async-halt-prefetch ()
125 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
127 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-next (group article summary)
128 "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with the article after ARTICLE."
129 (when (and (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
131 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group))
133 (set-buffer gnus-summary-buffer)
134 (let ((next (caadr (gnus-data-find-list article))))
136 (if (not (fboundp 'run-with-idle-timer))
137 ;; This is either an older Emacs or XEmacs, so we
138 ;; do this, which leads to slightly slower article
140 (gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary)
142 0.1 nil 'gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary)))))))
144 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-article (group article summary &optional next)
145 "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with ARTICLE."
146 (if (not (gnus-buffer-live-p summary))
147 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
148 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
149 (when (and gnus-asynchronous
152 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
153 (pop gnus-async-fetch-list)))
154 (let ((do-fetch next)
155 (do-message t)) ;(eq major-mode 'gnus-summary-mode)))
156 (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
157 (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
159 gnus-async-fetch-list))
160 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
162 (setq do-fetch (not gnus-async-fetch-list))
163 ;; Nix out any outstanding requests.
164 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
165 ;; Fill in the new list.
166 (let ((n gnus-use-article-prefetch)
167 (data (gnus-data-find-list article))
169 (while (and (setq d (pop data))
173 (unless (or (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry
174 group (setq article (gnus-data-number d)))
175 (not (natnump article))
176 (not (funcall gnus-async-prefetch-article-p d)))
177 ;; Not already fetched -- so we add it to the list.
178 (push article gnus-async-fetch-list)))
179 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list
180 (nreverse gnus-async-fetch-list))))
183 (setq article (car gnus-async-fetch-list))))
185 (when (and do-fetch article)
186 ;; We want to fetch some more articles.
190 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
191 (goto-char (point-max))
192 (setq mark (point-marker))
193 (let ((nnheader-callback-function
194 (gnus-make-async-article-function
195 group article mark summary next))
197 (get-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)))
199 (gnus-message 7 "Prefetching article %d in group %s"
201 (gnus-request-article article group))))))))))
203 (defun gnus-make-async-article-function (group article mark summary next)
204 "Return a callback function."
208 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
209 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
210 (push (list ',(intern (format "%s-%d" group article))
211 ,mark (set-marker (make-marker) (point-max))
213 gnus-async-article-alist)))
214 (if (not (gnus-buffer-live-p ,summary))
215 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
216 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
217 (gnus-async-prefetch-article ,group ,next ,summary t)))))
219 (defun gnus-async-unread-p (data)
220 "Return non-nil if DATA represents an unread article."
221 (gnus-data-unread-p data))
223 (defun gnus-async-request-fetched-article (group article buffer)
224 "See whether we have ARTICLE from GROUP and put it in BUFFER."
225 (when (numberp article)
226 (let ((entry (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry group article)))
229 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
230 (copy-to-buffer buffer (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
231 ;; Remove the read article from the prefetch buffer.
232 (when (memq 'read gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy)
233 (gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry entry))
236 (defun gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry (entry)
237 "Delete ENTRY from buffer and alist."
239 (delete-region (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
240 (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
241 (set-marker (caddr entry) nil))
242 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
243 (setq gnus-async-article-alist
244 (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))))
246 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-remove-group (group)
247 "Remove all articles belonging to GROUP from the prefetch buffer."
248 (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
249 (memq 'exit gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy))
250 (let ((alist gnus-async-article-alist))
252 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
254 (when (equal group (nth 3 (car alist)))
255 (gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry (car alist)))
258 (defun gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry (group article)
259 "Return the entry for ARTICLE in GROUP iff it has been prefetched."
260 (let ((entry (assq (intern (format "%s-%d" group article))
261 gnus-async-article-alist)))
262 ;; Perhaps something has emptied the buffer?
264 (= (cadr entry) (caddr entry)))
267 (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
268 (set-marker (caddr entry) nil))
269 (setq gnus-async-article-alist
270 (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))
278 (defun gnus-async-prefetch-headers (group)
279 "Prefetch the headers for group GROUP."
282 (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
284 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
285 (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
286 (setq unread (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)))
287 ;; Mark that a fetch is in progress.
288 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched t)
289 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
291 (let ((nntp-server-buffer (current-buffer))
292 (nnheader-callback-function
294 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched
295 ,(cons group unread)))))
296 (gnus-retrieve-headers unread group gnus-fetch-old-headers))))))
298 (defun gnus-async-retrieve-fetched-headers (articles group)
299 "See whether we have prefetched headers."
300 (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
301 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
302 (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
303 (equal group (car gnus-async-header-prefetched))
304 (equal articles (cdr gnus-async-header-prefetched)))
306 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
308 (copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
310 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
313 (provide 'gnus-async)
315 ;;; gnus-async.el ends here