1 ;;; gnus.el --- a newsreader for GNU Emacs
2 ;; Copyright (C) 1987,88,89,90,93,94,95,96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;; Author: Masanobu UMEDA <umerin@flab.flab.fujitsu.junet>
5 ;; Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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29 (eval '(run-hooks 'gnus-load-hook))
31 (defconst gnus-version-number "0.4"
32 "Version number for this version of Gnus.")
34 (defconst gnus-version (format "Red Gnus v%s" gnus-version-number)
35 "Version string for this version of Gnus.")
39 (defvar gnus-group-buffer "*Group*")
41 (defvar gnus-inhibit-startup-message nil
42 "*If non-nil, the startup message will not be displayed.")
46 (switch-to-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
47 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
49 (unless gnus-inhibit-startup-message
50 (gnus-group-startup-message)
53 (defun gnus-indent-rigidly (start end arg)
54 "Indent rigidly using only spaces and no tabs."
57 (narrow-to-region start end)
58 (indent-rigidly start end arg)
59 (goto-char (point-min))
60 (while (search-forward "\t" nil t)
61 (replace-match " " t t)))))
63 (defun gnus-group-startup-message (&optional x y)
64 "Insert startup message in current buffer."
65 ;; Insert the message.
90 (gnus-indent-rigidly (point-min) (point-max)
91 (/ (max (- (window-width) (or x 46)) 0) 2))
92 (goto-char (point-min))
94 (let* ((pheight (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)))
95 (wheight (window-height))
96 (rest (- wheight pheight)))
97 (insert (make-string (max 0 (* 2 (/ rest 3))) ?\n)))
99 (goto-char (point-min))
100 (and (search-forward "Praxis" nil t)
101 (put-text-property (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0) 'face 'bold))
102 (goto-char (point-min))
103 (setq mode-line-buffer-identification gnus-version)
104 (set-buffer-modified-p t))
115 ;; Fix by Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>.
116 ;; If you want the cursor to go somewhere else, set these two
117 ;; functions in some startup hook to whatever you want.
118 (defalias 'gnus-summary-position-point 'gnus-goto-colon)
119 (defalias 'gnus-group-position-point 'gnus-goto-colon)
121 ;;; Various macros and substs.
123 (defun gnus-header-from (header)
124 (mail-header-from header))
126 (defmacro gnus-gethash (string hashtable)
127 "Get hash value of STRING in HASHTABLE."
128 `(symbol-value (intern-soft ,string ,hashtable)))
130 (defmacro gnus-sethash (string value hashtable)
131 "Set hash value. Arguments are STRING, VALUE, and HASHTABLE."
132 `(set (intern ,string ,hashtable) ,value))
134 (defmacro gnus-group-unread (group)
135 "Get the currently computed number of unread articles in GROUP."
136 `(car (gnus-gethash ,group gnus-newsrc-hashtb)))
138 (defmacro gnus-group-entry (group)
139 "Get the newsrc entry for GROUP."
140 `(gnus-gethash ,group gnus-newsrc-hashtb))
142 (defmacro gnus-active (group)
143 "Get active info on GROUP."
144 `(gnus-gethash ,group gnus-active-hashtb))
146 (defmacro gnus-set-active (group active)
147 "Set GROUP's active info."
148 `(gnus-sethash ,group ,active gnus-active-hashtb))
150 (defun gnus-alive-p ()
151 "Say whether Gnus is running or not."
152 (and gnus-group-buffer
153 (get-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
155 (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
156 (eq major-mode 'gnus-group-mode))))
158 ;; Info access macros.
160 (defmacro gnus-info-group (info)
162 (defmacro gnus-info-rank (info)
164 (defmacro gnus-info-read (info)
166 (defmacro gnus-info-marks (info)
168 (defmacro gnus-info-method (info)
170 (defmacro gnus-info-params (info)
173 (defmacro gnus-info-level (info)
174 `(let ((rank (gnus-info-rank ,info)))
178 (defmacro gnus-info-score (info)
179 `(let ((rank (gnus-info-rank ,info)))
180 (or (and (consp rank) (cdr rank)) 0)))
182 (defmacro gnus-info-set-group (info group)
183 `(setcar ,info ,group))
184 (defmacro gnus-info-set-rank (info rank)
185 `(setcar (nthcdr 1 ,info) ,rank))
186 (defmacro gnus-info-set-read (info read)
187 `(setcar (nthcdr 2 ,info) ,read))
188 (defmacro gnus-info-set-marks (info marks &optional extend)
190 `(gnus-info-set-entry ,info ,marks 3)
191 `(setcar (nthcdr 3 ,info) ,marks)))
192 (defmacro gnus-info-set-method (info method &optional extend)
194 `(gnus-info-set-entry ,info ,method 4)
195 `(setcar (nthcdr 4 ,info) ,method)))
196 (defmacro gnus-info-set-params (info params &optional extend)
198 `(gnus-info-set-entry ,info ,params 5)
199 `(setcar (nthcdr 5 ,info) ,params)))
201 (defun gnus-info-set-entry (info entry number)
202 ;; Extend the info until we have enough elements.
203 (while (< (length info) number)
204 (nconc info (list nil)))
206 (setcar (nthcdr number info) entry))
208 (defmacro gnus-info-set-level (info level)
209 `(let ((rank (cdr ,info)))
210 (if (consp (car rank))
211 (setcar (car rank) ,level)
212 (setcar rank ,level))))
213 (defmacro gnus-info-set-score (info score)
214 `(let ((rank (cdr ,info)))
215 (if (consp (car rank))
216 (setcdr (car rank) ,score)
217 (setcar rank (cons (car rank) ,score)))))
219 (defmacro gnus-get-info (group)
220 `(nth 2 (gnus-gethash ,group gnus-newsrc-hashtb)))
222 ;; Byte-compiler warning.
224 ;; Find out whether the gnus-visual TYPE is wanted.
225 (defun gnus-visual-p (&optional type class)
226 (and gnus-visual ; Has to be non-nil, at least.
227 (if (not type) ; We don't care about type.
229 (if (listp gnus-visual) ; It's a list, so we check it.
230 (or (memq type gnus-visual)
231 (memq class gnus-visual))
234 ;;; Load the compatability functions.
244 (defvar gnus-shutdown-alist nil)
246 (defun gnus-add-shutdown (function &rest symbols)
247 "Run FUNCTION whenever one of SYMBOLS is shut down."
248 (push (cons function symbols) gnus-shutdown-alist))
250 (defun gnus-shutdown (symbol)
251 "Shut down everything that waits for SYMBOL."
252 (let ((alist gnus-shutdown-alist)
254 (while (setq entry (pop alist))
255 (when (memq symbol (cdr entry))
256 (funcall (car entry))))))
260 ;;; Gnus Utility Functions
263 ;; Add the current buffer to the list of buffers to be killed on exit.
264 (defun gnus-add-current-to-buffer-list ()
265 (or (memq (current-buffer) gnus-buffer-list)
266 (setq gnus-buffer-list (cons (current-buffer) gnus-buffer-list))))
268 (defun gnus-version (&optional arg)
269 "Version number of this version of Gnus.
270 If ARG, insert string at point."
272 (let ((methods gnus-valid-select-methods)
275 ;; Go through all the legal select methods and add their version
276 ;; numbers to the total version string. Only the backends that are
277 ;; currently in use will have their message numbers taken into
280 (setq meth (intern (concat (caar methods) "-version")))
282 (stringp (symbol-value meth))
283 (setq mess (concat mess "; " (symbol-value meth))))
284 (setq methods (cdr methods)))
286 (insert (message mess))
289 (defun gnus-continuum-version (version)
290 "Return VERSION as a floating point number."
291 (when (or (string-match "^\\([^ ]+\\)? ?Gnus v?\\([0-9.]+\\)$" version)
292 (string-match "^\\(.?\\)gnus-\\([0-9.]+\\)$" version))
293 (let* ((alpha (and (match-beginning 1) (match-string 1 version)))
294 (number (match-string 2 version))
296 (string-match "\\([0-9]\\)\\.\\([0-9]+\\)\\.?\\([0-9]+\\)?" number)
297 (setq major (string-to-number (match-string 1 number)))
298 (setq minor (string-to-number (match-string 2 number)))
299 (setq least (if (match-beginning 3)
300 (string-to-number (match-string 3 number))
304 (format "%s00%02d%02d"
306 ((member alpha '("(ding)" "d")) "4.99")
307 ((member alpha '("September" "s")) "5.01")
308 ((member alpha '("Red" "r")) "5.03"))
310 (format "%d.%02d%02d" major minor least))))))
312 (defun gnus-info-find-node ()
313 "Find Info documentation of Gnus."
315 ;; Enlarge info window if needed.
316 (let ((mode major-mode)
318 (Info-goto-node (cadr (assq mode gnus-info-nodes)))
319 (setq gnus-info-buffer (current-buffer))
320 (gnus-configure-windows 'info)))
322 ;;; More various functions.
324 (defun gnus-group-read-only-p (&optional group)
325 "Check whether GROUP supports editing or not.
326 If GROUP is nil, `gnus-newsgroup-name' will be checked instead. Note
327 that that variable is buffer-local to the summary buffers."
328 (let ((group (or group gnus-newsgroup-name)))
329 (not (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-replace-article group))))
331 (defun gnus-group-total-expirable-p (group)
332 "Check whether GROUP is total-expirable or not."
333 (let ((params (gnus-info-params (gnus-get-info group))))
334 (or (memq 'total-expire params)
335 (cdr (assq 'total-expire params)) ; (total-expire . t)
336 (and gnus-total-expirable-newsgroups ; Check var.
337 (string-match gnus-total-expirable-newsgroups group)))))
339 (defun gnus-group-auto-expirable-p (group)
340 "Check whether GROUP is total-expirable or not."
341 (let ((params (gnus-info-params (gnus-get-info group))))
342 (or (memq 'auto-expire params)
343 (cdr (assq 'auto-expire params)) ; (auto-expire . t)
344 (and gnus-auto-expirable-newsgroups ; Check var.
345 (string-match gnus-auto-expirable-newsgroups group)))))
347 (defun gnus-virtual-group-p (group)
348 "Say whether GROUP is virtual or not."
349 (memq 'virtual (assoc (symbol-name (car (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
350 gnus-valid-select-methods)))
352 (defun gnus-news-group-p (group &optional article)
353 "Return non-nil if GROUP (and ARTICLE) come from a news server."
354 (or (gnus-member-of-valid 'post group) ; Ordinary news group.
355 (and (gnus-member-of-valid 'post-mail group) ; Combined group.
356 (eq (gnus-request-type group article) 'news))))
358 ;; Returns a list of writable groups.
359 (defun gnus-writable-groups ()
360 (let ((alist gnus-newsrc-alist)
362 (while (setq group (car (pop alist)))
363 (unless (gnus-group-read-only-p group)
364 (push group groups)))
367 ;; Check whether to use long file names.
368 (defun gnus-use-long-file-name (symbol)
369 ;; The variable has to be set...
370 (and gnus-use-long-file-name
371 ;; If it isn't a list, then we return t.
372 (or (not (listp gnus-use-long-file-name))
373 ;; If it is a list, and the list contains `symbol', we
375 (not (memq symbol gnus-use-long-file-name)))))
377 ;; Generate a unique new group name.
378 (defun gnus-generate-new-group-name (leaf)
381 (while (gnus-gethash name gnus-newsrc-hashtb)
382 (setq name (concat leaf "<" (int-to-string (setq num (1+ num))) ">")))
385 (defun gnus-ephemeral-group-p (group)
386 "Say whether GROUP is ephemeral or not."
387 (gnus-group-get-parameter group 'quit-config))
389 (defun gnus-group-quit-config (group)
390 "Return the quit-config of GROUP."
391 (gnus-group-get-parameter group 'quit-config))
393 (defun gnus-simplify-mode-line ()
394 "Make mode lines a bit simpler."
395 (setq mode-line-modified "-- ")
396 (when (listp mode-line-format)
397 (make-local-variable 'mode-line-format)
398 (setq mode-line-format (copy-sequence mode-line-format))
399 (when (equal (nth 3 mode-line-format) " ")
400 (setcar (nthcdr 3 mode-line-format) " "))))
402 ;;; Servers and groups.
404 (defsubst gnus-server-add-address (method)
405 (let ((method-name (symbol-name (car method))))
406 (if (and (memq 'address (assoc method-name gnus-valid-select-methods))
407 (not (assq (intern (concat method-name "-address")) method)))
408 (append method (list (list (intern (concat method-name "-address"))
412 (defsubst gnus-server-get-method (group method)
413 ;; Input either a server name, and extended server name, or a
414 ;; select method, and return a select method.
415 (cond ((stringp method)
416 (gnus-server-to-method method))
417 ((equal method gnus-select-method)
419 ((and (stringp (car method)) group)
420 (gnus-server-extend-method group method))
421 ((and method (not group)
422 (equal (cadr method) ""))
425 (gnus-server-add-address method))))
427 (defun gnus-server-to-method (server)
428 "Map virtual server names to select methods."
430 ;; Is this a method, perhaps?
431 (and server (listp server) server)
432 ;; Perhaps this is the native server?
433 (and (equal server "native") gnus-select-method)
434 ;; It should be in the server alist.
435 (cdr (assoc server gnus-server-alist))
436 ;; If not, we look through all the opened server
437 ;; to see whether we can find it there.
438 (let ((opened gnus-opened-servers))
440 (not (equal server (format "%s:%s" (caaar opened)
445 (defmacro gnus-method-equal (ss1 ss2)
446 "Say whether two servers are equal."
450 (and (= (length s1) (length s2))
452 (while (and s1 (member (car s1) s2))
456 (defun gnus-server-equal (m1 m2)
457 "Say whether two methods are equal."
458 (let ((m1 (cond ((null m1) gnus-select-method)
459 ((stringp m1) (gnus-server-to-method m1))
461 (m2 (cond ((null m2) gnus-select-method)
462 ((stringp m2) (gnus-server-to-method m2))
464 (gnus-method-equal m1 m2)))
466 (defun gnus-servers-using-backend (backend)
467 "Return a list of known servers using BACKEND."
468 (let ((opened gnus-opened-servers)
471 (when (eq backend (caaar opened))
472 (push (caar opened) out))
476 (defun gnus-archive-server-wanted-p ()
477 "Say whether the user wants to use the archive server."
479 ((or (not gnus-message-archive-method)
480 (not gnus-message-archive-group))
482 ((and gnus-message-archive-method gnus-message-archive-group)
485 (let ((active (cadr (assq 'nnfolder-active-file
486 gnus-message-archive-method))))
488 (file-exists-p active))))))
490 (defun gnus-group-prefixed-name (group method)
491 "Return the whole name from GROUP and METHOD."
492 (and (stringp method) (setq method (gnus-server-to-method method)))
495 (concat (format "%s" (car method))
497 (or (assoc (format "%s" (car method))
498 (gnus-methods-using 'address))
499 (gnus-server-equal method gnus-message-archive-method))
501 (not (string= (nth 1 method) "")))
502 (concat "+" (nth 1 method)))
505 (defun gnus-group-real-prefix (group)
506 "Return the prefix of the current group name."
507 (if (string-match "^[^:]+:" group)
508 (substring group 0 (match-end 0))
511 (defun gnus-group-method (group)
512 "Return the server or method used for selecting GROUP."
513 (let ((prefix (gnus-group-real-prefix group)))
514 (if (equal prefix "")
516 (let ((servers gnus-opened-servers)
518 backend possible found)
519 (if (string-match "^[^\\+]+\\+" prefix)
520 (setq backend (intern (substring prefix 0 (1- (match-end 0))))
521 server (substring prefix (match-end 0) (1- (length prefix))))
522 (setq backend (intern (substring prefix 0 (1- (length prefix))))))
524 (when (eq (caaar servers) backend)
525 (setq possible (caar servers))
526 (when (equal (cadaar servers) server)
527 (setq found (caar servers))))
529 (or (car (rassoc found gnus-server-alist))
531 (car (rassoc possible gnus-server-alist))
533 (list backend server))))))
535 (defsubst gnus-secondary-method-p (method)
536 "Return whether METHOD is a secondary select method."
537 (let ((methods gnus-secondary-select-methods)
538 (gmethod (gnus-server-get-method nil method)))
540 (not (equal (gnus-server-get-method nil (car methods))
542 (setq methods (cdr methods)))
545 (defun gnus-group-foreign-p (group)
546 "Say whether a group is foreign or not."
547 (and (not (gnus-group-native-p group))
548 (not (gnus-group-secondary-p group))))
550 (defun gnus-group-native-p (group)
551 "Say whether the group is native or not."
552 (not (string-match ":" group)))
554 (defun gnus-group-secondary-p (group)
555 "Say whether the group is secondary or not."
556 (gnus-secondary-method-p (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
558 (defun gnus-group-get-parameter (group &optional symbol)
559 "Returns the group parameters for GROUP.
560 If SYMBOL, return the value of that symbol in the group parameters."
561 (let ((params (gnus-info-params (gnus-get-info group))))
563 (gnus-group-parameter-value params symbol)
566 (defun gnus-group-parameter-value (params symbol)
567 "Return the value of SYMBOL in group PARAMS."
568 (or (car (memq symbol params)) ; It's either a simple symbol
569 (cdr (assq symbol params)))) ; or a cons.
571 (defun gnus-group-add-parameter (group param)
572 "Add parameter PARAM to GROUP."
573 (let ((info (gnus-get-info group)))
575 () ; This is a dead group. We just ignore it.
576 ;; Cons the new param to the old one and update.
577 (gnus-group-set-info (cons param (gnus-info-params info))
580 (defun gnus-group-set-parameter (group name value)
581 "Set parameter NAME to VALUE in GROUP."
582 (let ((info (gnus-get-info group)))
584 () ; This is a dead group. We just ignore it.
585 (let ((old-params (gnus-info-params info))
586 (new-params (list (cons name value))))
588 (if (or (not (listp (car old-params)))
589 (not (eq (caar old-params) name)))
590 (setq new-params (append new-params (list (car old-params)))))
591 (setq old-params (cdr old-params)))
592 (gnus-group-set-info new-params group 'params)))))
594 (defun gnus-group-add-score (group &optional score)
595 "Add SCORE to the GROUP score.
596 If SCORE is nil, add 1 to the score of GROUP."
597 (let ((info (gnus-get-info group)))
599 (gnus-info-set-score info (+ (gnus-info-score info) (or score 1))))))
601 ;; Function written by Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@ccs.neu.edu>.
602 (defun gnus-short-group-name (group &optional levels)
603 "Collapse GROUP name LEVELS."
610 (while (string-match "\\." group skip)
611 (setq skip (match-end 0)
614 (if (string-match ":" group)
615 (setq foreign (substring group 0 (match-end 0))
616 group (substring group (match-end 0))))
618 (if (and (string-match "\\." group)
619 (> levels (- gnus-group-uncollapsed-levels 1)))
620 (setq name (concat name (substring group 0 1))
621 group (substring group (match-end 0))
623 name (concat name "."))
624 (setq name (concat foreign name group)
630 ;;; Kill file handling.
633 (defun gnus-apply-kill-file ()
634 "Apply a kill file to the current newsgroup.
635 Returns the number of articles marked as read."
636 (if (or (file-exists-p (gnus-newsgroup-kill-file nil))
637 (file-exists-p (gnus-newsgroup-kill-file gnus-newsgroup-name)))
638 (gnus-apply-kill-file-internal)
641 (defun gnus-kill-save-kill-buffer ()
642 (let ((file (gnus-newsgroup-kill-file gnus-newsgroup-name)))
643 (when (get-file-buffer file)
645 (set-buffer (get-file-buffer file))
646 (and (buffer-modified-p) (save-buffer))
647 (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))))
649 (defvar gnus-kill-file-name "KILL"
650 "Suffix of the kill files.")
652 (defun gnus-newsgroup-kill-file (newsgroup)
653 "Return the name of a kill file name for NEWSGROUP.
654 If NEWSGROUP is nil, return the global kill file name instead."
656 ;; The global KILL file is placed at top of the directory.
657 ((or (null newsgroup)
658 (string-equal newsgroup ""))
659 (expand-file-name gnus-kill-file-name
660 gnus-kill-files-directory))
661 ;; Append ".KILL" to newsgroup name.
662 ((gnus-use-long-file-name 'not-kill)
663 (expand-file-name (concat (gnus-newsgroup-savable-name newsgroup)
664 "." gnus-kill-file-name)
665 gnus-kill-files-directory))
666 ;; Place "KILL" under the hierarchical directory.
668 (expand-file-name (concat (gnus-newsgroup-directory-form newsgroup)
669 "/" gnus-kill-file-name)
670 gnus-kill-files-directory))))
674 (defun gnus-member-of-valid (symbol group)
675 "Find out if GROUP has SYMBOL as part of its \"valid\" spec."
677 (symbol-name (car (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
678 gnus-valid-select-methods)))
680 (defun gnus-method-option-p (method option)
681 "Return non-nil if select METHOD has OPTION as a parameter."
682 (when (stringp method)
683 (setq method (gnus-server-to-method method)))
684 (memq option (assoc (format "%s" (car method))
685 gnus-valid-select-methods)))
687 (defun gnus-server-extend-method (group method)
688 ;; This function "extends" a virtual server. If the server is
689 ;; "hello", and the select method is ("hello" (my-var "something"))
690 ;; in the group "alt.alt", this will result in a new virtual server
691 ;; called "hello+alt.alt".
694 (if (equal (car method) "native") gnus-select-method
695 (cdr (assoc (car method) gnus-server-alist))))))
696 (setcar (cdr entry) (concat (nth 1 entry) "+" group))
697 (nconc entry (cdr method))))
699 (defun gnus-server-status (method)
700 "Return the status of METHOD."
701 (nth 1 (assoc method gnus-opened-servers)))
703 (defun gnus-group-name-to-method (group)
704 "Return a select method suitable for GROUP."
705 (if (string-match ":" group)
706 (let ((server (substring group 0 (match-beginning 0))))
707 (if (string-match "\\+" server)
708 (list (intern (substring server 0 (match-beginning 0)))
709 (substring server (match-end 0)))
710 (list (intern server) "")))
713 (defun gnus-find-method-for-group (group &optional info)
714 "Find the select method that GROUP uses."
715 (or gnus-override-method
718 (let ((info (or info (gnus-get-info group)))
721 (not (setq method (gnus-info-method info)))
722 (equal method "native"))
725 (cond ((stringp method)
726 (gnus-server-to-method method))
727 ((stringp (car method))
728 (gnus-server-extend-method group method))
731 (cond ((equal (cadr method) "")
733 ((null (cadr method))
734 (list (car method) ""))
736 (gnus-server-add-address method)))))))
738 (defun gnus-check-backend-function (func group)
739 "Check whether GROUP supports function FUNC."
740 (let ((method (if (stringp group) (car (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
742 (fboundp (intern (format "%s-%s" method func)))))
744 (defun gnus-methods-using (feature)
745 "Find all methods that have FEATURE."
746 (let ((valids gnus-valid-select-methods)
749 (if (memq feature (car valids))
750 (setq outs (cons (car valids) outs)))
751 (setq valids (cdr valids)))
754 (defun gnus-read-method (prompt)
755 "Prompt the user for a method.
756 Allow completion over sensible values."
759 prompt (append gnus-valid-select-methods gnus-server-alist)
760 nil t nil 'gnus-method-history)))
763 (setq method gnus-select-method))
764 ((assoc method gnus-valid-select-methods)
766 (if (memq 'prompt-address
767 (assoc method gnus-valid-select-methods))
768 (read-string "Address: ")
770 ((assoc method gnus-server-alist)
775 ;;; User-level commands.
778 (defun gnus-slave-no-server (&optional arg)
779 "Read network news as a slave, without connecting to local server"
781 (gnus-no-server arg t))
784 (defun gnus-no-server (&optional arg slave)
786 If ARG is a positive number, Gnus will use that as the
787 startup level. If ARG is nil, Gnus will be started at level 2.
788 If ARG is non-nil and not a positive number, Gnus will
789 prompt the user for the name of an NNTP server to use.
790 As opposed to `gnus', this command will not connect to the local server."
792 (gnus-no-server-1 arg slave))
795 (defun gnus-slave (&optional arg)
796 "Read news as a slave."
798 (gnus arg nil 'slave))
801 (defun gnus-other-frame (&optional arg)
802 "Pop up a frame to read news."
804 (if (get-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
805 (let ((pop-up-frames t))
807 (select-frame (make-frame))
810 (defun gnus (&optional arg dont-connect slave)
812 If ARG is non-nil and a positive number, Gnus will use that as the
813 startup level. If ARG is non-nil and not a positive number, Gnus will
814 prompt the user for the name of an NNTP server to use."
816 (gnus-1 arg dont-connect slave))
818 ;; Allow redefinition of Gnus functions.
824 ;;; gnus.el ends here