2 http://superdave.socom.com/gnus/
4 I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
5 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
7 A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
8 http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
10 Implement new "From " search.
12 No link to red gnus from ding page.
13 Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles
14 isn't the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
15 Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
18 <URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
19 <URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
20 <URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
21 <URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
22 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
23 <URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
24 http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/
27 {^-- } is made into - in LaTeX.
28 filladapt in Message buffers: > > recognition.
29 gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.
33 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep hanging on?
34 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
35 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
36 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
37 * FAQ doesn't have an up node?
38 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box,
39 the crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
40 * `t' `t' makes X-Faces disappear.
41 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will
43 * Orphan score entries dont show on "V t" score trace
44 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
45 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive
46 to avoid exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
47 * expinged articles are counted when computing scores.
48 * implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
49 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode -- `n' and
50 stuff just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
51 * topics that contain just groups with ticked
52 articles aren't displayed.
53 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
54 * implement gnus-score-thread
55 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
56 make the mail groups killed.
57 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
58 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted
59 and articles have to be removed.
60 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into several
62 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
63 * finding short score file names takes forever.
64 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
65 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
66 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
67 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
68 * nnweb doesn't work properly.
69 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
70 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a slave, the
71 master will yank it first to one topic and then add it to another.
76 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
77 * really unbinhex binhex files.
78 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
80 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
81 `(canonize-message-id id)'
82 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
83 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
84 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
85 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
86 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
89 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its summary line.
90 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
92 * sort after gathering threads -- make false roots have the
93 headers of the oldest orhpan with a 0 article number?
94 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents? Also
95 inherit copy prompts and save files.
96 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode buffer.
97 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer
98 for backends that support that.
99 * gnus-{hide,show}-all-topics
100 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each topic,
101 and not just list all subtopics at the end.
102 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to connect
103 threads -- `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
104 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree buffer.
105 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
106 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
107 * server mode command: close/open all connections
108 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
109 has been changed before using it.
110 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent group.
111 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
112 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
113 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
114 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
115 on. Eg. -- `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
116 * easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
117 contaion groups that match a regexp.
118 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using
120 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from the
122 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info
124 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
125 * nntp-ping-before-connect
126 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
127 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score
128 files very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
129 * message annotations.
130 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
131 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in minibuf")
132 to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under XEmacs.
133 * allow group line format spec to say how many articles there
136 * support qmail maildir spools
137 * `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
138 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays instead
139 * C-c C-f C-e to add an Expires header.
140 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
141 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
142 * gnus-renumber-cache -- to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
143 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
144 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
145 finds and generate proper active ranges.
146 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
147 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
148 * gnus-fetch-article -- start Gnus, enter group, display article
149 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
150 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable groups,
151 articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
152 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
153 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
154 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
155 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the group(s) to
157 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
158 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
159 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' -- variable to override
160 `C-c C-c' when posting.
161 * nnmail-group-spool-alist -- says where each group should use
163 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the article
164 should be marker as expirable.
165 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
166 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For instance,
167 on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the nntp server.
168 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the parent.
169 Also consult Date headers.
170 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
171 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
172 * duplicates -- command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
173 Message-ID, delete the "original".
174 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other" message-ids
175 into a See-Also header.
176 * support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
177 * support ProleText: <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
178 * when browsing a foreign server, the groups that are already subscribed
179 should be listed as such and not as "K".
180 * generate font names dynamically.
181 * score file mode auto-alist.
182 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
183 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
184 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate
185 absolutely all headers there is.
186 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles
187 and pipe them to the process.
188 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file. Update
189 the file whenever we read the active file or the list
190 of killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
191 * function for starting to edit a file to put into
192 the current mail group.
193 * score-find-trace should display the total score of the article.
194 * "ghettozie" -- score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
195 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted to.
196 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create
197 the groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
198 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
199 * when replying to several process-marked articles,
200 have all the From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
201 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all
202 groups it has been mailed to.
203 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
204 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
205 * Command in the group buffer to respoll process-marked groups.
206 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept
207 pseudo-"headers" like "body", "head" and "all"
208 * When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including
209 newlines) should be ignored.
210 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark
211 groups in subtopics as well.
212 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing them.
213 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
215 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
216 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
217 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
218 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
219 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
220 * allow fetching mail from several pop servers.
221 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
222 or the formatted article.
223 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
224 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
225 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
226 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse click.
227 * more limiting functions -- date, etc.
228 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse matches.
229 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make Gnus expire
230 even unread articles.
231 * a command to print the article buffer as postscript.
232 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by nntp-open-telnet.
233 * manual: more example servers -- nntp with rlogin, telnet
234 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
235 * cancelling articles in foreign groups.
236 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by
238 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go to the
239 next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be found.
240 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere --
241 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
242 * Topic movement commands -- like thread movement. Up, down, forward, next.
243 * a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
244 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes
245 from a particular server? Hm.
246 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' -- a function to fill
247 the article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
248 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
249 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file,
250 and then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
251 * a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that
252 all kibozed articles should be entered into the cache.
253 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
254 `gnus-jog-cache' does -- for instance, work on just some groups, or on
255 some levels, and entering just articles that have a score higher than
257 * function to request all articles in a thread.
258 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing
259 the entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
260 * allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
261 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
262 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
263 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups
265 * when following up mulitple articles, include all To, Cc, etc headers
267 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current
268 thread is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
269 * command to show and edit group scores
270 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
272 * variable to fetch-old-headers but not display any in the summary buffer
273 so that the tree code can show entire threads. Also not limit in
275 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
276 * `C-u C-u a' -- prompt for many crossposted groups.
277 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in this session).
278 Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some marking in the group
280 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number -- build only sparse threads
281 that are of that length.
282 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
283 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
284 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
285 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
286 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select method.
287 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
288 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
289 a score lower than this number.
290 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and "method".
291 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
292 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article
293 so that each copy can be edited separately.
294 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
295 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that
296 it can be repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
297 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for
299 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check
300 the modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
301 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying
302 to save .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
303 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in
305 * command to remove all topic stuff.
306 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail
307 and splitting the resulting digests.
308 * nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
309 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
310 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names
311 matches an alist -- before saving.
312 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
313 * variable to activate each group before entering them
314 to get the (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
315 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even
316 starting Gnus first if necessary.
317 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just
318 ask the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
319 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
320 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing
321 of several groups at once.
322 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that
323 matches some regexp(s).
324 * nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded messages.
325 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
326 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack it.
327 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
328 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
329 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
330 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if present.
331 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If killing one copy
332 of a group that exists in multiple topics, only that copy should
333 be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and yanking topics
334 should be possible to be interspersed with the other yankings.
335 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A way to say
336 "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
337 * `X u' should decode base64 articles.
338 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
340 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
341 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should
343 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
344 server and just read the articles in the server
345 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default
346 value of nnoo variables.
347 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
348 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
349 listed in each group info.
350 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
352 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions
353 should only be applied to some groups.
354 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
355 mail-copies-to: never.
356 * new group parameter -- `post-to-server' that says to post
357 using the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
358 * the slave dribble files should autosave to the slave file names.
359 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group entry, based
361 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip instead
363 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where appliccable.
364 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
366 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
370 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
371 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and I was
372 thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had archives
373 you could also try to read the archive for that group. Part of the
374 problem is that archives are spread all over the net, unlike FAQs.
375 What would be best I suppose is to find the one closest to your site.
377 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
378 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
383 *From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
384 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
386 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
387 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
389 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
390 "Return the date the group was last read."
391 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
396 * tanken var at når du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO) til å lete
397 opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld, kan du la den være en
398 liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen som FOO, istedet. da kunne man
399 hatt forskjellige serveres startup-filer forskjellige steder.
402 *LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
403 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
405 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
408 They could be used like this:
410 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
411 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
412 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
414 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
416 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
418 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
421 One could also immagine the labels being used for highliting, or
422 affect the summary line format.
425 *Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
427 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
428 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
430 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
433 - For other directories, create a nneething summaru buffer.
435 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
437 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby summary.
439 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
441 - For other files, just find them normally.
443 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
444 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
446 *Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw) and
447 tell him what you are doing.
449 *Currently, I get prompted:
453 decend into sci.something ?
457 The problem above is that since there is really only one subsection of
458 science, shouldn't it prompt you for only decending sci.something? If
459 there was a sci.somethingelse group or section, then it should prompt
460 for sci? first the sci.something? then sci.somethingelse?...
462 *Ja, det burde være en måte å si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
463 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? Så kunne score-regler legges til den
464 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
467 *What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of the following
468 as a single spoiler warning and hide it all, replacing it with a "Next Page"
474 more than n blank lines
476 more than m identical lines
477 (which should be replaced with button to show them)
479 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
482 *Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' --
483 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
484 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
485 "same" subject for threading purposes.
487 *Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second form
488 "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex) use the first
489 form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to distinguish between
490 those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist, insert-file-contents-literally.)
492 * Under XEmacs -- do funny article marks:
496 score below - dim light bulb
497 score over - bright light bulb
499 *Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
502 show-list-of-articles-in-group
503 if (key-pressed == SPACE) {
504 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select) {
505 if (articles-selected)
506 start-reading-selected-articles;
507 junk-unread-articles;
512 } else if (key-pressed = '.') {
513 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
514 select-thread-under-cursor;
516 select-article-under-cursor;
520 if (key-pressed == SPACE) {
521 if (more-pages-in-article)
523 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
529 *My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
530 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I guess
531 it would have been unacceptable if one was using many unrelated such
534 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D' prompt, be
535 allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*', somewhat limiting
536 the top-level directory only (in case directories would be matched by
537 the wildcard expression).
539 *It would be nice if it also handled
541 <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>
543 which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.
547 Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this works out
548 really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that would be on a
549 gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at least group, summary, and
550 article versions) variable.
552 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
554 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS' menu in
555 the main menubar. This approach works really well for Emacs-W3 and VM.
558 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
560 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary buffer
561 active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as well.
563 * rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.
565 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
569 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)--enters Gnus and goes
570 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
573 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc--produces a buffer very similar to
574 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
575 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
577 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder --
578 go through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
581 * `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.
583 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
586 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do
587 the nnmail duplicate checking.
589 * allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
590 value of the signature file.
592 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so that it
593 could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So, some sort of
596 (setq message-tab-alist
597 '((message-header-regexp message-expand-group)
598 ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)" bbdb-complete-name)))
600 then you could run the relevant function to complete the information in
603 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the time.
605 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
607 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
609 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the
610 beginning of the buffer when selecting new articles.