1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
4 * Use a new custom type (`define-widget') for posting-style in `gnus-cus.el'
5 (G c) and for `gnus-posting-styles'. Maybe some allowed types are still
8 * Add proper doc strings to functions and variables explained in the manual
9 (info "(gnus)Gnus Utility Functions")
11 * Add Message-IDs or URLs refering to relevant discussions on lists and
14 * Use nicer tool bar icons from GNOME
16 Done for Emacs (The GNOME icons won't fit into standard XEmacs icons,
17 IMHO. -- rsteib) in group, summary and message mode.
19 Some modes might also deserve improved tool bars:
25 . zap most buttons; except print, customize (?) and help
27 . "exit" should just kill the buffer
29 - gnus-server-mode: Add some commands from the Connections and Server
32 - gnus-browse-mode (could borrow some icons from gnus-group-mode)
34 (See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/62147).
36 * Maybe Gnus should support the LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS, see RFC 2980.
38 * Merge `message-extra-wide-headers' and ` message-header-synonyms'?
40 * Maybe texi/emacs-mime.texi could be divided into user-visible stuff and
41 reference manual for the MIME library.
43 Related: Bill Wohler's article on mh-e-user.
44 http://thread.gmane.org/29067.1138078896@olgas.newt.com
46 * Fix `change servers' command, see David Kastrup's message.
47 http://thread.gmane.org/x54qewqxz4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz
49 * texi/gnus-coding.texi should be fixed.
51 * gnus-topic-kill-region
52 From Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com>
54 I noticed that when re-arranging topics, C-k yanks a topic just fine
55 (runs gnus-topic-kill-group).
57 However, my habit is to do marking and the yanking the region, so I
58 would run C-w on the marked topic. But C-w runs
59 gnus-group-kill-region and doesn't yank the topic (for groups it
62 So could we have a gnus-topic-kill-region, or a
63 gnus-group-kill-region which handles topics as well?
65 * Speed up sorting in summary buffer if there is a limit.
67 Suggested by Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@isl.net>.
69 * Investigate the memory usage of Gnus.
71 But it does seem strange that Gnus would use some 15meg for this. I
72 think that is worth investigating. I suspect that bugs or bad
73 design are causing waste; they could be in Gnus, or in Emacs. -- RMS
77 The result of Google group search return a thread. Is it a digest
82 Implement NOV caching with Gnus Agent.
84 * Allow specification of server in Newsgroups header
88 WIBNI I could put `Newsgroups: nntp+quimby:bla' into a message and
89 Gnus would know to post this message on my server `nntp:quimby' into
90 the group bla? I think this would be way cool.
92 But Gnus would have to rewrite the Newsgroups header before actually
95 Thanks for Micha Wiedenmann for this suggestion.
97 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
98 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
99 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
100 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
101 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
102 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
104 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
105 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
106 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
107 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
108 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
109 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
110 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
111 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
114 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
115 so I don't know what is lacking.)
117 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
118 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
119 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
120 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
122 [John Wiegley's article <200011030445.VAA08277@localhost.dynodns.net>,
123 posted on gnu.emacs.gnus does this.
124 Also, gnus-article-encrypt `K E' encrypts the article body.]
126 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
127 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
128 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
131 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
132 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
133 there for decoding in a later session.
135 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
136 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
137 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
138 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
139 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
140 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
141 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
142 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
143 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
145 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
146 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
147 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
148 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
149 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
150 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
153 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
154 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
155 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
156 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
157 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
159 [See Support for encrypted folders.]
161 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
162 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
163 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
164 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
165 customize buffer would be appropriate.
166 - Where does your mail come from?
167 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
168 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
170 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
171 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
172 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
173 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
174 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
176 [Probably `assistant.el' will provide this. But it's development is
179 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
180 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
181 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
182 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
183 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
185 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
187 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
188 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
189 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
191 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
193 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
194 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
196 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
197 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
199 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
200 choice between predefined profiles of
201 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
202 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
203 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
204 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
206 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
207 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
208 retrieving should be a separate matter.
209 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
210 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
213 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
214 for the other scoring rules.
216 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
218 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
219 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
220 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
223 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
224 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
225 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
228 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
229 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
230 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
231 display those with ticked messages but not those with
232 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
233 when we allow labels.
235 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
236 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
237 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
238 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
239 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
240 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
242 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
243 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
244 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
245 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
246 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
248 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
249 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
250 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
252 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
253 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
254 equivalent of nnfolder.
256 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
257 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
258 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
259 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
260 the next or previous unread article.
262 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
263 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
264 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
265 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
266 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
269 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
270 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
271 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
273 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
274 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
281 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
282 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
283 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
285 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
286 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
287 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
288 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
289 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
290 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
291 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
292 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
293 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
294 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
295 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
297 I think Francisco Potort
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299 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
300 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
301 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
302 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
303 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
304 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
305 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
307 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
308 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
309 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
310 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
311 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
312 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
314 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
315 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
316 points back to the list.)
318 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
319 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
321 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
322 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
323 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
324 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
326 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
327 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
329 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
330 articles for all backends. The comments maybe should go into a
331 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
333 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
334 topic line in *Group*.
336 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
337 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
339 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
341 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
342 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
344 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
346 * facep is not declared.
348 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
349 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
351 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
354 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
358 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
360 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
363 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
364 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
366 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
368 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
369 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
371 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
374 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
376 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
378 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
379 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
381 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
383 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
384 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
386 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
389 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
391 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
392 make the mail groups killed.
394 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
396 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
397 articles have to be removed.
399 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
402 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
404 * finding short score file names takes forever.
406 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
408 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
410 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
412 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
414 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
416 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
417 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
420 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
422 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
423 bar and the Gnus bar.
425 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
426 `(canonize-message-id id)'
427 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
428 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
429 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
430 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
432 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
436 * postponed commands.
438 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
441 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
444 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
445 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
447 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
448 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
450 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
453 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
454 backends that support that.
456 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
458 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
459 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
461 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
462 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
464 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
467 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
469 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
471 * server mode command: close/open all connections
473 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
474 has been changed before using it.
476 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
479 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
481 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
483 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
485 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
486 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
488 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
491 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
494 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
497 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
499 * nntp-ping-before-connect
501 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
503 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
504 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
506 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
508 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
509 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
512 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
515 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
516 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
518 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
520 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
522 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
523 finds and generate proper active ranges.
525 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
526 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
528 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
530 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
532 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
533 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
535 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
537 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
539 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
540 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
541 group(s) to save mail in.
543 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
545 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
547 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
548 `C-c C-c' when posting.
550 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
553 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
554 article should be marker as expirable.
556 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
558 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
559 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
562 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
563 parent. Also consult Date headers.
565 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
567 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
569 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
570 Message-ID, delete the "original".
572 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
573 message-ids into a See-Also header.
576 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
578 * generate font names dynamically.
580 * score file mode auto-alist.
582 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
583 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
585 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
586 all headers there is.
588 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
591 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
592 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
593 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
595 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
598 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
599 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
602 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
603 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
605 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
607 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
608 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
610 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
613 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
615 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
617 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
619 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
620 "body", "head" and "all"
622 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
623 in subtopics as well.
625 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
628 If this entry is about non-foreign non-native groups, then it was
629 actually a bug that prevented them from being inserted into
631 <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/63383/>
633 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
636 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
638 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
640 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
642 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
644 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
646 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
647 or the formatted article.
649 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
651 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
652 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
654 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
657 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
659 We have `gnus-summary-limit-to-age'. What's missing? Maybe enter a date?
661 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
664 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
665 Gnus expire even unread articles.
667 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
670 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
672 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
674 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
676 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
679 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
680 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
683 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
684 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
686 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
689 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
690 particular server? Hm.
692 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
693 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
695 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
697 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
698 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
700 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
701 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
702 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
703 higher than a certain number.
705 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
706 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
708 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
710 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
712 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
715 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
716 headers from all articles.
718 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
719 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
721 * command to show and edit group scores
723 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
726 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
728 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
730 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
731 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
732 marking in the group buffer.
734 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
735 that are of that length.
737 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
739 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
741 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
743 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
745 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
748 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
750 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
751 a score lower than this number.
753 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
756 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
758 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
759 each copy can be edited separately.
761 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
763 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
764 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
766 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
768 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
769 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
770 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
771 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
773 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
776 * command to remove all topic stuff.
778 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
779 splitting the resulting digests.
781 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
783 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
784 an alist - before saving.
786 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
788 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
789 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
791 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
794 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
795 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
797 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
799 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
800 several groups at once.
802 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
805 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
807 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
810 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
812 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
814 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
816 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
819 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
820 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
821 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
822 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
825 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
826 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
828 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
831 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
833 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
836 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
837 server and just read the articles in the server
839 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
842 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
844 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
845 listed in each group info.
847 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
850 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
851 only be applied to some groups.
853 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
854 mail-copies-to: never.
856 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
857 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
859 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
861 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
862 entry, based on article marks.
864 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
865 instead of normal logo?)
867 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
869 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
872 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
874 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
876 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
877 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
878 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
879 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
880 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
881 closest to your site.
883 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
884 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
886 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
887 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
889 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
890 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
892 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
893 "Return the date the group was last read."
894 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
897 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
898 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
899 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
900 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
901 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
903 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
904 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
906 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
909 They could be used like this:
911 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
912 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
913 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
915 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
917 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
919 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
922 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
923 affect the summary line format.
925 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
927 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
928 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
930 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
933 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
935 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
937 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
940 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
942 - For other files, just find them normally.
944 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
945 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
947 * Currently, I get prompted:
949 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
952 The problem above is that since there is really only one
953 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
954 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
955 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
956 sci.somethingelse?...
958 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
959 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
960 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
963 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
964 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
965 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
969 more than n blank lines
971 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
974 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
976 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
977 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
978 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
979 "same" subject for threading purposes.
981 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
982 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
983 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
984 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
985 insert-file-contents-literally.)
987 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
988 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
991 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
995 show-list-of-articles-in-group
996 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
997 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
998 if (articles-selected)
999 start-reading-selected-articles;
1000 junk-unread-articles;
1005 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1006 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1007 select-thread-under-cursor;
1009 select-article-under-cursor;
1013 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1014 if (more-pages-in-article)
1016 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1021 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1022 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1023 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1024 unrelated such nneething groups.
1026 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1027 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1028 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1029 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1031 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1032 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1033 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1034 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1036 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1038 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1039 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1042 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1045 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1046 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1047 well. (message-sent-hook).
1049 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1053 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1054 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1057 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1058 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1059 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1061 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1062 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1065 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1068 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1069 nnmail duplicate checking.
1071 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1072 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1073 some sort of interface like
1075 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1076 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1077 bbdb-complete-name)))
1079 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1080 information in the header
1082 [Done using `message-completion-alist'?]
1084 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1087 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1089 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1093 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1094 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1096 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1098 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1099 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1100 do more gathering by subject.
1102 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1103 article numerical order.
1105 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1106 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1108 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1110 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1113 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1114 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1116 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a certain
1117 number of days old. With - < > = (etc) that take floating point numbers and
1118 match on the age of the article.
1120 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1122 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1124 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1125 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1126 will automatically get the process mark.
1128 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1129 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1130 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1132 [Done by `gnus-refer-article-method'?]
1134 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1137 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1138 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1139 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1141 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1142 to post in them (using the current select method).
1144 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1146 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1148 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1149 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1151 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1152 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1154 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1155 all articles that match a certain From header.
1157 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1158 offer saving living summary buffers.
1160 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1161 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1163 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1165 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1166 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1167 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1168 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1170 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1171 current process mark set onto the stack.
1173 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1174 dersom teksten matcher
1175 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1176 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1177 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1179 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1180 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1182 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1183 props set on the lines.
1185 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1187 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1189 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1194 * Interrupting the agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1195 Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1196 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1199 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1200 to the current group.
1202 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1203 X characters in the body.
1205 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1207 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1209 * command to display all dormant articles.
1211 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1213 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1214 replied to something someone else has said.
1216 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1217 edit the displayed version.
1219 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1222 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1224 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1225 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1226 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1227 (read & age > 14 days)?
1229 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1232 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1234 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1237 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1238 special, unique buffer.
1240 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1242 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1244 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1245 active file, for instance.
1247 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1248 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1249 of the first article.
1251 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1252 the topics for displaying.
1254 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1255 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1257 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1259 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1260 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1261 summary buffer for each article.
1263 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1265 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1268 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1270 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1273 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1274 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1276 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1277 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1279 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1280 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1282 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1283 timeout for all commands.
1285 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1286 line. It should go somewhere else.
1290 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1291 --text follows this line--
1292 Sorry I killfiled you...
1294 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1296 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1299 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1303 * - Edit article's summary line.
1305 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1307 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1310 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1313 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1316 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1317 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1318 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1319 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1321 * Handle external-body parts.
1323 [done for some access types]
1325 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1328 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1330 (body "whatever.text")
1332 * Solve the halting problem.
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