1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
4 * Emphasis delimiters show when `W W c'.
8 * Parsing of the common list confirmation requests so that Gnus can
9 prepare the response with a single command. Including LISTSERV
10 periodic ping messages and the like.
12 * Parsing of the various List-* headers to enable automatic commands
13 like "send help message," "send unsubscribe message," and the like.
15 [done, see gnus-ml.el]
17 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
18 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
19 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
20 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
21 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
22 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
24 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
25 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
26 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
27 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
28 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
29 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
30 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
31 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
34 * Support for zipped folders for all backends this makes sense for.
35 Most likely using jka-compr. (It has been suggested that this do
36 work but I think it should be verified for all backends.)
38 * Support for RFC2015, PGP-MIME. Probably has to involve the people in
39 the Mailcrypt project.
43 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
44 so I don't know what is lacking.)
46 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
47 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
48 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
49 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
51 [John Wiegley's article <200011030445.VAA08277@localhost.dynodns.net>,
52 posted on gnu.emacs.gnus does this.
53 Also, gnus-article-encrypt `K E' encrypts the article body.]
55 * The stuff on "Newest Features" in the manual should be implemented
56 and the node updated (it maybe is?).
58 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
59 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
60 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
63 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
64 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
65 there for decoding in a later session.
67 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
68 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
69 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
70 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
71 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
72 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
73 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
74 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
75 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
77 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
78 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
79 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
80 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
81 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
82 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
85 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
86 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
87 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
88 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
89 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
91 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
92 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
93 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
94 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
95 customize buffer would be appropriate.
96 - Where does your mail come from?
97 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
98 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
100 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
101 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
102 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
103 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
104 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
106 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
107 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
108 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
109 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
110 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
112 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
114 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
115 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
116 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
118 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
120 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
121 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
123 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
124 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
126 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
127 choice between predefined profiles of
128 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
129 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
130 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
131 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
133 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
134 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
135 retrieving should be a separate matter.
136 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
137 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
140 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
141 for the other scoring rules.
143 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
145 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
146 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
147 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
150 * A possibility to add notes to messages. If thouse could include links
151 to other (stored) messages this would be very practical.
153 * A nnfolder like backend with .overview files.
154 This would not only speed up things, but also allow nnir to work on it.
158 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
159 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
160 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
163 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
164 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
165 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
166 display those with ticked messages but not those with
167 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
168 when we allow labels.
170 * Go through the todo list and remove items already done.
172 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
173 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
174 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
175 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
176 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
177 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
179 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
180 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
181 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
182 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
183 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
185 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
186 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
187 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
189 * New backend between nnfolder and nnml: have more than one article
190 per file, but more than one file per group. With .overview files.
192 [done. nnfolder has .overview. Backward- and forward-compatible
193 between 1.0 and 2.0. (setq nnfolder-nov-is-evil t) disables the
196 * .overview files for nnfolder?
200 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
201 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
202 equivalent of nnfolder.
204 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
205 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
206 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
207 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
208 the next or previous unread article.
210 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
211 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
212 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
213 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
214 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
217 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
218 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
219 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
221 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
222 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
229 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
230 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
231 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
233 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
234 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
235 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
236 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
237 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
238 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
239 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
240 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
241 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
242 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
243 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
245 I think Francisco Potort
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\e(B already did something like this?
247 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
248 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
249 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
250 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
251 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
252 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
253 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
255 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
256 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
257 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
258 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
259 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
260 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
262 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
263 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
264 points back to the list.)
266 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
267 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
269 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
270 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
271 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
272 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
274 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
275 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
277 * Allow a user-defined picons directory for personal groups.
279 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
280 articles for all bakends. The comments amybe should go into a
281 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
283 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
284 topic line in *Group*.
286 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
287 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
289 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
291 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
292 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
294 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
296 * http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
300 * facep is not declared.
302 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
303 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
305 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
308 [N/A]<URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
309 [N/A]<URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
310 [N/A]<URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
311 [N/A]<URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
312 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
313 [N/A]<URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
314 [N/A]http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/
318 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
320 * gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.
322 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
325 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
326 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
328 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
330 * FAQ doesn't have an up node?
332 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
333 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
335 * `t' `t' makes X-Faces disappear.
337 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
340 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
342 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
344 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
345 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
347 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
349 * implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
351 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
352 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
354 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
357 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
359 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
360 make the mail groups killed.
362 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
364 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
365 articles have to be removed.
367 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
370 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
372 * finding short score file names takes forever.
374 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
376 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
378 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
380 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
382 * nnweb doesn't work properly.
384 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
386 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
387 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
390 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
392 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
393 bar and the Gnus bar.
395 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
396 `(canonize-message-id id)'
397 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
398 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
399 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
400 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
402 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
406 * postponed commands.
408 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
411 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
414 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
415 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
417 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
418 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
420 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
423 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
424 backends that support that.
426 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
428 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
429 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
431 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
432 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
434 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
437 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
439 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
441 * server mode command: close/open all connections
443 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
444 has been changed before using it.
446 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
449 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
451 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
453 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
455 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
456 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
458 * easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
459 contain groups that match a regexp.
461 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
464 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
467 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
470 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
472 * nntp-ping-before-connect
474 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
476 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
477 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
479 * message annotations.
481 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
483 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
484 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
487 * allow group line format spec to say how many articles there are
492 * `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
494 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
497 * C-c C-f C-e to add an Expires header.
499 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
500 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
502 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
504 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
506 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
507 finds and generate proper active ranges.
509 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
510 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
512 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
514 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
516 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
517 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
519 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
521 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
523 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
524 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
525 group(s) to save mail in.
527 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
529 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
531 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
532 `C-c C-c' when posting.
534 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
537 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
538 article should be marker as expirable.
540 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
542 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
543 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
546 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
547 parent. Also consult Date headers.
549 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
551 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
553 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
554 Message-ID, delete the "original".
556 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
557 message-ids into a See-Also header.
559 * support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
562 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
564 * when browsing a foreign server, the groups that are already
565 subscribed should be listed as such and not as "K".
569 * generate font names dynamically.
571 * score file mode auto-alist.
573 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
574 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
576 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
577 all headers there is.
579 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
582 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
583 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
584 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
586 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
589 * score-find-trace should display the total score of the article.
591 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
592 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
595 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
596 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
598 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
600 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
601 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
603 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
606 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
608 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
610 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
612 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
613 "body", "head" and "all"
615 * When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including
616 newlines) should be ignored.
618 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
619 in subtopics as well.
621 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
624 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
627 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
629 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
631 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
633 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
635 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
637 * allow fetching mail from several pop servers.
641 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
642 or the formatted article.
644 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
646 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
647 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
649 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
652 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
654 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
657 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
658 Gnus expire even unread articles.
660 * a command to print the article buffer as postscript.
662 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
665 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
667 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
669 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
671 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
674 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
675 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
678 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
679 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
681 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
684 * a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
686 [done, (setq gnus-inews-mark-gcc-as-read t)]
688 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
689 particular server? Hm.
691 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
692 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
694 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
696 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
697 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
699 * a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that all kibozed
700 articles should be entered into the cache.
702 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
703 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
704 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
705 higher than a certain number.
707 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
708 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
710 * allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
712 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
714 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
716 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
719 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
720 headers from all articles.
722 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
723 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
725 * command to show and edit group scores
727 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
730 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
732 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
734 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
735 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
736 marking in the group buffer.
738 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
739 that are of that length.
741 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
743 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
745 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
747 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
749 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
752 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
754 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
755 a score lower than this number.
757 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
760 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
762 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
763 each copy can be edited separately.
765 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
767 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
768 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
770 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
772 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
773 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
774 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
775 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
777 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
780 * command to remove all topic stuff.
782 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
783 splitting the resulting digests.
785 * nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
787 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
789 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
790 an alist - before saving.
792 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
794 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
795 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
797 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
800 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
801 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
803 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
805 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
806 several groups at once.
808 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
811 * nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded
816 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
818 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
821 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
823 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
825 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
827 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
830 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
831 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
832 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
833 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
836 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
837 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
839 * `X u' should decode base64 articles.
843 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
846 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
848 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
851 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
852 server and just read the articles in the server
854 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
857 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
859 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
860 listed in each group info.
862 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
865 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
866 only be applied to some groups.
868 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
869 mail-copies-to: never.
871 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
872 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
874 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
876 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
877 entry, based on article marks.
879 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
880 instead of normal logo?)
882 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
884 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
887 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
889 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
891 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
892 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
893 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
894 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
895 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
896 closest to your site.
898 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
899 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
901 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
902 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
904 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
905 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
907 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
908 "Return the date the group was last read."
909 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
912 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
913 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
914 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
915 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
916 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
918 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
919 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
921 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
924 They could be used like this:
926 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
927 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
928 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
930 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
932 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
934 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
937 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
938 affect the summary line format.
940 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
942 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
943 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
945 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
948 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
950 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
952 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
955 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
957 - For other files, just find them normally.
959 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
960 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
962 * Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
963 and tell him what you are doing.
965 * Currently, I get prompted:
967 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
970 The problem above is that since there is really only one
971 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
972 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
973 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
974 sci.somethingelse?...
976 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
977 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
978 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
981 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
982 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
983 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
987 more than n blank lines
989 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
992 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
994 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
995 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
996 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
997 "same" subject for threading purposes.
999 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
1000 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
1001 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
1002 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
1003 insert-file-contents-literally.)
1005 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
1006 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
1009 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
1013 show-list-of-articles-in-group
1014 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1015 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
1016 if (articles-selected)
1017 start-reading-selected-articles;
1018 junk-unread-articles;
1023 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1024 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1025 select-thread-under-cursor;
1027 select-article-under-cursor;
1031 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1032 if (more-pages-in-article)
1034 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1039 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1040 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1041 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1042 unrelated such nneething groups.
1044 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1045 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1046 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1047 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1049 * It would be nice if it also handled
1051 <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>
1053 which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.
1057 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1058 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1059 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1060 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1062 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1064 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1065 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1068 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1071 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1072 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1073 well. (message-sent-hook).
1075 * rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.
1077 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1081 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1082 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1085 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1086 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1087 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1089 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1090 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1093 * `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.
1095 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1098 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1099 nnmail duplicate checking.
1101 * allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
1102 value of the signature file.
1104 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1105 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1106 some sort of interface like
1108 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1109 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1110 bbdb-complete-name)))
1112 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1113 information in the header
1115 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1118 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1120 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1122 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1123 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1125 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1127 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1128 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1129 do more gathering by subject.
1131 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1132 article numerical order.
1134 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1135 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1137 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1139 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1142 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1143 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1145 * http://www.dejanews.com/forms/dnsetfilter_exp.html ? This filter
1146 allows one to construct advance queries on the Dejanews database
1147 such as specifying start and end dates, subject, author, and/or
1150 * new Date header scoring type - older, newer
1152 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1154 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1156 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1157 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1158 will automatically get the process mark.
1160 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1161 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1162 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1164 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1167 * `gnus-summary-select-article-on-entry' or something. It'll
1168 default to t and will select whatever article decided by
1169 `gnus-auto-select-first'.
1171 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1172 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1173 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1175 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1176 to post in them (using the current select method).
1178 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1180 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1182 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1183 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1185 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1186 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1188 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1189 all articles that match a certain From header.
1191 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1192 offer saving living summary buffers.
1194 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1195 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1197 * a battery of character translation functions to translate common
1198 Mac, MS (etc) characters into ISO 8859-1.
1200 (defun article-fix-m$word ()
1201 "Fix M$Word smartquotes in an article."
1204 (let ((buffer-read-only nil))
1205 (goto-char (point-min))
1206 (while (search-forward "\221" nil t)
1207 (replace-match "`" t t))
1208 (goto-char (point-min))
1209 (while (search-forward "\222" nil t)
1210 (replace-match "'" t t))
1211 (goto-char (point-min))
1212 (while (search-forward "\223" nil t)
1213 (replace-match "\"" t t))
1214 (goto-char (point-min))
1215 (while (search-forward "\224" nil t)
1216 (replace-match "\"" t t)))))
1220 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1222 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1223 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1224 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1225 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1227 * allow message-default-headers to be a function.
1229 * new Date score match types - < > = (etc) that take floating point
1230 numbers and match on the age of the article.
1232 * > > > If so, I've got one gripe: It seems that when I fire up gnus 5.2.25
1233 > > > under xemacs-19.14, it's creating a new frame, but is erasing the
1234 > > > buffer in the frame that it was called from =:-O
1236 > > Hm. How do you start up Gnus? From the toolbar or with
1237 > > `M-x gnus-other-frame'?
1239 > I normally start it up from the toolbar; at
1240 > least that's the way I've caught it doing the
1243 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1244 current process mark set onto the stack.
1246 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1247 dersom teksten matcher
1248 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1249 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1250 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1252 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1253 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1255 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1256 props set on the lines.
1258 * use run-with-idle-timer for gnus-demon instead of the home-brewed
1259 stuff for better reliability.
1261 * add a way to select which NoCeM type to apply - spam, troll, etc.
1263 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1265 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1267 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1270 * (nnoo-set SERVER VARIABLE VALUE)
1276 * interrupitng agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1278 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1279 to the current group.
1281 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1282 X characters in the body.
1284 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1286 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1288 * format spec to "tab" to a position.
1290 * Move all prompting to the new `M-n' default style.
1292 * command to display all dormant articles.
1294 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1296 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1297 replied to something someone else has said.
1299 * Read Netscape discussion groups:
1300 snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.communicator.unix
1302 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1303 edit the displayed version.
1305 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1308 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1310 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1311 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1312 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1313 (read & age > 14 days)?
1315 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1318 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1320 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1323 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1324 special, unique buffer.
1326 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1328 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a
1329 certain number of days old.
1331 * New spec: %~(tab 56) to put point on column 56
1333 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1335 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1336 active file, for instance.
1338 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1339 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1340 of the first article.
1342 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1343 the topics for displaying.
1345 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1346 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1348 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1350 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1351 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1352 summary buffer for each article.
1354 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1356 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1359 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1361 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1364 * The jingle is only played on the second invocation of Gnus.
1366 * Bouncing articles should do MIME.
1370 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1371 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1373 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1374 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1376 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1377 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1379 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1380 timeout for all commands.
1382 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1383 line. It should go somewhere else.
1385 * I'm having trouble accessing a newsgroup with a "+" in its name
1386 with Gnus. There is a new newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com named
1387 "microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time" that I'm trying to
1389 "nntp+msnews.microsoft.com:microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time"
1390 but it gives an error that it cant access the group.
1392 Is the "+" character illegal in newsgroup names? Is there any way
1393 in Gnus to work around this? (gnus 5.6.45 - XEmacs 20.4)
1395 [It works in 5.8.8.]
1399 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1400 --text follows this line--
1401 Sorry I killfiled you...
1403 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1405 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1408 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1412 * - Edit article's summary line.
1414 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1416 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1419 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1422 * Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1423 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1426 * Be able to forward groups of messages as MIME digests.
1430 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1433 * When I type W W c (gnus-article-hide-citation) in the summary
1434 buffer, the citations are revealed, but the [+] buttons don't turn
1435 into [-] buttons. (If I click on one of the [+] buttons, it does
1436 turn into a [-] button.)
1440 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1441 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1442 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1443 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1445 * Handle external-body parts.
1447 [done for some access types]
1449 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1452 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1454 (body "whatever.text")
1456 * Be able to run `J u' from summary buffers.
1458 * Solve the halting problem.
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