1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
4 * Go through the todo list and remove items already done.
6 * Add Message-IDs or URLs refering to relevant discussions on lists and
9 * Use nicer icons, especially group, summary and message mode
11 Only basic and frequently used commands should have an icons.
12 Maybe use Gnome icons if we can (copyright assignment?). See
13 http://theotp1.physik.uni-ulm.de/~ste/comp/emacs/gnus/tool-bar/ for a
16 * nnweb doesn't work properly.
18 Due to changes in the HTML output of Google Groups and Gmane, stuff related
19 to web groups (gnus-group-make-web-group) doesn't work anymore.
21 Fetching an article by MID (cf. gnus-refer-article-method) over Google
24 * Merge `message-extra-wide-headers' and ` message-header-synonyms'?
26 * Maybe texi/emacs-mime.texi could be divided into user-visible stuff and
27 reference manual for the MIME library.
29 * texi/gnus-coding.texi should be fixed.
31 * gnus-topic-kill-region
32 From Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com>
34 I noticed that when re-arranging topics, C-k yanks a topic just fine
35 (runs gnus-topic-kill-group).
37 However, my habit is to do marking and the yanking the region, so I
38 would run C-w on the marked topic. But C-w runs
39 gnus-group-kill-region and doesn't yank the topic (for groups it
42 So could we have a gnus-topic-kill-region, or a
43 gnus-group-kill-region which handles topics as well?
45 * Speed up sorting in summary buffer if there is a limit.
47 Suggested by Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@isl.net>.
49 * Investigate the memory usage of Gnus.
51 But it does seem strange that Gnus would use some 15meg for this. I
52 think that is worth investigating. I suspect that bugs or bad
53 design are causing waste; they could be in Gnus, or in Emacs. -- RMS
57 The result of Google group search return a thread. Is it a digest
62 Implement NOV caching with Gnus Agent.
64 * Allow specification of server in Newsgroups header
68 WIBNI I could put `Newsgroups: nntp+quimby:bla' into a message and
69 Gnus would know to post this message on my server `nntp:quimby' into
70 the group bla? I think this would be way cool.
72 But Gnus would have to rewrite the Newsgroups header before actually
75 Thanks for Micha Wiedenmann for this suggestion.
77 * Parsing of the common list confirmation requests so that Gnus can
78 prepare the response with a single command. Including LISTSERV
79 periodic ping messages and the like.
81 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
82 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
83 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
84 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
85 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
86 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
88 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
89 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
90 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
91 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
92 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
93 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
94 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
95 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
98 * Support for zipped folders for all backends this makes sense for.
99 Most likely using jka-compr. (It has been suggested that this do
100 work but I think it should be verified for all backends.)
102 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
103 so I don't know what is lacking.)
105 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
106 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
107 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
108 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
110 [John Wiegley's article <200011030445.VAA08277@localhost.dynodns.net>,
111 posted on gnu.emacs.gnus does this.
112 Also, gnus-article-encrypt `K E' encrypts the article body.]
114 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
115 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
116 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
119 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
120 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
121 there for decoding in a later session.
123 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
124 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
125 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
126 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
127 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
128 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
129 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
130 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
131 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
133 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
134 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
135 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
136 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
137 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
138 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
141 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
142 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
143 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
144 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
145 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
147 [See Support for encrypted folders.]
149 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
150 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
151 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
152 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
153 customize buffer would be appropriate.
154 - Where does your mail come from?
155 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
156 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
158 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
159 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
160 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
161 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
162 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
164 [Probably `assistant.el' will provide this. But it's development is
167 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
168 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
169 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
170 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
171 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
173 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
175 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
176 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
177 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
179 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
181 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
182 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
184 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
185 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
187 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
188 choice between predefined profiles of
189 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
190 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
191 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
192 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
194 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
195 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
196 retrieving should be a separate matter.
197 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
198 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
201 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
202 for the other scoring rules.
204 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
206 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
207 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
208 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
211 * A possibility to add notes to messages. If thouse could include links
212 to other (stored) messages this would be very practical.
214 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
215 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
216 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
219 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
220 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
221 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
222 display those with ticked messages but not those with
223 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
224 when we allow labels.
226 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
227 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
228 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
229 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
230 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
231 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
233 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
234 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
235 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
236 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
237 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
239 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
240 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
241 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
243 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
244 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
245 equivalent of nnfolder.
247 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
248 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
249 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
250 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
251 the next or previous unread article.
253 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
254 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
255 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
256 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
257 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
260 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
261 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
262 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
264 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
265 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
272 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
273 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
274 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
276 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
277 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
278 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
279 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
280 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
281 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
282 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
283 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
284 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
285 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
286 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
288 I think Francisco Potort
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\e(B already did something like this?
290 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
291 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
292 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
293 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
294 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
295 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
296 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
298 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
299 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
300 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
301 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
302 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
303 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
305 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
306 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
307 points back to the list.)
309 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
310 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
312 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
313 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
314 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
315 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
317 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
318 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
320 * Allow a user-defined picons directory for personal groups.
322 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
323 articles for all bakends. The comments amybe should go into a
324 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
326 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
327 topic line in *Group*.
329 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
330 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
332 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
334 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
335 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
337 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
339 * http://www.sonicnet.com/feature/ari3/
343 * facep is not declared.
345 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
346 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
348 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
351 [N/A]<URL:http://www.falch.no/people/pepper/DSSSL-Lite/archives/>
352 [N/A]<URL:http://www.eit.com/software/hypermail/hypermail.html>
353 [N/A]<URL:http://homer.ncm.com/>
354 [N/A]<URL:http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/HTML_Converters/>
355 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
356 [N/A]<URL:http://union.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HyperNews/get/www/html/converters.html>
357 [N/A]http://www.miranova.com/gnus-list/
361 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
363 * gnus-kill is much slower than it was in GNUS 4.1.3.
365 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
368 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
369 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
371 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
373 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
374 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
376 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
379 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
381 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
383 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
384 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
386 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
388 * implement gnus-batch-brew-soup
390 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
391 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
393 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
396 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
398 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
399 make the mail groups killed.
401 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
403 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
404 articles have to be removed.
406 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
409 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
411 * finding short score file names takes forever.
413 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
415 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
417 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
419 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
421 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
423 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
424 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
427 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
429 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
430 bar and the Gnus bar.
432 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
433 `(canonize-message-id id)'
434 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
435 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
436 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
437 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
439 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
443 * postponed commands.
445 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
448 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
451 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
452 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
454 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
455 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
457 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
460 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
461 backends that support that.
463 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
465 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
466 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
468 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
469 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
471 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
474 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
476 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
478 * server mode command: close/open all connections
480 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
481 has been changed before using it.
483 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
486 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
488 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
490 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
492 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
493 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
495 * easier interface to nnkiboze to create ephemeral groups that
496 contain groups that match a regexp.
498 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
501 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
504 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
507 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
509 * nntp-ping-before-connect
511 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
513 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
514 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
516 * message annotations.
518 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
520 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
521 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
524 * allow group line format spec to say how many articles there are
529 * `run-with-idle-timer' in gnus-demon.
531 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
534 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
535 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
537 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
539 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
541 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
542 finds and generate proper active ranges.
544 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
545 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
547 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
549 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
551 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
552 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
554 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
556 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
558 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
559 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
560 group(s) to save mail in.
562 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
564 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
566 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
567 `C-c C-c' when posting.
569 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
572 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
573 article should be marker as expirable.
575 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
577 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
578 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
581 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
582 parent. Also consult Date headers.
584 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
586 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
588 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
589 Message-ID, delete the "original".
591 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
592 message-ids into a See-Also header.
594 * support setext: URL:http://www.bsdi.com/setext/
597 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
599 * generate font names dynamically.
601 * score file mode auto-alist.
603 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
604 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
606 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
607 all headers there is.
609 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
612 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
613 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
614 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
616 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
619 * score-find-trace should display the total score of the article.
621 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
622 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
625 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
626 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
628 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
630 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
631 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
633 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
636 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
638 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
640 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
642 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
643 "body", "head" and "all"
645 * When buttifying <URL: > things, all white space (including newlines) should
650 But not for cited URLs.
652 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
653 in subtopics as well.
655 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
658 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
661 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
663 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
665 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
667 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
669 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
671 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
672 or the formatted article.
674 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
676 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
677 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
679 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
682 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
684 We have `gnus-summary-limit-to-age'. What's missing? Maybe enter a date?
686 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
689 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
690 Gnus expire even unread articles.
692 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
695 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
697 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
699 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
701 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
704 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
705 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
708 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
709 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
711 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
714 * a way to tick/mark as read Gcc'd articles.
716 [done, (setq gnus-inews-mark-gcc-as-read t)]
718 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
719 particular server? Hm.
721 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
722 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
724 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
726 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
727 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
729 * a group parameter for nnkiboze groups that says that all kibozed
730 articles should be entered into the cache.
732 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
733 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
734 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
735 higher than a certain number.
737 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
738 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
740 * allow all backends to do the proper thing with .gz files.
742 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
744 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
746 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
749 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
750 headers from all articles.
752 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
753 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
755 * command to show and edit group scores
757 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
760 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
762 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
764 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
765 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
766 marking in the group buffer.
768 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
769 that are of that length.
771 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
773 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
775 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
777 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
779 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
782 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
784 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
785 a score lower than this number.
787 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
790 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
792 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
793 each copy can be edited separately.
795 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
797 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
798 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
800 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
802 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
803 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
804 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
805 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
807 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
810 * command to remove all topic stuff.
812 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
813 splitting the resulting digests.
815 * nnsoup shouldn't set the `message-' variables.
817 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
819 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
820 an alist - before saving.
822 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
824 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
825 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
827 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
830 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
831 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
833 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
835 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
836 several groups at once.
838 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
841 * nndoc should understand "Content-Type: message/rfc822" forwarded
846 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
848 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
851 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
853 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
855 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
857 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
860 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
861 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
862 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
863 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
866 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
867 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
869 * `X u' should decode base64 articles.
873 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
876 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
878 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
881 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
882 server and just read the articles in the server
884 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
887 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
889 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
890 listed in each group info.
892 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
895 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
896 only be applied to some groups.
898 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
899 mail-copies-to: never.
901 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
902 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
904 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
906 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
907 entry, based on article marks.
909 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
910 instead of normal logo?)
912 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
914 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
917 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
919 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
921 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
922 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
923 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
924 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
925 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
926 closest to your site.
928 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
929 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
931 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
932 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
934 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
935 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
937 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
938 "Return the date the group was last read."
939 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
942 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
943 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
944 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
945 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
946 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
948 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
949 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
951 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
954 They could be used like this:
956 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
957 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
958 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
960 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
962 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
964 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
967 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
968 affect the summary line format.
970 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
972 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
973 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
975 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
978 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
980 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
982 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
985 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
987 - For other files, just find them normally.
989 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
990 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
992 * Please send a mail to bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us (Barry A. Warsaw)
993 and tell him what you are doing.
995 * Currently, I get prompted:
997 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
1000 The problem above is that since there is really only one
1001 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
1002 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
1003 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
1004 sci.somethingelse?...
1006 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
1007 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
1008 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
1009 "no.all.SCORE", osv.
1011 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
1012 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
1013 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
1017 more than n blank lines
1019 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
1022 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
1024 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
1025 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
1026 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
1027 "same" subject for threading purposes.
1029 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
1030 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
1031 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
1032 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
1033 insert-file-contents-literally.)
1035 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
1036 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
1039 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
1043 show-list-of-articles-in-group
1044 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1045 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
1046 if (articles-selected)
1047 start-reading-selected-articles;
1048 junk-unread-articles;
1053 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1054 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1055 select-thread-under-cursor;
1057 select-article-under-cursor;
1061 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1062 if (more-pages-in-article)
1064 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1069 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1070 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1071 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1072 unrelated such nneething groups.
1074 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1075 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1076 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1077 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1079 * It would be nice if it also handled
1081 <URL:news://sunsite.auc.dk/>
1083 which should correspond to `B nntp RET sunsite.auc.dk' in *Group*.
1087 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1088 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1089 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1090 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1092 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1094 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1095 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1098 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1101 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1102 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1103 well. (message-sent-hook).
1105 * rewrite gnus-demon to use run-with-idle-timers.
1107 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1111 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1112 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1115 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1116 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1117 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1119 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1120 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1123 * `unsmileyfy-buffer' to undo smileification.
1125 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1128 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1129 nnmail duplicate checking.
1131 * allow `message-signature-file' to be a function to return the
1132 value of the signature file.
1134 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1135 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1136 some sort of interface like
1138 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1139 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1140 bbdb-complete-name)))
1142 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1143 information in the header
1145 [Done using `message-completion-alist'?]
1147 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1150 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1152 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1156 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1157 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1159 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1161 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1162 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1163 do more gathering by subject.
1165 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1166 article numerical order.
1168 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1169 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1171 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1173 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1176 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1177 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1179 * http://www.dejanews.com/forms/dnsetfilter_exp.html ? This filter
1180 allows one to construct advance queries on the Dejanews database
1181 such as specifying start and end dates, subject, author, and/or
1184 * new Date header scoring type - older, newer
1186 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1188 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1190 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1191 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1192 will automatically get the process mark.
1194 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1195 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1196 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1198 [Done by `gnus-refer-article-method'?]
1200 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1203 * `gnus-summary-select-article-on-entry' or something. It'll
1204 default to t and will select whatever article decided by
1205 `gnus-auto-select-first'.
1207 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1208 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1209 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1211 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1212 to post in them (using the current select method).
1214 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1216 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1218 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1219 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1221 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1222 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1224 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1225 all articles that match a certain From header.
1227 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1228 offer saving living summary buffers.
1230 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1231 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1233 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1235 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1236 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1237 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1238 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1240 * allow message-default-headers to be a function.
1242 * new Date score match types - < > = (etc) that take floating point
1243 numbers and match on the age of the article.
1245 * > > > If so, I've got one gripe: It seems that when I fire up gnus 5.2.25
1246 > > > under xemacs-19.14, it's creating a new frame, but is erasing the
1247 > > > buffer in the frame that it was called from =:-O
1249 > > Hm. How do you start up Gnus? From the toolbar or with
1250 > > `M-x gnus-other-frame'?
1252 > I normally start it up from the toolbar; at
1253 > least that's the way I've caught it doing the
1256 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1257 current process mark set onto the stack.
1259 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1260 dersom teksten matcher
1261 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1262 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1263 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1265 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1266 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1268 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1269 props set on the lines.
1271 * use run-with-idle-timer for gnus-demon instead of the home-brewed
1272 stuff for better reliability.
1274 * add a way to select which NoCeM type to apply - spam, troll, etc.
1276 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1278 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1280 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1283 * (nnoo-set SERVER VARIABLE VALUE)
1289 * interrupitng agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1291 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1292 to the current group.
1294 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1295 X characters in the body.
1297 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1299 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1301 * format spec to "tab" to a position.
1303 * Move all prompting to the new `M-n' default style.
1305 * command to display all dormant articles.
1307 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1309 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1310 replied to something someone else has said.
1312 * Read Netscape discussion groups:
1313 snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.communicator.unix
1315 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1316 edit the displayed version.
1318 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1321 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1323 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1324 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1325 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1326 (read & age > 14 days)?
1328 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1331 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1333 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1336 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1337 special, unique buffer.
1339 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1341 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a
1342 certain number of days old.
1344 * New spec: %~(tab 56) to put point on column 56
1346 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1348 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1349 active file, for instance.
1351 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1352 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1353 of the first article.
1355 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1356 the topics for displaying.
1358 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1359 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1361 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1363 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1364 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1365 summary buffer for each article.
1367 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1369 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1372 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1374 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1377 * The jingle is only played on the second invocation of Gnus.
1379 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1380 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1382 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1383 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1385 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1386 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1388 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1389 timeout for all commands.
1391 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1392 line. It should go somewhere else.
1394 * I'm having trouble accessing a newsgroup with a "+" in its name
1395 with Gnus. There is a new newsgroup on msnews.microsoft.com named
1396 "microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time" that I'm trying to
1398 "nntp+msnews.microsoft.com:microsoft.public.multimedia.directx.html+time"
1399 but it gives an error that it cant access the group.
1401 Is the "+" character illegal in newsgroup names? Is there any way
1402 in Gnus to work around this? (gnus 5.6.45 - XEmacs 20.4)
1404 [It works in 5.8.8.]
1408 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1409 --text follows this line--
1410 Sorry I killfiled you...
1412 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1414 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1417 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1421 * - Edit article's summary line.
1423 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1425 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1428 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1431 * Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1432 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1435 * Be able to forward groups of messages as MIME digests.
1439 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1442 * When I type W W c (gnus-article-hide-citation) in the summary
1443 buffer, the citations are revealed, but the [+] buttons don't turn
1444 into [-] buttons. (If I click on one of the [+] buttons, it does
1445 turn into a [-] button.)
1449 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1450 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1451 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1452 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1454 * Handle external-body parts.
1456 [done for some access types]
1458 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1461 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1463 (body "whatever.text")
1465 * Solve the halting problem.
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