-;;; gnus-agent.el --- unplugged support for Gnus
+;;; gnus-agent.el --- unplugged support for Semi-gnus
;; Copyright (C) 1997,98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
+;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
(defcustom gnus-agent-directory (nnheader-concat gnus-directory "agent/")
- "*Where the Gnus agent will store its files."
+ "Where the Gnus agent will store its files."
:group 'gnus-agent
:type 'directory)
(defcustom gnus-agent-plugged-hook nil
- "*Hook run when plugging into the network."
+ "Hook run when plugging into the network."
:group 'gnus-agent
:type 'hook)
(defcustom gnus-agent-unplugged-hook nil
- "*Hook run when unplugging from the network."
+ "Hook run when unplugging from the network."
:group 'gnus-agent
:type 'hook)
(defcustom gnus-agent-handle-level gnus-level-subscribed
- "*Groups on levels higher than this variable will be ignored by the Agent."
+ "Groups on levels higher than this variable will be ignored by the Agent."
:group 'gnus-agent
:type 'integer)
+(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-days 7
+ "Read articles older than this will be expired."
+ :group 'gnus-agent
+ :type 'integer)
+
+(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-all nil
+ "If non-nil, also expire unread, ticked and dormant articles.
+If nil, only read articles will be expired."
+ :group 'gnus-agent
+ :type 'boolean)
+
+(defcustom gnus-agent-group-mode-hook nil
+ "Hook run in Agent group minor modes."
+ :group 'gnus-agent
+ :type 'hook)
+
+(defcustom gnus-agent-summary-mode-hook nil
+ "Hook run in Agent summary minor modes."
+ :group 'gnus-agent
+ :type 'hook)
+
+(defcustom gnus-agent-server-mode-hook nil
+ "Hook run in Agent summary minor modes."
+ :group 'gnus-agent
+ :type 'hook)
+
;;; Internal variables
+(defvar gnus-agent-meta-information-header "X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information")
+
(defvar gnus-agent-history-buffers nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-buffer-alist nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-article-alist nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-spam-hashtb nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-file-name nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-send-mail-function nil)
-(defvar gnus-agent-article-file-coding-system 'no-conversion)
+(defvar gnus-agent-file-coding-system 'no-conversion)
;; Dynamic variables
(defvar gnus-headers)
(gnus-agent-read-servers)
(gnus-category-read)
(setq gnus-agent-overview-buffer
- (get-buffer-create " *Gnus agent overview*"))
+ (gnus-get-buffer-create " *Gnus agent overview*"))
(add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-agent-mode)
(add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-agent-mode)
(add-hook 'gnus-server-mode-hook 'gnus-agent-mode))
"Load FILE and do a `read' there."
(nnheader-temp-write nil
(ignore-errors
- (insert-file-contents file)
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
(goto-char (point-min))
(read (current-buffer)))))
(push (cons mode (symbol-value (intern (format "gnus-agent-%s-mode-map"
buffer))))
minor-mode-map-alist))
- (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged gnus-plugged)
- (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-mode-hook)))
+ (when (eq major-mode 'gnus-group-mode)
+ (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged gnus-plugged))
+ (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-mode-hook
+ (intern (format "gnus-agent-%s-mode-hook" buffer)))))
(defvar gnus-agent-group-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(gnus-define-keys gnus-agent-group-mode-map
(defun gnus-agent-toggle-plugged (plugged)
"Toggle whether Gnus is unplugged or not."
(interactive (list (not gnus-plugged)))
- (setq gnus-plugged plugged)
(if plugged
(progn
+ (setq gnus-plugged plugged)
(gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-plugged-hook)
(setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status) " Plugged"))
(gnus-agent-close-connections)
+ (setq gnus-plugged plugged)
(gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-unplugged-hook)
(setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status) " Unplugged"))
(set-buffer-modified-p t))
(gnus))
;;;###autoload
+(defun gnus-plugged ()
+ "Start Gnus plugged."
+ (interactive)
+ (setq gnus-plugged t)
+ (gnus))
+
+;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agentize ()
"Allow Gnus to be an offline newsreader.
The normal usage of this command is to put the following as the
(re-search-forward
(concat "^" (regexp-quote mail-header-separator) "\n"))
(replace-match "\n")
+ (gnus-agent-insert-meta-information 'mail)
(gnus-request-accept-article "nndraft:queue")))
+(defun gnus-agent-insert-meta-information (type &optional method)
+ "Insert meta-information into the message that says how it's to be posted.
+TYPE can be either `mail' or `news'. If the latter METHOD can
+be a select method."
+ (save-excursion
+ (message-remove-header gnus-agent-meta-information-header)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (insert gnus-agent-meta-information-header ": "
+ (symbol-name type) " " (format "%S" method)
+ "\n")
+ (forward-char -1)
+ (while (search-backward "\n" nil t)
+ (replace-match "\\n" t t))))
+
;;;
;;; Group mode commands
;;;
(defun gnus-agent-fetch-groups (n)
- "Put all new articles in the current groups into the agent."
+ "Put all new articles in the current groups into the Agent."
(interactive "P")
(gnus-group-iterate n 'gnus-agent-fetch-group))
(defun gnus-agent-fetch-group (group)
- "Put all new articles in GROUP into the agent."
+ "Put all new articles in GROUP into the Agent."
(interactive (list (gnus-group-group-name)))
(unless group
(error "No group on the current line"))
(error "Server already in the agent program"))
(push method gnus-agent-covered-methods)
(gnus-agent-write-servers)
- (message "Entered %s into the agent" server)))
+ (message "Entered %s into the Agent" server)))
(defun gnus-agent-remove-server (server)
"Remove SERVER from the agent program."
(let* ((gnus-command-method method)
(file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")))
(gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory file))
- (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-article-file-coding-system))
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
(write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
(when (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "groups"))
(delete-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "groups"))))))
(let* ((gnus-command-method method)
(file (gnus-agent-lib-file "groups")))
(gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory file))
- (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+ (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
(when (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
- (delete-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))))
+ (delete-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")))))
+
+(defun gnus-agent-save-group-info (method group active)
+ (when (gnus-agent-method-p method)
+ (let* ((gnus-command-method method)
+ (file (if nntp-server-list-active-group
+ (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")
+ (gnus-agent-lib-file "groups"))))
+ (gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory file))
+ (nnheader-temp-write file
+ (when (file-exists-p file)
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents file))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (if nntp-server-list-active-group
+ (progn
+ (when (re-search-forward
+ (concat "^" (regexp-quote group) " ") nil t)
+ (gnus-delete-line))
+ (insert group " " (number-to-string (cdr active)) " "
+ (number-to-string (car active)) " y\n"))
+ (when (re-search-forward (concat (regexp-quote group) " ") nil t)
+ (gnus-delete-line))
+ (insert-buffer-substring nntp-server-buffer))))))
(defun gnus-agent-group-path (group)
"Translate GROUP into a path."
(if nnmail-use-long-file-names
- group
- (nnheader-translate-file-chars
- (nnheader-replace-chars-in-string group ?. ?/))))
+ (gnus-group-real-name group)
+ (nnheader-replace-chars-in-string
+ (nnheader-translate-file-chars (gnus-group-real-name group))
+ ?. ?/)))
\f
(defun gnus-agent-open-history ()
(save-excursion
(push (cons (gnus-agent-method)
- (set-buffer (get-buffer-create
+ (set-buffer (gnus-get-buffer-create
(format " *Gnus agent %s history*"
(gnus-agent-method)))))
gnus-agent-history-buffers)
(save-excursion
(set-buffer gnus-agent-current-history)
(gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory gnus-agent-file-name))
- (write-region (1+ (point-min)) (point-max)
- gnus-agent-file-name nil 'silent)))
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+ (write-region (1+ (point-min)) (point-max)
+ gnus-agent-file-name nil 'silent))))
(defun gnus-agent-close-history ()
(when (gnus-buffer-live-p gnus-agent-current-history)
(goto-char (point-max))
(insert id "\t" (number-to-string date) "\t")
(while group-arts
- (insert (caar group-arts) "/" (number-to-string (cdr (pop group-arts)))
+ (insert (caar group-arts) " " (number-to-string (cdr (pop group-arts)))
" "))
(insert "\n")))
;;;
(defun gnus-agent-fetch-articles (group articles)
- "Fetch ARTICLES from GROUP and put them into the agent."
+ "Fetch ARTICLES from GROUP and put them into the Agent."
(when articles
;; Prune off articles that we have already fetched.
(while (and articles
(gnus-agent-group-path group) "/"))
(date (gnus-time-to-day (current-time)))
(case-fold-search t)
- pos alists crosses id elem)
+ pos crosses id elem)
(gnus-make-directory dir)
(gnus-message 7 "Fetching articles for %s..." group)
;; Fetch the articles from the backend.
(if (gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-articles group)
(setq pos (gnus-retrieve-articles articles group))
(nnheader-temp-write nil
- (let ((buf (current-buffer))
- article)
+ (let (article)
(while (setq article (pop articles))
(when (gnus-request-article article group)
(goto-char (point-max))
(insert-buffer-substring nntp-server-buffer)))
(copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
(setq pos (nreverse pos)))))
- ;; Then save these articles into the agent.
+ ;; Then save these articles into the Agent.
(save-excursion
(set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
(while pos
(if (not (re-search-forward "^Message-ID: *<\\([^>\n]+\\)>" nil t))
(setq id "No-Message-ID-in-article")
(setq id (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))))
- (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-article-file-coding-system))
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write
+ gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
(write-region (point-min) (point-max)
(concat dir (number-to-string (caar pos)))
nil 'silent))
gnus-agent-group-alist))
(setcdr alist (cons (cons (cdar crosses) t) (cdr alist)))
(save-excursion
- (set-buffer (get-buffer-create (format " *Gnus agent overview %s*"
+ (set-buffer (gnus-get-buffer-create (format " *Gnus agent overview %s*"
group)))
(when (= (point-max) (point-min))
(push (cons group (current-buffer)) gnus-agent-buffer-alist)
(ignore-errors
- (insert-file-contents
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents
(gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))))
(nnheader-find-nov-line (string-to-number (cdar crosses)))
(insert (string-to-number (cdar crosses)))
(save-excursion
(while gnus-agent-buffer-alist
(set-buffer (cdar gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
- (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
- (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview"
- (caar gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
- nil 'silent)
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write
+ gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+ (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
+ (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview"
+ (caar gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
+ nil 'silent))
(pop gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
(while gnus-agent-group-alist
(nnheader-temp-write (caar gnus-agent-group-alist)
(insert "\n"))
(pop gnus-agent-group-alist))))
-(defun gnus-agent-fetch-headers (group articles &optional force)
- (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
- ;; Find out what headers we need to retrieve.
- (when articles
- (while (and articles
- (assq (car articles) gnus-agent-article-alist))
- (pop articles))
- (let ((arts articles))
- (while (cdr arts)
- (if (assq (cadr arts) gnus-agent-article-alist)
- (setcdr arts (cddr arts))
- (setq arts (cdr arts)))))
+(defun gnus-agent-fetch-headers (group &optional force)
+ (let ((articles (if (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
+ (gnus-sorted-intersection
+ (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)
+ (gnus-uncompress-range
+ (cons (1+ (caar (last gnus-agent-article-alist)))
+ (cdr (gnus-active group)))))
+ (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group))))
;; Fetch them.
(when articles
(gnus-message 7 "Fetching headers for %s..." group)
(gnus-agent-braid-nov group articles file))
(gnus-make-directory (nnheader-translate-file-chars
(file-name-directory file)))
- (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent)
- (gnus-agent-save-alist group articles nil))
- t))))
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write
+ gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+ (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
+ (gnus-agent-save-alist group articles nil)
+ (gnus-agent-enter-history
+ "last-header-fetched-for-session"
+ (list (cons group (nth (- (length articles) 1) articles)))
+ (gnus-time-to-day (current-time)))
+ articles)))))
(defsubst gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (article)
(let (b e)
(setq b (point))
(if (eq article (read (current-buffer)))
(setq e (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
- (setq e b))
+ (progn
+ (beginning-of-line)
+ (setq e b)))
(set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
(insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer b e)))
(defun gnus-agent-braid-nov (group articles file)
- (let (beg end)
- (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
- (erase-buffer)
- (insert-file-contents file)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (if (or (= (point-min) (point-max))
- (progn
- (forward-line -1)
- (< (read (current-buffer)) (car articles))))
- ;; We have only headers that are after the older headers,
- ;; so we just append them.
- (progn
- (goto-char (point-max))
- (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer))
- ;; We do it the hard way.
- (nnheader-find-nov-line (car articles))
- (gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (car articles))
- (pop articles)
- (while (and articles
- (not (eobp)))
- (while (and (not (eobp))
- (< (read (current-buffer)) (car articles)))
- (forward-line 1))
- (beginning-of-line)
- (unless (eobp)
- (gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (car articles))
- (setq articles (cdr articles))))
- (when articles
- (let (b e)
- (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
- (setq b (point)
- e (point-max))
- (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
- (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer b e))))))
+ (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (if (or (= (point-min) (point-max))
+ (progn
+ (forward-line -1)
+ (< (read (current-buffer)) (car articles))))
+ ;; We have only headers that are after the older headers,
+ ;; so we just append them.
+ (progn
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer))
+ ;; We do it the hard way.
+ (nnheader-find-nov-line (car articles))
+ (gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (car articles))
+ (pop articles)
+ (while (and articles
+ (not (eobp)))
+ (while (and (not (eobp))
+ (< (read (current-buffer)) (car articles)))
+ (forward-line 1))
+ (beginning-of-line)
+ (unless (eobp)
+ (gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (car articles))
+ (setq articles (cdr articles))))
+ (when articles
+ (let (b e)
+ (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
+ (setq b (point)
+ e (point-max))
+ (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
+ (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer b e)))))
(defun gnus-agent-load-alist (group &optional dir)
"Load the article-state alist for GROUP."
(gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group)))))
(defun gnus-agent-save-alist (group &optional articles state dir)
- "Load the article-state alist for GROUP."
+ "Save the article-state alist for GROUP."
(nnheader-temp-write (if dir
(concat dir ".agentview")
(gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group))
groups group gnus-command-method)
(save-excursion
(while methods
- (setq gnus-command-method (car methods)
- groups (gnus-groups-from-server (pop methods)))
- (gnus-agent-with-fetch
- (while (setq group (pop groups))
- (when (<= (gnus-group-level group) gnus-agent-handle-level)
- (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method)))))
+ (setq gnus-command-method (car methods))
+ (when (or (gnus-server-opened gnus-command-method)
+ (gnus-open-server gnus-command-method))
+ (setq groups (gnus-groups-from-server (car methods)))
+ (gnus-agent-with-fetch
+ (while (setq group (pop groups))
+ (when (<= (gnus-group-level group) gnus-agent-handle-level)
+ (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method)))))
+ (pop methods))
(gnus-message 6 "Finished fetching articles into the Gnus agent"))))
(defun gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 (group method)
(let ((gnus-command-method method)
gnus-newsgroup-dependencies gnus-newsgroup-headers
gnus-newsgroup-scored gnus-headers gnus-score
- gnus-use-cache articles score arts
+ gnus-use-cache articles arts
category predicate info marks score-param)
;; Fetch headers.
- (when (and (setq articles (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group))
- (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group articles))
+ (when (and (or (gnus-active group) (gnus-activate-group group))
+ (setq articles (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group)))
;; Parse them and see which articles we want to fetch.
(setq gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
(make-vector (length articles) 0))
(defvar gnus-category-buffer "*Agent Category*")
(defvar gnus-category-line-format-alist
- `((?c name ?s)
- (?g groups ?d)))
+ `((?c gnus-tmp-name ?s)
+ (?g gnus-tmp-groups ?d)))
(defvar gnus-category-mode-line-format-alist
`((?u user-defined ?s)))
(defalias 'gnus-category-position-point 'gnus-goto-colon)
(defun gnus-category-insert-line (category)
- (let* ((name (car category))
- (groups (length (cadddr category))))
+ (let* ((gnus-tmp-name (car category))
+ (gnus-tmp-groups (length (cadddr category))))
(beginning-of-line)
(gnus-add-text-properties
(point)
(prog1 (1+ (point))
;; Insert the text.
(eval gnus-category-line-format-spec))
- (list 'gnus-category name))))
+ (list 'gnus-category gnus-tmp-name))))
(defun gnus-enter-category-buffer ()
"Go to the Category buffer."
(defun gnus-category-setup-buffer ()
(unless (get-buffer gnus-category-buffer)
(save-excursion
- (set-buffer (get-buffer-create gnus-category-buffer))
- (gnus-add-current-to-buffer-list)
+ (set-buffer (gnus-get-buffer-create gnus-category-buffer))
(gnus-category-mode))))
(defun gnus-category-prepare ()
(defun gnus-agent-high-scored-p ()
"Say whether an article has a high score or not."
- (> gnus-score gnus-agent-low-score))
+ (> gnus-score gnus-agent-high-score))
(defun gnus-category-make-function (cat)
"Make a function from category CAT."
"Expire all old articles."
(interactive)
(let ((methods gnus-agent-covered-methods)
- (alist (cdr gnus-newsrc-alist))
- gnus-command-method ofiles info method file group)
- (while (setq gnus-command-method (pop methods))
- (setq ofiles (nconc ofiles (gnus-agent-expire-directory
- (gnus-agent-directory)))))
- (while (setq info (pop alist))
- (when (and (gnus-agent-method-p
- (setq gnus-command-method
- (gnus-find-method-for-group
- (setq group (gnus-info-group info)))))
- (member
- (setq file
- (concat
- (gnus-agent-directory)
- (gnus-agent-group-path group) "/.overview"))
- ofiles))
- (setq ofiles (delete file ofiles))
- (gnus-agent-expire-group file group)))
- (while ofiles
- (gnus-agent-expire-group (pop ofiles)))))
-
-(defun gnus-agent-expire-directory (dir)
- "Expire all groups in DIR recursively."
- (when (file-directory-p dir)
- (let ((files (directory-files dir t))
- file ofiles)
- (while (setq file (pop files))
- (cond
- ((member (file-name-nondirectory file) '("." ".."))
- ;; Do nothing.
- )
- ((file-directory-p file)
- ;; Recurse.
- (setq ofiles (nconc ofiles (gnus-agent-expire-directory file))))
- ((string-match "\\.overview$" file)
- ;; Expire group.
- (push file ofiles))))
- ofiles)))
-
-(defun gnus-agent-expire-group (overview &optional group)
- "Expire articles in OVERVIEW."
- (gnus-message 5 "Expiring %s..." overview)
- (let ((odate (- (gnus-time-to-day (current-time)) 4))
- (dir (file-name-directory overview))
- (info (when group (gnus-get-info group)))
- headers article file point unreads)
- (gnus-agent-load-alist nil dir)
- (when info
- (setq unreads
- (nconc
- (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)
- (gnus-uncompress-range
- (cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks info))))
- (gnus-uncompress-range
- (cdr (assq 'dormant (gnus-info-marks info)))))))
- (nnheader-temp-write overview
- (insert-file-contents overview)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (while (not (eobp))
- (setq point (point))
- (condition-case ()
- (setq headers (inline (nnheader-parse-nov)))
- (error
- (goto-char point)
- (gnus-delete-line)
- (setq headers nil)))
- (when headers
- (unless (memq (setq article (mail-header-number headers)) unreads)
- (if (not (< (inline
- (gnus-time-to-day
- (inline (nnmail-date-to-time
- (mail-header-date headers)))))
- odate))
- (forward-line 1)
- (gnus-delete-line)
- (setq gnus-agent-article-alist
- (delq (assq article gnus-agent-article-alist)
- gnus-agent-article-alist))
- (when (file-exists-p
- (setq file (concat dir (number-to-string article))))
- (delete-file file))))))
- (gnus-agent-save-alist nil nil nil dir))))
+ (day (- (gnus-time-to-day (current-time)) gnus-agent-expire-days))
+ gnus-command-method sym group articles
+ history overview file histories elem art nov-file low info
+ unreads marked article)
+ (save-excursion
+ (setq overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
+ (while (setq gnus-command-method (pop methods))
+ (let ((expiry-hashtb (gnus-make-hashtable 1023)))
+ (gnus-agent-open-history)
+ (set-buffer
+ (setq gnus-agent-current-history
+ (setq history (gnus-agent-history-buffer))))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (when (> (buffer-size) 1)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (not (eobp))
+ (skip-chars-forward "^\t")
+ (if (> (read (current-buffer)) day)
+ ;; New article; we don't expire it.
+ (forward-line 1)
+ ;; Old article. Schedule it for possible nuking.
+ (while (not (eolp))
+ (setq sym (let ((obarray expiry-hashtb))
+ (read (current-buffer))))
+ (if (boundp sym)
+ (set sym (cons (cons (read (current-buffer)) (point))
+ (symbol-value sym)))
+ (set sym (list (cons (read (current-buffer)) (point)))))
+ (skip-chars-forward " "))
+ (forward-line 1)))
+ ;; We now have all articles that can possibly be expired.
+ (mapatoms
+ (lambda (sym)
+ (setq group (symbol-name sym)
+ articles (sort (symbol-value sym) 'car-less-than-car)
+ low (car (gnus-active group))
+ info (gnus-get-info group)
+ unreads (ignore-errors (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group))
+ marked (nconc (gnus-uncompress-range
+ (cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks info))))
+ (gnus-uncompress-range
+ (cdr (assq 'dormant
+ (gnus-info-marks info)))))
+ nov-file (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))
+ (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
+ (gnus-message 5 "Expiring articles in %s" group)
+ (set-buffer overview)
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (when (file-exists-p nov-file)
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents nov-file))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (setq article 0)
+ (while (setq elem (pop articles))
+ (setq article (car elem))
+ (when (or (null low)
+ (< article low)
+ gnus-agent-expire-all
+ (and (not (memq article unreads))
+ (not (memq article marked))))
+ ;; Find and nuke the NOV line.
+ (while (and (not (eobp))
+ (or (not (numberp
+ (setq art (read (current-buffer)))))
+ (< art article)))
+ (if (file-exists-p
+ (gnus-agent-article-name
+ (number-to-string art) group))
+ (forward-line 1)
+ ;; Remove old NOV lines that have no articles.
+ (gnus-delete-line)))
+ (if (or (eobp)
+ (/= art article))
+ (beginning-of-line)
+ (gnus-delete-line))
+ ;; Nuke the article.
+ (when (file-exists-p (setq file (gnus-agent-article-name
+ (number-to-string article)
+ group)))
+ (delete-file file))
+ ;; Schedule the history line for nuking.
+ (push (cdr elem) histories)))
+ (gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory nov-file))
+ (let ((coding-system-for-write
+ gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
+ (write-region (point-min) (point-max) nov-file nil 'silent))
+ ;; Delete the unwanted entries in the alist.
+ (setq gnus-agent-article-alist
+ (sort gnus-agent-article-alist 'car-less-than-car))
+ (let* ((alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
+ (prev (cons nil alist))
+ (first prev)
+ expired)
+ (while (and alist
+ (<= (caar alist) article))
+ (if (or (not (cdar alist))
+ (not (file-exists-p
+ (gnus-agent-article-name
+ (number-to-string
+ (caar alist))
+ group))))
+ (progn
+ (push (caar alist) expired)
+ (setcdr prev (setq alist (cdr alist))))
+ (setq prev alist
+ alist (cdr alist))))
+ (setq gnus-agent-article-alist (cdr first))
+ ;;; Mark all articles up to the first article
+ ;;; in `gnus-article-alist' as read.
+ (when (and info (caar gnus-agent-article-alist))
+ (setcar (nthcdr 2 info)
+ (gnus-range-add
+ (nth 2 info)
+ (cons 1 (- (caar gnus-agent-article-alist) 1)))))
+ ;; Maybe everything has been expired from `gnus-article-alist'
+ ;; and so the above marking as read could not be conducted,
+ ;; or there are expired article within the range of the alist.
+ (when (or (not (caar gnus-agent-article-alist))
+ (> (car expired) (caar gnus-agent-article-alist)))
+ (setcar (nthcdr 2 info)
+ (gnus-add-to-range
+ (nth 2 info)
+ (nreverse expired))))
+ (gnus-dribble-enter
+ (concat "(gnus-group-set-info '"
+ (gnus-prin1-to-string info)
+ ")"))))
+ expiry-hashtb)
+ (set-buffer history)
+ (setq histories (nreverse (sort histories '<)))
+ (while histories
+ (goto-char (pop histories))
+ (gnus-delete-line))
+ (gnus-agent-save-history)
+ (gnus-agent-close-history))
+ (gnus-message 4 "Expiry...done"))))))
;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-batch ()