Re: Alternate realities

[Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>]

>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

LMI> The problem with using the process marks for that is that it would
LMI> make it more difficult to execute commands that normally react to the
LMI> process mark -- like saving articles, for instance.

One possible way around that would be that:

1) When you press `RET' to leave pick mode, all process marks get
   converted to another secondary mark (e.g. `I' for interesting).

2) Make `next-unread' prefer interesting articles.

LMI> I've now added a variable to control whether the summary buffer should
LMI> disappear when you start reading the articles.  The summary buffer
LMI> will be limited to the process-marked ("picked") articles first,
LMI> though. 

How about making a numeric value for that variable mean: Add this
number to the picked articles scores.  Then people who like to see the
full summary can use e.g. `V m' or `,' to move among the picked
messages.

LMI> Making Gnus more "mail-readerly", sort of.  But I don't
LMI> really like the idea, so I'm trying to be as unconvincing as
LMI> possible.  :-)

I'm firmly unconvinced!

LMI> Great!  I've really missed a function like that.  Will it be run on
LMI> all files automatically, or is it something I'll have to call
LMI> explicitly? 

Explicitly.  I guess if the user ask it to write a file to `LP1:',
Emacs shouldn't implicitly convert the name to `LP1_'.