Re: Integrating message-utils.el into Gnus?

[ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>]

Reiner Steib <4uce.02.r.steib@gmx.net> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 27 2001, Matthias Wiehl wrote:
>
> [Full quote, because cited message is quite old]
>
>> At <http://www.coling.uni-freiburg.de/~schauer/emacs.html>, Holger
>> Schauer [1] provides a file called message-utils.el [2].  It contains
>> a few complementary functions for use with Gnus' message-mode.
>>
>> Personally, I find three of those functions extraordinarily useful:
>>
>>   o  `message-change-subject' asks for a new subject, and modifies the
>>      message's Subject header in a way that is RFC 1036bis compliant:
>>      `new subject (was: old subject)'.
>>
>>   o  `message-strip-subject-was' can be hooked into
>>      `message-header-setup-hook'.  It strips `(was: old subject)' from
>>      the Subject header (which is what user agents are supposed to do)
>>      as far as I know) when entering message-mode.  Both slrn and tin
>>      do this out-of-the-box.
>>
>>   o  `message-xpost-fup2' asks for a newsgroup name (providing
>>      tab-completion via gnus-newsrc-alist).  This name is then
>>      appended to the Newsgroups header, and the Followup-To header
>>      is modified to contain only the given newsgroup name as its
>>      value.  Furthermore, a customizable note is inserted in the
>>      message body, saying that a Followup-To header has been set.
>>
>> Is there any chance of integrating these functions into the standard
>> Gnus distribution?
>>
>> -------
>> [1] <mailto:Holger.Schauer@gmx.de>
>> [2] <http://www.coling.uni-freiburg.de/~schauer/resources/emacs/message-utils.el.gz>
>
> `message-change-subject' and `message-strip-subject-was' are features
> that are requested quite often (and the usual answer is `Gnus +
> message-utils.el'). WIBNI Gnus would support this out of the box?

If Holger agrees to sign the FSF assignment, I can integrate it into
the future Gnus distribution.  I've sent him the request form.

ShengHuo