From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/43088 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ShengHuo ZHU Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Integrating message-utils.el into Gnus? Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:04:25 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <2ng044oova.fsf@zsh.cs.rochester.edu> References: <874rval15a.fsf@fulmine.dhs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035178239 15709 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:30:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:30:39 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 8754 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2002 01:05:40 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 14 Feb 2002 01:05:40 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16bAKe-0004vn-00; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:05:04 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:05:01 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA10701 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:04:49 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 8143 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2002 01:04:44 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 8133 invoked from network); 14 Feb 2002 01:04:43 -0000 Original-Received: from roc-24-58-72-167.rochester.rr.com (HELO zsh.2y.net) (@24.58.72.167) by gnus.org with SMTP; 14 Feb 2002 01:04:43 -0000 Original-Received: (from zsh@localhost) by zsh.2y.net (8.11.6/8.11.2) id g1E14PI11988; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:04:25 -0500 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Attribution: ZSH X-Face: #zw9`a=vHLkn+ZH8C (Reiner Steib's message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:17:43 +0100") Original-Lines: 44 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43088 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43088 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 , 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] >> [2] > > `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