Re: New summary part commands?

[kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann)]

Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 17 2003, Kai Großjohann wrote:
>
>> I've added a MIME/Multipart submenu in the summary buffers, but I'm
>> afraid a number of commands there are less useful than they could
>> be.  In particular, the *-part commands require a prefix arg, I
>> think.  Users using the menu bar will probably surprised by this.
>>
>> Idea: Change the commands to read the part number from the minibuffer
>> if no prefix arg is provided.
>>
>> Idea: For each command, make a (dynamic) submenu that lists the parts.
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> Both ideas are nice.  I guess I'd prefer the later, if both are
> feasible.

Since you're so active -- would you like to do it? ;-)

>> Other ideas?
>
> Is it possible to use the menus without prefix if the cursor is on a
> specific part in the article buffer?  E.g. now, I can use `o' or `|'
> on a part without giving the number of the part explicitly, if the
> cursor is on the corresponding button.

I have no idea, but it ought to work -- invoking the menu should be
the same as the corresponding key.

> BTW, for `gnus-summary-repair-multipart' I think we should add a
> `y-or-no-p' because it may *destroy* an article (on writable back
> ends), e.g. if the original article wasn't b0rked.

Really?  I was shocked, so I quickly scanned the code, but it appears
to only modify the buffer, not the file on disk.
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