Re: Summary minor mode for Emacs-hacking groups?

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>> I'd like a minor-mode that can be activated in
>> certain Gnus groups, that buttonizes references to
>> Emacs commit hashes, and bug-report numbers.
>
> Does it have to be a minor-mode?
>
> What about a function that parses the `thing-at-point'
> and acts accordingly? Because the commit hashes and
> bug-report numbers look a certain uniform way, right,
> and can thus be recognized and acted upon, DWIM style?

Right, a function that is only run when the minor-mode is turned on :)

The minor mode is just because the behavior would be specific to one's
local Emacs installation. I'm subscribed to other groups where commit
hashes are referenced, entirely unrelated to Emacs, and this function
would do the wrong thing there.

>> Has anyone seen or made anything like this?
>
> I always thought Emacs would benefit from more
> interconnectivity - which could be automated, generated
> on the fly, and opted-in with an option variable so not
> to enrage conservative users. (Or DWIM as above.) The
> docstrings, the source code, the manuals, the info
> pages including their sources, the man page(s), the web
> archives and other resources, the [M]ELPA packs, it
> should all be interconnected IMO to all extents
> that's reasonable.

I'm into it in principle, but not really sure what "interconnected"
means here!