From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/83088 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leonidas Tsampros Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: What is a "virtual" group? Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:38:54 +0300 Message-ID: <87ppxndko1.fsf@kepler.lan> References: <87obl6ck1p.fsf@dod.no> <87vcbqs4fo.fsf@gnus.org> <878v8lvpp3.fsf@gnus.org> <87mwx1rgq1.fsf@gnus.org> <87wqut6iwb.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: ltsampros@upnet.gr NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366620017 10047 80.91.229.3 (22 Apr 2013 08:40:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Dave Abrahams Original-X-From: ding-owner+M31354@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Apr 22 10:40:21 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UUCIO-0005SQ-TF for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:40:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1UUCGt-0003So-9W; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:38:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1UUCGp-0003SY-SE for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:38:43 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UUCGn-0000oO-84 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:38:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UUCGl-0006O3-L0 for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:38:39 +0200 Original-Received: by mail-bk0-f41.google.com with SMTP id i18so2474232bkv.28 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:38:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=TCtbTzX6tbOxbdTmi8nWG4WUNIk9Uzw2lwGSEE9S/6Q=; b=IUzVuh2g97dz3f2UExKdNuImqH5Bv1WeUL33wlVfsNYSw/UWI2rQDPOj2DSJeVwbv2 E276J965Q4ZKdBgiOi2JCwQ25CN/fZKnOu8+dFv3nFmUTZTDQm1ny5XyWNor7s+KY+/U kel5GfKB2rJFaTw5ncIs5rrUXz4vWGnh4PzGeotvlahkaMmoOWixTAOGhowHUudjd7rQ 9MteG0TrNcmDohyTdMwBrcStbUf4JLbOHgxalQ869GLaTLipLLpXFxJ5mtQ6myLsow0K tDlwcJDbLJmgRZ+9zH9X5kCuLGKufMYyV7eJ7e7aR3awAYijbbIZtDtTGUdR9QrYeElm qc/A== X-Received: by 10.205.46.193 with SMTP id up1mr10211504bkb.65.1366619914115; Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from kepler.lan (178.128.144.244.dsl.dyn.forthnet.gr. [178.128.144.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fh8sm598695bkc.10.2013.04.22.01.38.32 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:38:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:06:28 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:83088 Archived-At: Dave Abrahams writes: > on Thu Jan 31 2013, Eric S Fraga wrote: > >> Dave Abrahams writes: >> >>>> I am trying to figure out how to contribute a really cool (and for me, >>>> essential) piece of functionality to Gnus: the ability to, given a >>>> message-id, find and display the message in the context of the entire >>>> thread in which that message participates, even across groups. Of >>>> course I'm presuming you think that's worth having in Gnus, but I could >>>> be wrong. If so, just tell me and I'll stop pestering you. >> >> Dave, >> >> I cannot help with this but did want to add my vote: I would love to >> have this feature in gnus. > > You could help by lobbying Lars to respond to my questions of Dec 25th > in this thread :-) Are you referring only to a specific backend? I guess this will have to work differently if we have to cross backends.