Re: Poll: `C-u g' and `C-u C-u g' meanings

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Thu, Dec 02 2010, Greg Troxel wrote:

> Once you go beyond "100% raw" and "100% cooked", there are a larger
> number of potential steps to be omitted.  So it probably makes sense to
> use numeric prefixes.  

The numerical prefix is already used for
`gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist':

,----[ <f1> f gnus-summary-show-article RET (from an not up-to-date Gnus) ]
| gnus-summary-show-article is an interactive compiled Lisp function
| in `gnus-sum.el'.
| (gnus-summary-show-article &optional ARG)
| 
| Force redisplaying of the current article.
| If ARG (the prefix) is a number, show the article with the charset
| defined in `gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist', or the charset
| input.
| If ARG (the prefix) is non-nil and not a number, show the raw article
| without any article massaging functions being run.  Normally, the key
| strokes are `C-u g'.
`----

> An alternative interface would be to have some
> keybinding following C-u g apply the processing steps one at a time.
> I don't really recommend space (haven't thought enough) but how about it
>
>   C-u g (fully raw) space (content-transfer) space (html/text select)
>   space (wash) ....
>
> and g when in incremental-cook mode got back to fully cooked and turned
> space back to normal?

Maybe (info "(gnus)Symbolic Prefixes") could be used?

Bye, Reiner.
-- 
       ,,,
      (o o)
---ooO-(_)-Ooo---  |  PGP key available  |  http://rsteib.home.pages.de/