Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Vincent Bernat]

Hi !

I would like to get some tips about LISP programming with Gnus. Could
some one point me to the revelant functions ?

- Is there a simple way of doing "echo 'bla bla' | mail
  machin@truc.com" using Gnus internal functions to send a mail ?

- Can I use custom "mark" (like a "read" mark) in the summary buffer ?
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Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Stainless Steel Rat]

* Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com>  on Thu, 08 Nov 2001
| - Is there a simple way of doing "echo 'bla bla' | mail
|   machin@truc.com" using Gnus internal functions to send a mail ?

,-----
| `shell-command-on-region' is an interactive compiled Lisp function
|   -- loaded from "/usr/local/src/xemacs-21.1.14/lisp/process.elc"
| (shell-command-on-region START END COMMAND &optional OUTPUT-BUFFER REPLACE)
| 
| Documentation:
| Execute string COMMAND in inferior shell with region as input.
| Normally display output (if any) in temp buffer `*Shell Command Output*';
| Prefix arg means replace the region with it.
| 
| ...
`-----

| - Can I use custom "mark" (like a "read" mark) in the summary buffer ?

That depends on what you mean by "custom".  Without any idea what you are
trying to do... maybe.
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Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Andreas Fuchs]

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Today, Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com> wrote:
> - Is there a simple way of doing "echo 'bla bla' | mail
>   machin@truc.com" using Gnus internal functions to send a mail ?

I always use this:

          (gnus-setup-message
              'message
            (message-mail <to-address>
                          <subject>))   ;; sets up the message buffer
          (message-goto-body)           ;; places point into the body
                                        ;; region.
          (insert "bla bla")            ;; into the body
          (message-send-and-exit)       ;; sends the mail and cleans up          


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Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Jody Klymak]

> Today, Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com> wrote:
> > - Is there a simple way of doing "echo 'bla bla' | mail
>>   machin@truc.com" using Gnus internal functions to send a mail ?

You may also be interested in gnus-posting-styles - for instance I play a
game that requires a logon and signoff.  Whenever I post from that
group ("mail/baha") the mail is pre-prepared....

Of course, it'd be kind of cool if "body" also accepted a file name.
Well, it probably does.

Cheers,  Jody

(setq gnus-posting-styles
      '((".*"
         (signature-file "~/.signature")
         (name "Jody Klymak")
         (organization "Ocean Mixing Group, Oregon State U."))
;; Diplomacy game...
        ("mail/baha"
         (signature-file nil)
         (body "signon xbaha booooo\n\n\n\nsignoff")
         (name nil)
         (organization nil)
         ("To" "judge@bohoho.com"))))

Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Andreas Fuchs]

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Today, Jody Klymak <jklymak@coas.oregonstate.edu> wrote:
> Of course, it'd be kind of cool if "body" also accepted a file name.
> Well, it probably does.

My current pet peeve with gnus-posting-styles is that it seems you can't
specify the position of the `body' text. It always gets placed under the
quoted text, before the signature. I'd really love to have the
<multipart type=mixed... sign=pgpmime> stuff appear at the very top of
the message without using gnus-.*hook.

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Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Vincent Bernat]

OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du jeudi 08 novembre 2001, vers 16:21,
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> disait:

> | - Can I use custom "mark" (like a "read" mark) in the summary buffer ?

> That depends on what you mean by "custom".  Without any idea what you are
> trying to do... maybe.

Placing a special mark which is equivalent to a read mark but which is
none of the existing marks.
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Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Paul Jarc]

Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com> wrote:
>> | - Can I use custom "mark" (like a "read" mark) in the summary buffer ?
...
> Placing a special mark which is equivalent to a read mark but which is
> none of the existing marks.

Equivalent in what way?  Tell us what end effect you're trying to
accomplish, rather than how you want to go about it; maybe there's an
easier way.


paul

Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Vincent Bernat]

OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du vendredi 09 novembre 2001, vers
16:44, prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) disait:

>> Placing a special mark which is equivalent to a read mark but which is
>> none of the existing marks.

> Equivalent in what way?  Tell us what end effect you're trying to
> accomplish, rather than how you want to go about it; maybe there's an
> easier way.

The "read" mark is an R, I would like to achieve a "read" mark with an
A (for example). But it will be considered like a read mark.

Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Kai Großjohann]

Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com> writes:

> The "read" mark is an R, I would like to achieve a "read" mark with an
> A (for example). But it will be considered like a read mark.

Hm.  Hmmm...  No, I think there is no built-in functionality in Gnus
for doing this.  You can, of course, hack it yourself.

kai
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Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Paul Jarc]

Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com> wrote:
> OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du vendredi 09 novembre 2001, vers
> 16:44, prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) disait:
>>> Placing a special mark which is equivalent to a read mark but which is
>>> none of the existing marks.
>
>> Equivalent in what way?  Tell us what end effect you're trying to
>> accomplish, rather than how you want to go about it; maybe there's an
>> easier way.
>
> The "read" mark is an R, I would like to achieve a "read" mark with an
> A (for example). But it will be considered like a read mark.

But what does "considered" mean?  Considered by which parts of Gnus?
Would it mean that articles with this marks are not displayed by
default?  How would this mark interact with total-expire and
auto-expire?  Pretend the read mark doesn't exist, and then describe
all the properties you want this new mark to have.  And, again, tell
us what ultimate effect you want to achieve - what would you use this
mark for?  There may be an easier way to do it.


paul

Re: Some tips for LISP programming with Gnus

[Per Abrahamsen]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> Vincent Bernat <bernat@scientist.com> wrote:
>> OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du vendredi 09 novembre 2001, vers
>> 16:44, prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) disait:
>>>> Placing a special mark which is equivalent to a read mark but which is
>>>> none of the existing marks.
>>
>>> Equivalent in what way?  Tell us what end effect you're trying to
>>> accomplish, rather than how you want to go about it; maybe there's an
>>> easier way.
>>
>> The "read" mark is an R, I would like to achieve a "read" mark with an
>> A (for example). But it will be considered like a read mark.
>
> But what does "considered" mean? 

Probably a mark for which 'gnus-read-mark-p' return non-nil.

Vincent Bernat:  I suggest you do an 

        M-x apropos <ret> gnus-.*-mark <ret>

and look at the definitions of the functions and variables that look
promising.