Re: Support for slrn-style verbatim marks

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

>> Consequently, I made unrelated changes to displaying of
>> text/verbatim parts, 
>
> In case it wasn't clear: I invented the type "text/verbatim" (I don't
> think it's used anywhere else).  If it is possible to get the same
> result with an existing (and suitable) MIME type, say "text/plain", we
> should use that instead.
>
> The result I had in mind should include:
>
> (1) Display a button so that the user can easily save, pipe, ... the
>     part (the button should not be collapsed).
>
> (2) The part should be displayed inline.
>
> (3) The part should be fontified using the `mm-uu-extract' face.
>
> Your addition of "text/verbatim" to `mm-automatic-display' cancels
> (1).
>
> OTOT: The user can press `K b' and then process the part.  And the
> article buffer isn't cluttered with buttons.  I don't have a strong
> opinion on this.  Opinions?
>
> Using "text/verbatim" (instead of "text/plain") allows customizing the
> display using `gnus-buttonized-mime-types' or
> `gnus-unbuttonized-mime-types'.

Is text/verbatim registered?  If not, I think Gnus should use
text/x-gnus-verbatim or something similar, to avoid confusion with
possible future registered MIME types.