Re: Gnus 5.10?

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Reiner Steib <4uce.02.r.steib@gmx.net> writes:

>>> - Integration of message-utils.el (Change subject, stripping "(was:
>>>   ...)", announced cross-post, ...)
>>
>> ** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el.
>>
>> Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: <old subject>)" from
>> subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query').  C-c M-m and
>> C-c M-f inserts markers indicating included text.  C-c C-f a adds a
>> X-No-Archive: header.  Improved crosspost follow behaviour with
>> `message-cross-post-*'.
>
> I'd mention `C-c C-f x', maybe...
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> --- GNUS-NEWS.~6.38.~	Mon Jan 13 22:56:32 2003
> +++ GNUS-NEWS	Tue Jan 14 20:45:00 2003
> @@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
>  Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: <old subject>)" from
>  subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query').  C-c M-m and
>  C-c M-f inserts markers indicating included text.  C-c C-f a adds a
> -X-No-Archive: header.  Improved crosspost follow behaviour with
> -`message-cross-post-*'.
> +X-No-Archive: header.  C-c C-f x inserts appropriate headers and a
> +note in the body for cross-postings and followups (see the variables
> +`message-cross-post-*').
>  
>  ** References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you
>     start composing messages.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Added, thanks.

>>> Suggestion:
>>> - Message buffer:
>>>   File|Buffers|Edit|Field|Message|Attachment|Security|[Emacs]|Help
>>> - Summary buffer:
>>>   File|Buffers|Gnus|Group|Post|Thread|Article|Score|[Emacs]|Help
> [...]
>>> Opinions?
>>
>> Hmm, yes.  I don't think we should add more menus though, even today I
>> have to resize my emacs window to see all menus.  Perhaps if the W3
>> approach is used.
>
> ACK, I would not suggest to add additional menus unless we take the w3
> approach.

But I agree that a redesign of the menus would probably be a good
idea.  As I rarely use the menus, I don't know how to improve them
though.

> Oops, I meant `gnus-parameters' (not `gnus-group-parameters'), which
> is new in Oort:
>
> 2001-02-23 17:00:00  ShengHuo ZHU  <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
> [...]   * gnus.el (gnus-parameters): New variable.
>
> I think it should be mentioned in GNUS-NEWS because it allows to move
> (some) configuration stuff from ~/.newsrc.eld to ~/.gnus.el, which is
> more human readable.

Yup.

** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters.

Earlier this was done only via `G p' (or `G c'), which stored the
parameters in ~/.newsrc.eld, but via this variable you can enjoy the
powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the variable
in ~/.emacs instead of ~/.newsrc.eld.  The variable maps regular
expressions matching group names to group parameters, a'la:

     (setq gnus-parameters
           '(("mail\\..*"
              (gnus-show-threads nil)
              (gnus-use-scoring nil))
             ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$"
              (to-group . "\\1"))))