Re: Marking as already read when using gcc-self?

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
> 
>   > If I set the `gcc-self' group parameter for a given group to `t', is
>   > there any way to cause any messages that are archived into that group
>   > via this method to automatically be marked as `read' as soon as they
>   > appear in the group?
> 
> This is in the todo list.  See the node `Newest Features' in the Gnus
> info file.

Ah yes ... I found it.  It only contained the string "Gcc" and not
"gcc-self", so I didn't find it in my previous search.

Well, I'll devote a little bit of my time to this task.

Perhaps Gcc could cause a special header to be inserted into its saved
messages, such as ...

  X-Gnus-Gcc-Action: <what to do>

Where <what to do> might be `tick' or `mark read' or something
similar.  This could be specified via some sort of option, such as ...

  (defvar gnus-gcc-action "mark read"
   "*Action to be taken when the message is Gcc'ed.
   Could be `tick', `mark read', etc.")

Then, when entering summary mode, some routine (which one? ... well,
I'll dig around and find it if no one can make a suggestion) could
then recognize this `X-Gnus-Gcc-Action' header and perform the
specified action.

Does this sound like a good approach?  Before I start hacking, I'd
appreciate any feedback and opinions from those of you who are
familiar with this part of Gnus.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com