Re: emacs.gnus

[Hanak David <dhanak@inf.bme.hu>]

On Sun, 08 Jun 2003, Kai Großjohann wrote:

> I haven't tested it, only skimmed the source.  It looks way cool.  Do
> you have paperwork on file?  It would be just dandy if it could be
> incorporated.

I'm glad you liked it.  But what do you exactly mean by "paperwork on
file"?  Do you need my official permission to incorporate my patch?  If
this mail is enough, you have it.

> One minor thing: it seems that the function has a similar purpose as
> other backend functions, which are conventionally called
> nnchoke-request-foo or nnchoke-retrieve-bar, it seems.  Also, I
> wonder if you used the same mechanism as for the other backend
> functions?  If not, it might be useful to do that.

I'm not very familiar with the interior design of Gnus, so I didn't notice
the request and retreive functions.  If you feel that a name like that
would suit your taste (or Gnus) better, go ahead, rename it.  But again, I
fail to understand what do you mean by the "same mechanism as for the other
backend functions".  I admit that I took the name and docstring of
nnml-ignore-active-file from nnfolder-ignore-active-file, because I felt
they express something very similar, but I might be wrong at that, too.

David