Re: Proposal: gnus-refer-article

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

> I propose the following code for inclusion in Gnus.  It defines a new
> function, `gnus-refer-article', which is just like
> `gnus-summary-refer-article', but can be invoked outside the summary
> buffer.  The article will appear in a new buffer.
>
> With this, I can store links to articles/messages I want to deal with in
> my TODO list and jump to them at any time.  If I want to see the article
> in context of its entire thread, that's just an `A T' away.

That's a good idea, but there are some things I don't quite understand
in the implementation.

> ;; We'll need to create a dummy group from which we can use
> ;; gnus-summary-refer-article.  An nndoc group almost works for that
> ;; purpose, but nndoc is a non-virtual backend, and warping (which
> ;; gnus-summary-refer-article needs in order to find the article) only
> ;; works in virtual groups.  Therefore, we derive a new virtual
> ;; backend from nndoc and use that instead.

Wouldn't it make sense to make warping work in nndoc groups instead, and
then we wouldn't need another backend?

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