Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Christoph Conrad]

Hi,

i am wondering why with mail source type `file' the keyword ":program"
isn't possible.

My configuration is:

(setq mail-sources '((file :path "/var/spool/mail/cc" )))

and i would like to add a ":program" command that fetches my mail via
fetchmail before accessing the spoolfile.

Beste Grüße,
cu, -cc-
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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Kai Großjohann]

Christoph Conrad <christoph.conrad@gmx.de> writes:

> i am wondering why with mail source type `file' the keyword ":program"
> isn't possible.

Is :prescript not enough?
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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Christoph Conrad]

Hi Kai,

    > Is :prescript not enough?

Ohhhh... i overlooked that... thanx! The dokumentation is a little
bit clumsy describing that feature - :prescript is only mentioned
within the text in an example, not as separate keyword.

Beste Grüße,
cu, -cc-
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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Kai Großjohann]

Christoph Conrad <christoph.conrad@gmx.de> writes:

> Ohhhh... i overlooked that... thanx! The dokumentation is a little
> bit clumsy describing that feature - :prescript is only mentioned
> within the text in an example, not as separate keyword.

[X] send docfix.

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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Christoph Conrad <christoph.conrad@gmx.de> writes:

> Ohhhh... i overlooked that... thanx! The dokumentation is a little
> bit clumsy describing that feature - :prescript is only mentioned
> within the text in an example, not as separate keyword.

It looks like it's documented on the "Mail Source Specifiers" node. 

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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Christoph Conrad]

Hi Lars,

    > It looks like it's documented on the "Mail Source Specifiers"
    > node.

It's mentioned in an example:

,----
| If it's impossible to set up a proper server, you can use ssh
| instead.
| 
|      (setq mail-sources
|            '((file :prescript "ssh host bin/getmail >%t")))
`----

IMHO it should be mentioned as separate keyword.

Beste Grüße,
cu, -cc-
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     Pablo Picasso

Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Christoph Conrad <christoph.conrad@gmx.de> writes:

> IMHO it should be mentioned as separate keyword.

This is from gnus.texi:

----
@item :prescript
A script to be run before fetching the mail.  The syntax is the same as
the @code{:program} keyword.  This can also be a function to be run.

@item :postscript
A script to be run after fetching the mail.  The syntax is the same as
the @code{:program} keyword.  This can also be a function to be run.
----

I'm just looking at the source code; that page is long and
complicated.  Perhaps it needs to be in more of the specifier
tables -- which table were you expecting to find it in?

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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Christoph Conrad]

Hi Lars,

    > ---- @item :prescript A script to be run before fetching the
    > [...]

Yes, but: that's explained with the mail source type 'pop', but not
within the section 'file'!

Beste Grüße,
cu, -cc-
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Re: Mail source type `file' should support keyword ":program"

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Christoph Conrad <christoph.conrad@gmx.de> writes:

> Yes, but: that's explained with the mail source type 'pop', but not
> within the section 'file'!

Ok; I've now added it to the "file" section as well.

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