Re: wish: nnmarc.el ?

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

Ami Fischman <usenet@fischman.org> writes:

>> However, there is no overview over how many messages exists in each
>> mailing list archive, so implementing `nnmarc-request-list' can't be
>> done.  An `M-g'-like action will have to be taken to get the number of
>> articles in each archive, so if you subscribe to a lot of these
>> groups, it'll be somewhat slow.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by the last sentence.  Indeed, I believe marc
> will only show a month's index at a time, but gnus could be programmed to
> ask for all the months that show up in the list page (i.e.,
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&r=1&w=2 ).  This would only
> have to happen once per group (since presumabely old months don't acquire
> new messages) and could happen the first time a group is subscribed.
> Thereafter only the current month (or the current month and any months
> between now and the last time the group was queried) would have to be
> retrieved.
>
> Or are you saying something completely seperate?

Yes.  :-)  If you do `nnmarc-request-list' (if, for instance, you use
the browsing command -- `B nnmarc'), then that command would have to
do quite a lot of work to present a good overview.  But this is by no
means a showstopper; it's a limitation shared by some other web-based
back-ends.

> I took a crack at it this afternoon (before posting originally), trying to
> add source to nnwarchive.el, but quickly realized I really didn't understand
> the purpose of each of the elements in the sources list.  While I would like
> for you (or someone else) to implement this, I would also accept an
> explanation as to how to add sources to nnwarchive :)

Uhm...  Er...  ShengHuo?  :-)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen