Support for news URLs?

Support for news URLs?

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

A bunch of us were thinking about browse-url-at-point and related
functions, and were wondering if there would be a good way to get gnus
to handle these.  The primary problems of making a handling function
are threefold:

1) Must start up (enough of) gnus if gnus isn't already started.
   Preferably it should start it up without opening any servers.
2) Must be able to do the equivilant of a
   `gnus-summary-refer-article', even if a summary buffer is not
   existant.  Should perhaps make its own summary buffer.
3) Should either use the newserver in the url, or use a default
   newserver specified in some (unspecified) variable.

I'm willing to code this myself, if someone more knowledgable (or with
more time) will point me in the right direction.

-- 
Michael Duggan
(md5i@cs.cmu.edu)
.

Re: Support for news URLs?

[William M. Perry]

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Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@cs.cmu.edu> writes:

> A bunch of us were thinking about browse-url-at-point and related
> functions, and were wondering if there would be a good way to get gnus
> to handle these.  The primary problems of making a handling function
> are threefold:
> 
> 1) Must start up (enough of) gnus if gnus isn't already started.
>    Preferably it should start it up without opening any servers.
> 2) Must be able to do the equivilant of a
>    `gnus-summary-refer-article', even if a summary buffer is not
>    existant.  Should perhaps make its own summary buffer.
> 3) Should either use the newserver in the url, or use a default
>    newserver specified in some (unspecified) variable.
> 
> I'm willing to code this myself, if someone more knowledgable (or with
> more time) will point me in the right direction.

  There is already code in Emacs/W3 to handle this.

-Bill P.


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;;; url-news.el --- News Uniform Resource Locator retrieval code
;; Author: $Author: wmperry $
;; Created: $Date: 1998/11/14 19:16:55 $
;; Version: $Revision: 1.14 $
;; Keywords: comm, data, processes

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(require 'url-vars)
(require 'url-parse)

(defgroup url-news nil
  "News related options"
  :group 'url)

(defcustom url-news-use-article-mode nil
  "*Whether to use Gnus' article mode for displaying news articles."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'url-news)

(defun url-format-news ()
  (url-clear-tmp-buffer)
  (insert "HTTP/1.0 200 Retrieval OK\r\n"
 	  (save-excursion
 	    (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
 	    (buffer-string)))
  (url-parse-mime-headers)
  (let* ((from  (cdr (assoc "from" url-current-mime-headers)))
	 (qfrom (if from (url-insert-entities-in-string from) nil))
	 (subj  (cdr (assoc "subject" url-current-mime-headers)))
	 (qsubj (if subj (url-insert-entities-in-string subj) nil))
	 (org   (cdr (assoc "organization" url-current-mime-headers)))
	 (qorg  (if org (url-insert-entities-in-string org) nil))
	 (typ   (or (cdr (assoc "content-type" url-current-mime-headers))
		    "text/plain"))
	 (inhibit-read-only t)
	 (qgrps (mapcar 'car
			(url-split
			 (url-insert-entities-in-string
			  (or (cdr (assoc "newsgroups" 
					  url-current-mime-headers))
			      ""))
			 "[ \t\n,]+")))
	 (qrefs (delete "" 
			(mapcar
			 'url-insert-entities-in-string
			 (mapcar 'car
				 (url-split
				  (or (cdr (assoc "references" 
						  url-current-mime-headers))
				      "")
				  "[ \t,\n<>]+")))))
	 (date  (cdr (assoc "date" url-current-mime-headers))))
    (if (or (not (string-match "text/" typ))
 	    (string-match "text/html" typ))
 	nil				; Let natural content-type take over
      (if (and (fboundp 'gnus-article-mode)
	       url-news-use-article-mode)
	  (progn
	    (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
	    (set-buffer (get-buffer-create "Emacs/W3 News"))
	    (erase-buffer)
	    (insert
	     (save-excursion
	       (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
	       (save-restriction
		 (widen)
		 (buffer-string))))
	    (let ((gnus-article-buffer (current-buffer))
		  (gnus-article-current (cons "url"
					      (car (cdr (current-time))))))
	      (gnus-article-mode)
	      (run-hooks 'gnus-article-display-hook))
	    (goto-char (point-min))
	    (display-buffer (current-buffer)))
	(insert "<html>\n"
		" <head>\n"
		"  <title>" qsubj "</title>\n"
		"  <link rev=\"made\" href=\"mailto:" qfrom "\">\n"
		" </head>\n"
		" <body>\n"
		"  <div>\n"
		"   <h1 align=center>" qsubj "</h1>\n"
		"   <p role=\"headers\">\n"
		"    <b>From</b>: " qfrom "<br>\n"
		"    <b>Newsgroups</b>: "
		(mapconcat
		 (function
		  (lambda (grp)
		    (concat "<a href=\"" grp "\">" grp "</a>"))) qgrps ", ")
		"<br>\n"
		(if org
		    (concat
		     "    <b>Organization</b>: <i> " qorg "</i> <br>\n")
		  "")
		"    <b>Date</b>: <date> " date "</date> <br>\n"
		"   </p> <hr>\n"
		(if (null qrefs)
		    ""
		  (concat
		   "   <p>References\n"
		   "    <ol>\n"
		   (mapconcat
		    (function
		     (lambda (ref)
		       (concat "     <li> <a href=\"" ref "\"> " 
			       ref "</a></li>\n")))
		    qrefs "")
		   "    </ol>\n"
		   "   </p>\n"
		   "   <hr>\n"))
		"   <ul plain>\n"
		"    <li><a href=\"newspost:disfunctional\"> "
		"Post to this group </a></li>\n"
		"    <li><a href=\"mailto:" qfrom "\"> Reply to " qfrom
		"</a></li>\n"
		"   </ul>\n"
		"   <hr>"
		"   <pre>\n")
	(let ((s (buffer-substring (point) (point-max))))
	  (delete-region (point) (point-max))
	  (insert (url-insert-entities-in-string s)))
	(goto-char (point-max))
	(setq url-current-mime-type "text/html"
	      url-current-mime-viewer (mm-mime-info url-current-mime-type nil 5))
	(let ((x (assoc "content-type" url-current-mime-headers)))
	  (if x
	      (setcdr x "text/html")
	    (setq url-current-mime-headers (cons (cons "content-type"
						       "text/html")
						 url-current-mime-headers))))
	(insert "\n"
		"   </pre>\n"
		"  </div>\n"
		" </body>\n"
		"</html>\n"
		"<!-- Automatically generated by URL/" url-version
		"-->")))))

(defun url-check-gnus-version ()
  (require 'nntp)
  (condition-case ()
      (require 'gnus)
    (error (setq gnus-version "GNUS not found")))
  (if (or (not (boundp 'gnus-version))
	  (string-match "v5.[.0-9]+$" gnus-version)
	  (string-match "Red" gnus-version)
	  (string-match "Quassia" gnus-version)
	  (string-match "Pterodactyl" gnus-version))
      nil
    (url-warn 'url (concat
		    "The version of GNUS found on this system is too old and does\n"
		    "not support the necessary functionality for the URL package.\n"
		    "Please upgrade to version 5.x of GNUS.  This is bundled by\n"
		    "default with Emacs 19.30 and XEmacs 19.14 and later.\n\n"
		    "This version of GNUS is: " gnus-version "\n"))
    (fset 'url-news 'url-news-version-too-old))
  (fset 'url-check-gnus-version 'ignore))

(defun url-news-version-too-old (article)
  (set-buffer (get-buffer-create url-working-buffer))
  (setq url-current-mime-headers '(("content-type" . "text/html"))
	url-current-mime-type "text/html")
  (insert "<html>\n"
	  " <head>\n"
	  "  <title>News Error</title>\n"
	  " </head>\n"
	  " <body>\n"
	  "  <h1>News Error - too old</h1>\n"
	  "  <p>\n"
	  "   The version of GNUS found on this system is too old and does\n"
	  "   not support the necessary functionality for the URL package.\n"
	  "   Please upgrade to version 5.x of GNUS.  This is bundled by\n"
	  "   default with Emacs 19.30 and XEmacs 19.14 and later.\n\n"
	  "   This version of GNUS is: " gnus-version "\n"
	  "  </p>\n"
	  " </body>\n"
	  "</html>\n"))

(defun url-news-open-host (host port user pass)
  (if (fboundp 'nnheader-init-server-buffer)
      (nnheader-init-server-buffer))
  (nntp-open-server host (list (string-to-int port)))
  (if (and user pass)
      (progn
	(nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO USER" user)
	(nntp-send-command "^.*\r?\n" "AUTHINFO PASS" pass)
	(if (not (nntp-server-opened host))
	    (url-warn 'url (format "NNTP authentication to `%s' as `%s' failed"
				   host user))))))

(defun url-news-fetch-article-number (newsgroup article)
  (nntp-request-group newsgroup)
  (nntp-request-article article))

(defun url-news-fetch-message-id (host port message-id)
  (if (eq ?> (aref message-id (1- (length message-id))))
      nil
    (setq message-id (concat "<" message-id ">")))
  (if (nntp-request-article message-id)
      (url-format-news)
    (set-buffer (get-buffer-create url-working-buffer))
    (setq url-current-can-be-cached nil)
    (insert "<html>\n"
	    " <head>\n"
	    "  <title>Error</title>\n"
	    " </head>\n"
	    " <body>\n"
	    "  <div>\n"
	    "   <h1>Error requesting article...</h1>\n"
	    "   <p>\n"
	    "    The status message returned by the NNTP server was:"
	    "<br><hr>\n"
	    "    <xmp>\n"
	    (nntp-status-message)
	    "    </xmp>\n"
	    "   </p>\n"
	    "   <p>\n"
	    "    If you If you feel this is an error, <a href=\""
	    "mailto:" url-bug-address "\">send me mail</a>\n"
	    "   </p>\n"
	    "  </div>\n"
	    " </body>\n"
	    "</html>\n"
	    "<!-- Automatically generated by URL v" url-version " -->\n"
	    )))

(defun url-news-fetch-newsgroup (newsgroup host)
  (if (string-match "^/+" newsgroup)
      (setq newsgroup (substring newsgroup (match-end 0))))
  (if (string-match "/+$" newsgroup)
      (setq newsgroup (substring newsgroup 0 (match-beginning 0))))

  ;; This saves a bogus 'Untitled' buffer by Emacs-W3
  (kill-buffer url-working-buffer)
  
  ;; This saves us from checking new news if GNUS is already running
  (if (or (not (get-buffer gnus-group-buffer))
	  (save-excursion
	    (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
	    (not (eq major-mode 'gnus-group-mode))))
      (gnus))
  (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group newsgroup (list 'nntp host)
				   nil
				   (cons (current-buffer) 'browse)))
  
(defun url-news (article)
  ;; Find a news reference
  (url-check-gnus-version)
  (let* ((urlobj (url-generic-parse-url article))
	 (host (or (url-host urlobj) url-news-server))
	 (port (or (url-port urlobj)
		   (cdr-safe (assoc "news" url-default-ports))))
	 (article-brackets nil)
	 (article (url-filename urlobj)))
    (url-news-open-host host port (url-user urlobj) (url-password urlobj))
    (cond
     ((string-match "@" article)	; Its a specific article
      (url-news-fetch-message-id host port article))
     ((string= article "")		; List all newsgroups
      (gnus)
      (kill-buffer url-working-buffer))
     (t					; Whole newsgroup
      (url-news-fetch-newsgroup article host)))))

(defun url-nntp (url)
  ;; Find a news reference
  (url-check-gnus-version)
  (let* ((urlobj (url-generic-parse-url url))
	 (host (or (url-host urlobj) url-news-server))
	 (port (or (url-port urlobj)
		   (cdr-safe (assoc "nntp" url-default-ports))))
	 (article-brackets nil)
	 (article (url-filename urlobj)))
    (url-news-open-host host port (url-user urlobj) (url-password urlobj))
    (cond
     ((string-match "@" article)	; Its a specific article
      (url-news-fetch-message-id host port article))
     ((string-match "/\\([0-9]+\\)$" article)
      (url-news-fetch-article-number (substring article 0
						(match-beginning 0))
				     (match-string 1 article)))
						
     ((string= article "")		; List all newsgroups
      (gnus)
      (kill-buffer url-working-buffer))
     (t					; Whole newsgroup
      (url-news-fetch-newsgroup article host)))))

(provide 'url-news)

Re: Support for news URLs?

[Dave Love]

>>>>> "MWD" == Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@cs.cmu.edu> writes:

 MWD> A bunch of us were thinking about browse-url-at-point and
 MWD> related functions, and were wondering if there would be a good
 MWD> way to get gnus to handle these.

Is the url-news.el stuff in W3 (with url-news-use-article-mode t) not
a good basis?  I'm not sure, as I don't remember getting anything that
way for quite a while.

I presume you'd have to hack at it somewhat, anyway, as I think you
pull in a lot of W3 with an entry like
 ("^news:" . browse-url-w3)
in browse-url-browser-function.

Hoping for W3 in Emacs 20.5...

Re: Support for news URLs?

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk> writes:

> >>>>> "MWD" == Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@cs.cmu.edu> writes:
> 
>  MWD> A bunch of us were thinking about browse-url-at-point and
>  MWD> related functions, and were wondering if there would be a good
>  MWD> way to get gnus to handle these.
> 
> Is the url-news.el stuff in W3 (with url-news-use-article-mode t) not
> a good basis?  I'm not sure, as I don't remember getting anything that
> way for quite a while.

Yes it is, thank you.  William Perry also sent me this piece of
information.  Since I hadn't used w3 much since the Emacs 18 versions,
I did not know about this feature.

-- 
Michael Duggan
(md5i@cs.cmu.edu)
.