Re: gnus-registry flags API

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Thu, Feb 28 2008, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:26:36 +0100 Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> wrote: 
> RS> Can we have multiple registry marks for a single article?  If not, we
> RS> may either display all strings/images or add a plus sign.
>
> Yes, multiples are allowed.  That's what makes it tricky to display
> them, so I haven't done it yet :)
>
> Maybe reserve 4 characters, 

Or just use the number from the format specifier, if feasible.

> and if more than 4 labels are set, show the first 3 and then '+'.
> In the modeline or in the article buffer with a post-processing
> function we can show them all.  I don't know much about this area of
> Gnus, especially image display, sorry.

Me neither.  But I'd guess we can do it like in
`gnus-mode-line-buffer-identification' (`add-text-properties') or
`gnus-picon-transform-address' (`propertize').

E.g. try this in *scratch* (while running Gnus):

(add-text-properties 4 5
		     (list 'display gnus-mode-line-image-cache
			   'help-echo "To do")
		     (current-buffer))

> RS> Maybe use `M m' or `M M' as prefix command?  (e.g. `M M t' for "To
> RS> do", ...)
>
> Sounds OK to me.  The keys can come from the alist of summary line
> indicators above, so they'll make sense in conjunction to the user.

Good idea.

Bye, Reiner.
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