Re: Functional requirements for Gnus

[Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@amaunet.cs.uni-dortmund.de>]

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>>>>> On 28 Aug 1998, François Pinard said:

  Kai> There should be additional commands for viewing this part in a
  Kai> separate buffer/window/frame, and there should be commands for
  Kai> saving it in files.

  François> Only if we already have the capability of viewing non-MIME
  François> messages into separate buffer/window/frame.  MIME should
  François> not be too special.  It should be blended within Gnus, not
  François> being something extraordinary, nor asking for too unusual
  François> devices.

You've got a point there.  Revised suggestion:

There should be a command which toggles between:
  - restricting the article buffer to the currently selected part, and
  - showing the whole message.

(By currently selected I mean the TOC display -- this tree-like thing.)

kai
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