Re: Miscelleous notes/bugs

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no>]

Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu> writes:

> * Emacs 19.31 timers
> 
> Should `gnus-demon' be rewritten to use the new API of Emacs timers
> (run-with-timer, run-with-idle-timer)?

Yes.

> * `derived.el'
> 
> I saw `derived.el' in the Emacs `lisp/' directory.  It appears to
> support major-mode inheritance (keymaps, syntax-tables, etc., are
> automatically copied on derivation.)  Should "grouplens" and other
> variants of the "summary" mode use this mechanism?

I don't think so.  `derived.el' is for inheriting between major
modes.  GroupLens (and the rest) use minor modes.

> * `nn*.el' independent of `gnus*.el'?

Yes.

> Can `message.el' use some of the features of `nn*.el' without loading
> the rest of Gnus? (`message-post-method' uses one of the "nn*"
> backends.)  If so, can message archiving be supported without loading
> Gnus?

That should be no problem.  Just call, say, `nnml-request-scan' at
will.  No need to start Gnus first.  (Not that I have ever tried this,
though.  :-)

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