annotate lisp/mail/rnewspost.el @ 39:bd9c72156bbf

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;;; USENET news poster/mailer for GNU Emacs
;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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;; moved posting and mail code from rnews.el
;;	[e-mail] Wed Oct 29 1986
;; brought posting code almost up to the revision of RFC 850 for News 2.11
;; - couldn't see handling the special meaning of the Keyword: poster
;; - not worth the code space to support the old A news Title: (which
;;   Subject: replaced) and Article-I.D.: (which Message-ID: replaced)
;;	tower@prep Nov 86
;; changed C-c C-r key-binding due to rename of news-caesar-buffer-body
;;	tower@prep 21 Nov 86
;; added (require 'rnews)	tower@prep 22 Apr 87
;; restricted call of news-show-all-headers in news-post-news & news-reply
;;	tower@prep 28 Apr 87
;; commented out Posting-Front-End to save USENET bytes tower@prep Jul 31 87
;; commented out -n and -t args in news-inews     tower@prep 15 Oct 87
(require 'sendmail)
(require 'rnews)

;Now in paths.el.
;(defvar news-inews-program "inews"
;  "Function to post news.")

;; Replying and posting news items are done by these functions.
;; imported from rmail and modified to work with rnews ...
;; Mon Mar 25,1985 at 03:07:04 ads@mit-hermes.
;; this is done so that rnews can operate independently from rmail.el and
;; sendmail and dosen't have to autoload these functions.
;;
;;; >> Nuked by Mly to autoload those functions again, as the duplication of
;;; >>  code was making maintenance too difficult.

(defvar news-reply-mode-map () "Mode map used by news-reply.")

(or news-reply-mode-map
    (progn
      (setq news-reply-mode-map (make-keymap))
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c?" 'describe-mode)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-f\C-d" 'news-reply-distribution)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-f\C-k" 'news-reply-keywords)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-f\C-n" 'news-reply-newsgroups)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-f\C-f" 'news-reply-followup-to)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-f\C-s" 'mail-subject)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-f\C-a" 'news-reply-summary)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-r" 'news-caesar-buffer-body)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-w" 'news-reply-signature)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-y" 'news-reply-yank-original)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-q" 'mail-fill-yanked-message)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-c" 'news-inews)
      (define-key news-reply-mode-map "\C-c\C-s" 'news-inews)))

(defun news-reply-mode ()
  "Major mode for editing news to be posted on USENET.
First-time posters are asked to please read the articles in newsgroup:
                                                     news.announce.newusers .
Like Text Mode but with these additional commands:

C-c C-s  news-inews (post the message)    C-c C-c  news-inews
C-c C-f	 move to a header field (and create it if there isn't):
	 C-c C-f C-n  move to Newsgroups:	C-c C-f C-s  move to Subj:
	 C-c C-f C-f  move to Followup-To:      C-c C-f C-k  move to Keywords:
	 C-c C-f C-d  move to Distribution:	C-c C-f C-a  move to Summary:
C-c C-y  news-reply-yank-original (insert current message, in NEWS).
C-c C-q  mail-fill-yanked-message (fill what was yanked).
C-c C-r  caesar rotate all letters by 13 places in the article's body (rot13)."
  (interactive)
  ;; require...
  (or (fboundp 'mail-setup) (load "sendmail"))
  (kill-all-local-variables)
  (make-local-variable 'mail-reply-buffer)
  (setq mail-reply-buffer nil)
  (set-syntax-table text-mode-syntax-table)
  (use-local-map news-reply-mode-map)
  (setq local-abbrev-table text-mode-abbrev-table)
  (setq major-mode 'news-reply-mode)
  (setq mode-name "News")
  (make-local-variable 'paragraph-separate)
  (make-local-variable 'paragraph-start)
  (setq paragraph-start (concat "^" mail-header-separator "$\\|"
				paragraph-start))
  (setq paragraph-separate (concat "^" mail-header-separator "$\\|"
				   paragraph-separate))
  (run-hooks 'text-mode-hook 'news-reply-mode-hook))

(defvar news-reply-yank-from
  "Save From: field for news-reply-yank-original."
  "")

(defvar news-reply-yank-message-id
  "Save Message-Id: field for news-reply-yank-original."
  "")

(defun news-reply-yank-original (arg)
  "Insert the message being replied to, if any (in rmail).
Puts point before the text and mark after.
Indents each nonblank line ARG spaces (default 3).
Just \\[universal-argument] as argument means don't indent
and don't delete any header fields."
  (interactive "P")
  (mail-yank-original arg)
  (exchange-point-and-mark)
  (run-hooks 'news-reply-header-hook))

(defvar news-reply-header-hook
  '(lambda ()
	 (insert "In article " news-reply-yank-message-id
			 " " news-reply-yank-from " writes:\n\n"))
  "Hook for inserting a header at the top of a yanked message.")

(defun news-reply-newsgroups ()
  "Move point to end of Newsgroups: field.
RFC 850 constrains the Newsgroups: field to be a comma separated list of valid
newsgroups names at your site:
Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.misc,rec.misc"
  (interactive)
  (expand-abbrev)
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (mail-position-on-field "Newsgroups"))

(defun news-reply-followup-to ()
  "Move point to end of Followup-To: field.  Create the field if none.
One usually requests followups to only one newsgroup.
RFC 850 constrains the Followup-To: field to be a comma separated list of valid
newsgroups names at your site, that are also in the Newsgroups: field:
Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.misc,rec.misc,misc.misc,soc.misc
Followup-To: news.misc,comp.misc,rec.misc"
  (interactive)
  (expand-abbrev)
  (or (mail-position-on-field "Followup-To" t)
      (progn (mail-position-on-field "newsgroups")
	     (insert "\nFollowup-To: ")))
	 ;; @@ could do a completing read based on the Newsgroups: field to
	 ;; @@ fill in the Followup-To: field
)

(defun news-reply-distribution ()
  "Move point to end of Distribution: optional field.
Create the field if none.  Without this field the posting goes to all of
USENET.  The field is used to restrict the posting to parts of USENET."
  (interactive)
  (expand-abbrev)
  (mail-position-on-field "Distribution")
  ;; @@could do a completing read based on the news library file:
  ;; @@    ../distributions  to fill in the field.
  )

(defun news-reply-keywords ()
  "Move point to end of Keywords: optional field.  Create the field if none.
Used as an aid to the news reader, it can contain a few, well selected keywords
identifying the message."
  (interactive)
  (expand-abbrev)
  (mail-position-on-field "Keywords"))

(defun news-reply-summary ()
  "Move point to end of Summary: optional field.  Create the field if none.
Used as an aid to the news reader, it can contain a succinct
summary (abstract) of the message."
  (interactive)
  (expand-abbrev)
  (mail-position-on-field "Summary"))

(defun news-reply-signature ()
  "The inews program appends ~/.signature automatically."
  (interactive)
  (message "~/.signature will be appended automatically."))

(defun news-setup (to subject in-reply-to newsgroups replybuffer)
  "Setup the news reply or posting buffer with the proper headers and in
news-reply-mode."
  (setq mail-reply-buffer replybuffer)
  (let ((mail-setup-hook nil))
    (if (null to)
	;; this hack is needed so that inews wont be confused by 
	;; the fcc: and bcc: fields
	(let ((mail-self-blind nil)
	      (mail-archive-file-name nil))
	  (mail-setup to subject in-reply-to nil replybuffer nil)
	  (beginning-of-line)
	  (kill-line 1)
	  (goto-char (point-max)))
      (mail-setup to subject in-reply-to nil replybuffer nil))
    ;;;(mail-position-on-field "Posting-Front-End")
    ;;;(insert (emacs-version))
    (goto-char (point-max))
    (if (let ((case-fold-search t))
	  (re-search-backward "^Subject:" (point-min) t))
	(progn (beginning-of-line)
	       (insert "Newsgroups: " (or newsgroups "") "\n")
	       (if (not newsgroups)
		   (backward-char 1)
		 (goto-char (point-max)))))
    (run-hooks 'news-setup-hook)))
   
(defun news-inews ()
  "Send a news message using inews."
  (interactive)
  (let* (newsgroups subject
		    (case-fold-search nil))
    (save-excursion
      (save-restriction
	(goto-char (point-min))
	(search-forward (concat "\n" mail-header-separator "\n"))
	(narrow-to-region (point-min) (point))
	(setq newsgroups (mail-fetch-field "newsgroups")
	      subject (mail-fetch-field "subject")))
      (widen)
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (run-hooks 'news-inews-hook)
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (search-forward (concat "\n" mail-header-separator "\n"))
      (replace-match "\n\n")
      (goto-char (point-max))
      ;; require a newline at the end for inews to append .signature to
      (or (= (preceding-char) ?\n)
	  (insert ?\n))
      (message "Posting to USENET...")
      (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max) 
			   news-inews-program nil 0 nil
			   "-h")	; take all header lines!
			   ;@@ setting of subject and newsgroups still needed?
			   ;"-t" subject
			   ;"-n" newsgroups
      (message "Posting to USENET... done")
      (goto-char (point-min))		;restore internal header separator
      (search-forward "\n\n")
      (replace-match (concat "\n" mail-header-separator "\n"))
      (set-buffer-modified-p nil))
    (and (fboundp 'bury-buffer) (bury-buffer))))

;@@ shares some code with news-reply and news-post-news
(defun news-mail-reply ()
  "Mail a reply to the author of the current article.
While composing the reply, use \\[news-reply-yank-original] to yank the
original message into it."
  (interactive)
  (let (from cc subject date to reply-to
	     (buffer (current-buffer)))
    (save-restriction
      (narrow-to-region (point-min) (progn (goto-line (point-min))
					   (search-forward "\n\n")
					   (- (point) 1)))
      (setq from (mail-fetch-field "from")
	    subject (mail-fetch-field "subject")
	    reply-to (mail-fetch-field "reply-to")
	    date (mail-fetch-field "date"))
      (setq to from)
      (pop-to-buffer "*mail*")
      (mail nil
	    (if reply-to reply-to to)
	    subject
	    (let ((stop-pos (string-match "  *at \\|  *@ \\| *(\\| *<" from)))
	      (concat (if stop-pos (substring from 0 stop-pos) from)
		      "'s message of "
		      date))
	    nil
	   buffer))))

;@@ the guts of news-reply and news-post-news should be combined. -tower
(defun news-reply ()
  "Compose and post a reply (aka a followup) to the current article on USENET.
While composing the followup, use \\[news-reply-yank-original] to yank the
original message into it."
  (interactive)
  (if (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to followup to all of USENET? ")
      (let (from cc subject date to followup-to newsgroups message-of
		 references distribution message-id
		 (buffer (current-buffer)))
	(save-restriction
	  (and (not (= 0 (buffer-size))) ;@@real problem is non-existence of
					;@@	of article file
	       (equal major-mode 'news-mode) ;@@ if rmail-mode,
					;@@	should show full headers
	       (progn
		 (news-show-all-headers) ;@@ should save/restore header state,
					;@@	but rnews.el lacks support
		 (narrow-to-region (point-min) (progn (goto-char (point-min))
						      (search-forward "\n\n")
						      (- (point) 1)))))
	  (setq from (mail-fetch-field "from")
		news-reply-yank-from from
		;; @@ not handling old Title: field
		subject (mail-fetch-field "subject")
		date (mail-fetch-field "date")
		followup-to (mail-fetch-field "followup-to")
		newsgroups (or followup-to
			       (mail-fetch-field "newsgroups"))
		references (mail-fetch-field "references")
		;; @@ not handling old Article-I.D.: field
		distribution (mail-fetch-field "distribution")
		message-id (mail-fetch-field "message-id")
		news-reply-yank-message-id message-id)
	  (pop-to-buffer "*post-news*")
	  (news-reply-mode)
	  (if (and (buffer-modified-p)
		   (not
		    (y-or-n-p "Unsent article being composed; erase it? ")))
	      ()
	    (progn
	      (erase-buffer)
	      (and subject
		   (progn (if (string-match "\\`Re: " subject)
			      (while (string-match "\\`Re: " subject)
				(setq subject (substring subject 4))))
			  (setq subject (concat "Re: " subject))))
	      (and from
		   (progn
		     (let ((stop-pos
			    (string-match "  *at \\|  *@ \\| *(\\| *<" from)))
		       (setq message-of
			     (concat
			      (if stop-pos (substring from 0 stop-pos) from)
			      "'s message of "
			      date)))))
	      (news-setup
	       nil
	       subject
	       message-of
	       newsgroups
	       buffer)
	      (if followup-to
		  (progn (news-reply-followup-to)
			 (insert followup-to)))
	      (if distribution
		  (progn
		    (mail-position-on-field "Distribution")
		    (insert distribution)))
	      (mail-position-on-field "References")
	      (if references
		  (insert references))
	      (if (and references message-id)
		  (insert " "))
	      (if message-id
		  (insert message-id))
	      (goto-char (point-max))))))
    (message "")))

;@@ the guts of news-reply and news-post-news should be combined. -tower
(defun news-post-news ()
  "Begin editing a new USENET news article to be posted.
Type \\[describe-mode] once editing the article to get a list of commands."
  (interactive)
  (if (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to post to all of USENET? ")
      (let ((buffer (current-buffer)))
	(save-restriction
	  (and (not (= 0 (buffer-size))) ;@@real problem is non-existence of
					;@@	of article file
	       (equal major-mode 'news-mode) ;@@ if rmail-mode,
					;@@	should show full headers
	       (progn
		 (news-show-all-headers) ;@@ should save/restore header state,
					;@@	but rnews.el lacks support
		 (narrow-to-region (point-min) (progn (goto-char (point-min))
						      (search-forward "\n\n")
						      (- (point) 1)))))
	  (setq news-reply-yank-from (mail-fetch-field "from")
		;; @@ not handling old Article-I.D.: field
		news-reply-yank-message-id (mail-fetch-field "message-id")))
	(pop-to-buffer "*post-news*")
	(news-reply-mode)
	(if (and (buffer-modified-p)
		 (not (y-or-n-p "Unsent article being composed; erase it? ")))
	    ()				;@@ not saving point from last time
	  (progn (erase-buffer)
		 (news-setup () () () () buffer))))
  (message "")))

(defun news-mail-other-window ()
  "Send mail in another window.
While composing the message, use \\[news-reply-yank-original] to yank the
original message into it."
  (interactive)
  (mail-other-window nil nil nil nil nil (current-buffer)))