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changeset 77680:61b19e0bfa5e
Remove the description comment (nndiary is now properly documented in the Gnus
manual). Fix the spelling of "Back End".
| author | Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de> |
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| date | Thu, 10 May 2007 18:44:49 +0000 |
| parents | a48d35b7189f |
| children | b1e75a6dd3ad |
| files | lisp/gnus/ChangeLog lisp/gnus/gnus-diary.el lisp/gnus/nndiary.el |
| diffstat | 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 213 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog Thu May 10 18:44:01 2007 +0000 +++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog Thu May 10 18:44:49 2007 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2007-05-09 Didier Verna <didier@xemacs.org> + + * gnus-diary.el, nndiary.el: Remove the description comment (nndiary is + now properly documented in the Gnus manual). Fix the spelling of "Back + End". + 2007-04-19 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> * gnus-art.el (gnus-mime-strip-charset-parameters): New function.
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-diary.el Thu May 10 18:44:01 2007 +0000 +++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-diary.el Thu May 10 18:44:49 2007 +0000 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -;;; gnus-diary.el --- Wrapper around the NNDiary Gnus backend +;;; gnus-diary.el --- Wrapper around the NNDiary Gnus back end ;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, ;; 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -33,63 +33,8 @@ ;; Description: ;; =========== -;; Gnus-Diary is a wrapper around the NNDiary Gnus backend. It is here to -;; make your nndiary-user life easier in different ways. So, you don't have -;; to use it if you don't want to. But, really, you should. - -;; Gnus-Diary offers the following features on top of the NNDiary backend: - -;; - A nice summary line format: -;; Displaying diary messages in standard summary line format (usually -;; something like "<From Joe>: <Subject>") is pretty useless. Most of the -;; time, you're the one who wrote the message, and you mostly want to see -;; the event's date. Gnus-Diary offers you a nice summary line format -;; which will do this. By default, a summary line will appear like this: -;; -;; <Event Date>: <Subject> <Remaining time> -;; -;; for example, here's how Joe's birthday is displayed in my -;; "nndiary:birhdays" summary buffer (the message is expirable, but will -;; never be deleted, as it specifies a regular event): -;; -;; E Sat, Sep 22 01, 12:00: Joe's birthday (in 6 months, 1 week) - -;; - More article sorting functions: -;; Gnus-Diary adds a new sorting function called -;; `gnus-summary-sort-by-schedule'. This function lets you organize your -;; diary summary buffers from the closest event to the farthest one. - -;; - Automatic generation of diary group parameters: -;; When you create a new diary group, or visit one, Gnus-Diary checks your -;; group parameters, and if needed, sets the summary line format to the -;; diary-specific value, adds the diary-specific sorting functions, and -;; also adds the different `X-Diary-*' headers to the group's -;; posting-style. It is then easier to send a diary message, because if -;; you use `C-u a' or `C-u m' on a diary group to prepare a message, these -;; headers will be inserted automatically (but not filled with proper -;; values yet). - -;; - An interactive mail-to-diary convertion function: -;; The function `gnus-diary-check-message' ensures that the current message -;; contains all the required diary headers, and prompts you for values / -;; correction if needed. This function is hooked in the nndiary backend so -;; that moving an article to an nndiary group will trigger it -;; automatically. It is also bound to `C-c D c' in message-mode and -;; article-edit-mode in order to ease the process of converting a usual -;; mail to a diary one. This function takes a prefix argument which will -;; force prompting of all diary headers, regardless of their -;; presence/validity. That way, you can very easily reschedule a diary -;; message for instance. - - -;; Usage: -;; ===== - -;; 0/ Don't use any `gnus-user-format-function-[d|D]'. Gnus-Diary provides -;; both of these (sorry if you used them before). -;; 1/ Add '(require 'gnus-diary) to your gnusrc file. -;; 2/ Customize your gnus-diary options to suit your needs. - +;; gnus-diary is a utility toolkit used on top of the nndiary back end. It is +;; now fully documented in the Gnus manual. ;; Bugs / Todo: @@ -103,7 +48,7 @@ (require 'gnus-art) (defgroup gnus-diary nil - "Utilities on top of the nndiary backend for Gnus." + "Utilities on top of the nndiary back end for Gnus." :version "22.1" :group 'gnus) @@ -136,7 +81,7 @@ :group 'gnus-diary) (defconst gnus-diary-version nndiary-version - "Current Diary backend version.") + "Current Diary back end version.") ;; Compatibility functions ================================================== @@ -334,7 +279,7 @@ )) ;; Called when a group is subscribed. This is needed because groups created -;; because of mail splitting are *not* created with the backend function. +;; because of mail splitting are *not* created with the back end function. ;; Thus, `nndiary-request-create-group-hooks' is inoperative. (defun gnus-diary-maybe-update-group-parameters (group) (when (eq (car (gnus-find-method-for-group group)) 'nndiary) @@ -452,7 +397,7 @@ ;; The end ================================================================== (defun gnus-diary-version () - "Current Diary backend version." + "Current Diary back end version." (interactive) (message "NNDiary version %s" nndiary-version))
--- a/lisp/gnus/nndiary.el Thu May 10 18:44:01 2007 +0000 +++ b/lisp/gnus/nndiary.el Thu May 10 18:44:49 2007 +0000 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -;;; nndiary.el --- A diary backend for Gnus +;;; nndiary.el --- A diary back end for Gnus ;; Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, ;; 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -33,127 +33,8 @@ ;; Description: ;; =========== -;; This package implements NNDiary, a diary backend for Gnus. NNDiary is a -;; mail backend, pretty similar to nnml in its functionnning (it has all the -;; features of nnml, actually), but in which messages are treated as event -;; reminders. - -;; Here is a typical scenario: -;; - You've got a date with Andy Mc Dowell or Bruce Willis (select according -;; to your sexual preference) in one month. You don't want to forget it. -;; - Send a (special) diary message to yourself (see below). -;; - Forget all about it and keep on getting and reading new mail, as usual. -;; - From time to time, as you type `g' in the group buffer and as the date -;; is getting closer, the message will pop up again, just like if it were -;; new and unread. -;; - Read your "new" messages, this one included, and start dreaming of the -;; night you're gonna have. -;; - Once the date is over (you actually fell asleep just after dinner), the -;; message will be automatically deleted if it is marked as expirable. - -;; Some more notes on the diary backend: -;; - NNDiary is a *real* mail backend. You *really* send real diary -;; messsages. This means for instance that you can give appointements to -;; anybody (provided they use Gnus and NNDiary) by sending the diary message -;; to them as well. -;; - However, since NNDiary also has a 'request-post method, you can also -;; `C-u a' instead of `C-u m' on a diary group and the message won't actually -;; be sent; just stored in the group. -;; - The events you want to remember need not be punctual. You can set up -;; reminders for regular dates (like once each week, each monday at 13:30 -;; and so on). Diary messages of this kind will never be deleted (unless -;; you do it explicitely). But that, you guessed. - - -;; Usage: -;; ===== - -;; 1/ NNDiary has two modes of operation: traditional (the default) and -;; autonomous. -;; a/ In traditional mode, NNDiary does not get new mail by itself. You -;; have to move mails from your primary mail backend to nndiary -;; groups. -;; b/ In autonomous mode, NNDiary retrieves its own mail and handles it -;; independantly of your primary mail backend. To use NNDiary in -;; autonomous mode, you have several things to do: -;; i/ Put (setq nndiary-get-new-mail t) in your gnusrc file. -;; ii/ Diary messages contain several `X-Diary-*' special headers. -;; You *must* arrange that these messages be split in a private -;; folder *before* Gnus treat them. You need this because Gnus -;; is not able yet to manage multiple backends for mail -;; retrieval. Getting them from a separate source will -;; compensate this misfeature to some extent, as we will see. -;; As an example, here's my procmailrc entry to store diary files -;; in ~/.nndiary (the default nndiary mail source file): -;; -;; :0 HD : -;; * ^X-Diary -;; .nndiary -;; iii/ Customize the variables `nndiary-mail-sources' and -;; `nndiary-split-methods'. These are replacements for the usual -;; mail sources and split methods which, and will be used in -;; autonomous mode. `nndiary-mail-sources' defaults to -;; '(file :path "~/.nndiary"). -;; 2/ Install nndiary somewhere Emacs / Gnus can find it. Normally, you -;; *don't* have to '(require 'nndiary) anywhere. Gnus will do so when -;; appropriate as long as nndiary is somewhere in the load path. -;; 3/ Now, customize the rest of nndiary. In particular, you should -;; customize `nndiary-reminders', the list of times when you want to be -;; reminded of your appointements (e.g. 3 weeks before, then 2 days -;; before, then 1 hour before and that's it). -;; 4/ You *must* use the group timestamp feature of Gnus. This adds a -;; timestamp to each groups' parameters (please refer to the Gnus -;; documentation ("Group Timestamp" info node) to see how it's done. -;; 5/ Once you have done this, you may add a permanent nndiary virtual server -;; (something like '(nndiary "")) to your `gnus-secondary-select-methods'. -;; Yes, this server will be able to retrieve mails and split them when you -;; type `g' in the group buffer, just as if it were your only mail backend. -;; This is the benefit of using a private folder. -;; 6/ Hopefully, almost everything (see the TODO section below) will work as -;; expected when you restart Gnus: in the group buffer, `g' and `M-g' will -;; also get your new diary mails, `F' will find your new diary groups etc. - - -;; How to send diary messages: -;; ========================== - -;; There are 7 special headers in diary messages. These headers are of the -;; form `X-Diary-<something>', the <something> being one of `Minute', `Hour', -;; `Dom', `Month', `Year', `Time-Zone' and `Dow'. `Dom' means "Day of Month", -;; and `dow' means "Day of Week". These headers actually behave like crontab -;; specifications and define the event date(s). - -;; For all headers but the `Time-Zone' one, a header value is either a -;; star (meaning all possible values), or a list of fields (separated by a -;; comma). A field is either an integer, or a range. A range is two integers -;; separated by a dash. Possible integer values are 0-59 for `Minute', 0-23 -;; for `Hour', 1-31 for `Dom', `1-12' for Month, above 1971 for `Year' and 0-6 -;; for `Dow' (0 = sunday). As a special case, a star in either `Dom' or `Dow' -;; doesn't mean "all possible values", but "use only the other field". Note -;; that if both are star'ed, the use of either one gives the same result :-), - -;; The `Time-Zone' header is special in that it can have only one value (you -;; bet ;-). -;; A star doesn't mean "all possible values" (because it has no sense), but -;; "the current local time zone". - -;; As an example, here's how you would say "Each Monday and each 1st of month, -;; at 12:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00, 23:00 and 24:00, from 1999 to 2010" (I let -;; you find what to do then): -;; -;; X-Diary-Minute: 0 -;; X-Diary-Hour: 12, 20-24 -;; X-Diary-Dom: 1 -;; X-Diary-Month: * -;; X-Diary-Year: 1999-2010 -;; X-Diary-Dow: 1 -;; X-Diary-Time-Zone: * -;; -;; -;; Sending a diary message is not different from sending any other kind of -;; mail, except that such messages are identified by the presence of these -;; special headers. - +;; nndiary is a mail back end designed to handle mails as diary event +;; reminders. It is now fully documented in the Gnus manual. ;; Bugs / Todo: @@ -161,43 +42,43 @@ ;; * Respooling doesn't work because contrary to the request-scan function, ;; Gnus won't allow me to override the split methods when calling the -;; respooling backend functions. +;; respooling back end functions. ;; * There's a bug in the time zone mechanism with variable TZ locations. ;; * We could allow a keyword like `ask' in X-Diary-* headers, that would mean ;; "ask for value upon reception of the message". ;; * We could add an optional header X-Diary-Reminders to specify a special ;; reminders value for this message. Suggested by Jody Klymak. ;; * We should check messages validity in other circumstances than just -;; moving an article from sonwhere else (request-accept). For instance, when -;; editing / saving and so on. +;; moving an article from somewhere else (request-accept). For instance, +;; when editing / saving and so on. ;; Remarks: ;; ======= -;; * nnoo. -;; NNDiary is very similar to nnml. This makes the idea of using nnoo (to -;; derive nndiary from nnml) natural. However, my experience with nnoo is -;; that for reasonably complex backends like this one, noo is a burden -;; rather than an help. It's tricky to use, not everything can be -;; inherited, what can be inherited and when is not very clear, and you've -;; got to be very careful because a little mistake can fuck up your your -;; other backends, especially because their variables will be use instead of -;; your real ones. Finally, I found it easier to just clone the needed -;; parts of nnml, and tracking nnml updates is not a big deal. +;; * nnoo. NNDiary is very similar to nnml. This makes the idea of using nnoo +;; (to derive nndiary from nnml) natural. However, my experience with nnoo +;; is that for reasonably complex back ends like this one, noo is a burden +;; rather than an help. It's tricky to use, not everything can be inherited, +;; what can be inherited and when is not very clear, and you've got to be +;; very careful because a little mistake can fuck up your other back ends, +;; especially because their variables will be use instead of your real ones. +;; Finally, I found it easier to just clone the needed parts of nnml, and +;; tracking nnml updates is not a big deal. ;; IMHO, nnoo is actually badly designed. A much simpler, and yet more ;; powerful one would be to make *real* functions and variables for a new -;; backend based on another. Lisp is a reflexive language so that's a very +;; back end based on another. Lisp is a reflexive language so that's a very ;; easy thing to do: inspect the function's form, replace occurences of ;; <nnfrom> (even in strings) with <nnto>, and you're done. ;; * nndiary-get-new-mail, nndiary-mail-source and nndiary-split-methods: ;; NNDiary has some experimental parts, in the sense Gnus normally uses only -;; one mail backends for mail retreival and splitting. This backend is also -;; an attempt to make it behave differently. For Gnus developpers: as you -;; can see if you snarf into the code, that was not a very difficult thing -;; to do. Something should be done about the respooling breakage though. +;; one mail back ends for mail retreival and splitting. This back end is +;; also an attempt to make it behave differently. For Gnus developpers: as +;; you can see if you snarf into the code, that was not a very difficult +;; thing to do. Something should be done about the respooling breakage +;; though. ;;; Code: @@ -220,10 +101,10 @@ (apply #'error args)))) -;; Backend behavior customization =========================================== +;; Back End behavior customization =========================================== (defgroup nndiary nil - "The Gnus Diary backend." + "The Gnus Diary back end." :version "22.1" :group 'gnus-diary) @@ -326,27 +207,27 @@ :type 'boolean) -;; Backend declaration ====================================================== +;; Back End declaration ====================================================== ;; Well, most of this is nnml clonage. (nnoo-declare nndiary) (defvoo nndiary-directory (nnheader-concat gnus-directory "diary/") - "Spool directory for the nndiary backend.") + "Spool directory for the nndiary back end.") (defvoo nndiary-active-file (expand-file-name "active" nndiary-directory) - "Active file for the nndiary backend.") + "Active file for the nndiary back end.") (defvoo nndiary-newsgroups-file (expand-file-name "newsgroups" nndiary-directory) - "Newsgroups description file for the nndiary backend.") + "Newsgroups description file for the nndiary back end.") (defvoo nndiary-get-new-mail nil "Whether nndiary gets new mail and split it. -Contrary to traditional mail backends, this variable can be set to t -even if your primary mail backend also retreives mail. In such a case, +Contrary to traditional mail back ends, this variable can be set to t +even if your primary mail back end also retreives mail. In such a case, NDiary uses its own mail-sources and split-methods.") (defvoo nndiary-nov-is-evil nil @@ -367,10 +248,10 @@ (defconst nndiary-version "0.2-b14" - "Current Diary backend version.") + "Current Diary back end version.") (defun nndiary-version () - "Current Diary backend version." + "Current Diary back end version." (interactive) (message "NNDiary version %s" nndiary-version)) @@ -631,7 +512,7 @@ (deffoo nndiary-request-scan (&optional group server) ;; Use our own mail sources and split methods while Gnus doesn't let us have - ;; multiple backends for retrieving mail. + ;; multiple back ends for retrieving mail. (let ((mail-sources nndiary-mail-sources) (nnmail-split-methods nndiary-split-methods)) (setq nndiary-article-file-alist nil)