ljz%fxgrp.fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Lloyd Zusman) (10/11/88)
I am a satisfied user of GNUS (version 3.8), and I have some suggested enhancements: 1) Instead of hard-coding a "@" to be inserted before a user's domain name, how about a 'defvar': (defvar gnus-domain-separator "@" "*Default domain separator.") This variable would be used in gnus.el instead of the hard-coded "@". This allows people at a site like mine to end up with valid addresses. My domain name is ... %fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov I can set 'gnus-domain-separator' to "%" and set my DOMAINNAME environment variable to "fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov" and everything works just fine. Perhaps a more sophisticated domain parser would be in order, instead of this simple hack. However it is done, the goal is for domain names beginning with "%" to be handled properly. 2) When in auto-select mode, it sometimes takes a long time for GNUS to come back with the "Retrieving ..." message if the system load is high and the following newsgroup is large. This causes me to sometimes forget whether I need to hit 'n' a second time. The following change in 'gnus-Subject-next-article' causes the message "Auto-selecting..." to flash up immediately after auto-selection is performed: ... (if auto-select (let ((char nil)) (setq char (read-char)) ;;comment out;; (message "") (message "Auto-selecting...") ;;add this;; (if (= char cmd) ... 3) How about giving the user an easy way of specifying the formats of the mode lines in Group, Subject, and Article modes? I tried to email this directly to info-gnus-request@flab.Fujitsu.JUNET and info-gnus-request%flab.Fujitsu.JUNET@uunet.UU.NET and info-gnus@flab.Fujitsu.JUNET and info-gnus%flab.Fujitsu.JUNET@uunet.UU.NET but in all cases the mail bounced. Thanks. -- Lloyd Zusman Internet: ljz@fx.com Master Byte Software or ljz%fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov Los Gatos, California or fxgrp!ljz@ames.arc.nasa.gov "We take things well in hand." uucp: ...!ames!fxgrp!ljz [ our Internet connection is down: use uucp or mail to the entry above it ]
umerin@UUNET.UU.NET (Masanobu UMEDA) (10/13/88)
Date: 10 Oct 88 20:13:30 GMT From: flab!fgw!uunet!AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV!fxgrp!ljz (Lloyd Zusman) Organization: FX Development Group, Inc., Mountain View, California 1) Instead of hard-coding a "@" to be inserted before a user's domain name, how about a 'defvar': This allows people at a site like mine to end up with valid addresses. My domain name is ... %fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov The next version of GNUS will have new variable gnus-user-login-name. If you set "USER%fx.com" to the variable, set "ames.arc.nasa.gov" to DOMAINNAME or gnus-your-domain, and set t to gnus-use-generic-from, you could obtain: USER%fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov Of course, setting "USER%fx.com" to USER environment variable will get the same result in GNUS 3.8. 2) When in auto-select mode, it sometimes takes a long time for GNUS to come back with the "Retrieving ..." message if the system load is high and the following newsgroup is large. This causes me to sometimes forget whether I need to hit 'n' a second time. This will be included in the next release. Masanobu UMEDA umerin@flab.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET umerin%flab.flab.Fujitsu.JUNET@uunet.uu.NET