Annotation of 43BSDReno/contrib/emacs-18.55/lisp/rnews.el, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: ;;; USENET news reader for gnu emacs
                      2: ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
                      3: 
                      4: ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
                      5: 
                      6: ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
                      7: ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.  No author or distributor
                      8: ;; accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
                      9: ;; or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
                     10: ;; unless he says so in writing.  Refer to the GNU Emacs General Public
                     11: ;; License for full details.
                     12: 
                     13: ;; Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
                     14: ;; GNU Emacs, but only under the conditions described in the
                     15: ;; GNU Emacs General Public License.   A copy of this license is
                     16: ;; supposed to have been given to you along with GNU Emacs so you
                     17: ;; can know your rights and responsibilities.  It should be in a
                     18: ;; file named COPYING.  Among other things, the copyright notice
                     19: ;; and this notice must be preserved on all copies.
                     20: 
                     21: ;; Created Sun Mar 10,1985 at 21:35:01 ads and [email protected]
                     22: ;; Should do the point pdl stuff sometime
                     23: ;; finito except pdl.... Sat Mar 16,1985 at 06:43:44
                     24: ;; lets keep the summary stuff out until we get it working ..
                     25: ;;     [email protected] Wed Apr 10,1985 at 16:32:06
                     26: ;; hack slash maim. [email protected] Thu 18 Apr, 1985 06:11:14
                     27: ;; modified to correct reentrance bug, to not bother with groups that
                     28: ;;   received no new traffic since last read completely, to find out
                     29: ;;   what traffic a group has available much more quickly when
                     30: ;;   possible, to do some completing reads for group names - should
                     31: ;;   be much faster...
                     32: ;;     [email protected], Thu Mar 13 09:03:28 1986
                     33: ;; made news-{next,previous}-group skip groups with no new messages; and
                     34: ;; added checking for unsubscribed groups to news-add-news-group
                     35: ;;     [email protected] Jul 18 1986
                     36: ;; bound rmail-output to C-o; and changed header-field commands binding to
                     37: ;; agree with the new C-c C-f usage in sendmail
                     38: ;;     tower@prep Sep  3 1986
                     39: ;; added news-rotate-buffer-body
                     40: ;;     tower@prep Oct 17 1986
                     41: ;; made messages more user friendly, cleanuped news-inews
                     42: ;; move posting and mail code to new file rnewpost.el
                     43: ;;     tower@prep Oct 29 1986
                     44: ;; added caesar-region, rename news-caesar-buffer-body, hacked accordingly
                     45: ;;     tower@prep Nov 21 1986
                     46: ;; added (provide 'rnews)      tower@prep 22 Apr 87
                     47: (provide 'rnews)
                     48: (require 'mail-utils)
                     49: 
                     50: (autoload 'rmail-output "rmailout"
                     51:   "Append this message to Unix mail file named FILE-NAME."
                     52:   t)
                     53: 
                     54: (autoload 'news-reply "rnewspost"
                     55:   "Compose and post a reply to the current article on USENET.
                     56: While composing the reply, use \\[mail-yank-original] to yank the original
                     57: message into it."
                     58:   t)
                     59: 
                     60: (autoload 'news-mail-other-window "rnewspost"
                     61:   "Send mail in another window.
                     62: While composing the message, use \\[mail-yank-original] to yank the
                     63: original message into it."
                     64:   t)
                     65: 
                     66: (autoload 'news-post-news "rnewspost"
                     67:   "Begin editing a new USENET news article to be posted."
                     68:   t)
                     69: 
                     70: (autoload 'news-mail-reply "rnewspost"
                     71:   "Mail a reply to the author of the current article.
                     72: While composing the reply, use \\[mail-yank-original] to yank the original
                     73: message into it."
                     74:   t)
                     75: 
                     76: (defvar rmail-last-file (expand-file-name "~/mbox.news"))
                     77: 
                     78: ;Now in paths.el.
                     79: ;(defvar news-path "/usr/spool/news/"
                     80: ;  "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
                     81: 
                     82: (defvar news-startup-file "$HOME/.newsrc" "Contains ~/.newsrc")
                     83: (defvar news-certification-file "$HOME/.news-dates" "Contains ~/.news-dates")
                     84: 
                     85: ;; random headers that we decide to ignore.
                     86: (defvar news-ignored-headers
                     87:   "^Path:\\|^Posting-Version:\\|^Article-I.D.:\\|^Expires:\\|^Date-Received:\\|^References:\\|^Control:\\|^Xref:\\|^Lines:\\|^Posted:\\|^Relay-Version:\\|^Message-ID:\\|^Nf-ID:\\|^Nf-From:\\|^Approved:\\|^Sender:"
                     88:   "All random fields within the header of a message.")
                     89: 
                     90: (defvar news-mode-map nil)
                     91: (defvar news-read-first-time-p t)
                     92: ;; Contains the (dotified) news groups of which you are a member. 
                     93: (defvar news-user-group-list nil)
                     94: 
                     95: (defvar news-current-news-group nil)
                     96: (defvar news-current-group-begin nil)
                     97: (defvar news-current-group-end  nil)
                     98: (defvar news-current-certifications nil
                     99:        "An assoc list of a group name and the time at which it is
                    100: known that the group had no new traffic")
                    101: (defvar news-current-certifiable nil
                    102:        "The time when the directory we are now working on was written")
                    103: 
                    104: (defvar news-message-filter nil
                    105:   "User specifiable filter function that will be called during
                    106: formatting of the news file")
                    107: 
                    108: ;(defvar news-mode-group-string "Starting-Up"
                    109: ;  "Mode line group name info is held in this variable")
                    110: (defvar news-list-of-files nil
                    111:   "Global variable in which we store the list of files
                    112: associated with the current newsgroup")
                    113: (defvar news-list-of-files-possibly-bogus nil
                    114:   "variable indicating we only are guessing at which files are available.
                    115: Not currently used.")
                    116: 
                    117: ;; association list in which we store lists of the form
                    118: ;; (pointified-group-name (first last old-last))
                    119: (defvar news-group-article-assoc nil)
                    120:   
                    121: (defvar news-current-message-number 0 "Displayed Article Number")
                    122: (defvar news-total-current-group 0 "Total no of messages in group")
                    123: 
                    124: (defvar news-unsubscribe-groups ())
                    125: (defvar news-point-pdl () "List of visited news messages.")
                    126: (defvar news-no-jumps-p t)
                    127: (defvar news-buffer () "Buffer into which news files are read.")
                    128: 
                    129: (defmacro news-push (item ref)
                    130:   (list 'setq ref (list 'cons item ref)))
                    131: 
                    132: (defmacro news-cadr (x) (list 'car (list 'cdr x)))
                    133: (defmacro news-cdar (x) (list 'cdr (list 'car x)))
                    134: (defmacro news-caddr (x) (list 'car (list 'cdr (list 'cdr x))))
                    135: (defmacro news-cadar (x) (list 'car (list 'cdr (list 'car x))))
                    136: (defmacro news-caadr (x) (list 'car (list 'car (list 'cdr x))))
                    137: (defmacro news-cdadr (x) (list 'cdr (list 'car (list 'cdr x))))
                    138: 
                    139: (defmacro news-wins (pfx index)
                    140:   (` (file-exists-p (concat (, pfx) "/" (int-to-string (, index))))))
                    141: 
                    142: (defvar news-max-plausible-gap 2
                    143:        "* In an rnews directory, the maximum possible gap size.
                    144: A gap is a sequence of missing messages between two messages that exist.
                    145: An empty file does not contribute to a gap -- it ends one.")
                    146: 
                    147: (defun news-find-first-and-last (prefix base)
                    148:   (and (news-wins prefix base)
                    149:        (cons (news-find-first-or-last prefix base -1)
                    150:             (news-find-first-or-last prefix base 1))))
                    151: 
                    152: (defmacro news-/ (a1 a2)
                    153: ;; a form of / that guarantees that (/ -1 2) = 0
                    154:   (if (zerop (/ -1 2))
                    155:       (` (/ (, a1) (, a2)))
                    156:     (` (if (< (, a1) 0)
                    157:           (- (/ (- (, a1)) (, a2)))
                    158:         (/ (, a1) (, a2))))))
                    159: 
                    160: (defun news-find-first-or-last (pfx base dirn)
                    161:   ;; first use powers of two to find a plausible ceiling
                    162:   (let ((original-dir dirn))
                    163:     (while (news-wins pfx (+ base dirn))
                    164:       (setq dirn (* dirn 2)))
                    165:     (setq dirn (news-/ dirn 2))
                    166:     ;; Then use a binary search to find the high water mark
                    167:     (let ((offset (news-/ dirn 2)))
                    168:       (while (/= offset 0)
                    169:        (if (news-wins pfx (+ base dirn offset))
                    170:            (setq dirn (+ dirn offset)))
                    171:        (setq offset (news-/ offset 2))))
                    172:     ;; If this high-water mark is bogus, recurse.
                    173:     (let ((offset (* news-max-plausible-gap original-dir)))
                    174:       (while (and (/= offset 0) (not (news-wins pfx (+ base dirn offset))))
                    175:        (setq offset (- offset original-dir)))
                    176:       (if (= offset 0)
                    177:          (+ base dirn)
                    178:        (news-find-first-or-last pfx (+ base dirn offset) original-dir)))))
                    179: 
                    180: (defun rnews ()
                    181: "Read USENET news for groups for which you are a member and add or
                    182: delete groups.
                    183: You can reply to articles posted and send articles to any group.
                    184: 
                    185: Type \\[describe-mode] once reading news to get a list of rnews commands."
                    186:   (interactive)
                    187:   (let ((last-buffer (buffer-name)))
                    188:     (make-local-variable 'rmail-last-file)
                    189:     (switch-to-buffer (setq news-buffer (get-buffer-create "*news*")))
                    190:     (news-mode)
                    191:     (setq news-buffer-save last-buffer)
                    192:     (setq buffer-read-only nil)
                    193:     (erase-buffer)
                    194:     (setq buffer-read-only t)
                    195:     (set-buffer-modified-p t)
                    196:     (sit-for 0)
                    197:     (message "Getting new USENET news...")
                    198:     (news-set-mode-line)
                    199:     (news-get-certifications)
                    200:     (news-get-new-news)))
                    201: 
                    202: (defun news-group-certification (group)
                    203:   (cdr-safe (assoc group news-current-certifications)))
                    204: 
                    205: 
                    206: (defun news-set-current-certifiable ()
                    207:   ;; Record the date that corresponds to the directory you are about to check
                    208:   (let ((file (concat news-path
                    209:                      (string-subst-char ?/ ?. news-current-news-group))))
                    210:     (setq news-current-certifiable
                    211:          (nth 5 (file-attributes
                    212:                  (or (file-symlink-p file) file))))))
                    213: 
                    214: (defun news-get-certifications ()
                    215:   ;; Read the certified-read file from last session
                    216:   (save-excursion
                    217:     (save-window-excursion
                    218:       (setq news-current-certifications
                    219:            (car-safe
                    220:             (condition-case var
                    221:                 (let*
                    222:                     ((file (substitute-in-file-name news-certification-file))
                    223:                      (buf (find-file-noselect file)))
                    224:                   (and (file-exists-p file)
                    225:                        (progn
                    226:                          (switch-to-buffer buf 'norecord)
                    227:                          (unwind-protect
                    228:                              (read-from-string (buffer-string))
                    229:                            (kill-buffer buf)))))
                    230:               (error nil)))))))
                    231: 
                    232: (defun news-write-certifications ()
                    233:   ;; Write a certification file.
                    234:   ;; This is an assoc list of group names with doubletons that represent
                    235:   ;; mod times of the directory when group is read completely.
                    236:   (save-excursion
                    237:     (save-window-excursion
                    238:       (with-output-to-temp-buffer
                    239:          "*CeRtIfIcAtIoNs*"
                    240:          (print news-current-certifications))
                    241:       (let ((buf (get-buffer "*CeRtIfIcAtIoNs*")))
                    242:        (switch-to-buffer buf)
                    243:        (write-file (substitute-in-file-name news-certification-file))
                    244:        (kill-buffer buf)))))
                    245: 
                    246: (defun news-set-current-group-certification ()
                    247:   (let ((cgc (assoc news-current-news-group news-current-certifications)))
                    248:     (if cgc (setcdr cgc news-current-certifiable)
                    249:       (news-push (cons news-current-news-group news-current-certifiable)
                    250:                 news-current-certifications))))
                    251: 
                    252: (defun news-set-minor-modes ()
                    253:   "Creates a minor mode list that has group name, total articles,
                    254: and attribute for current article."
                    255:   (setq news-minor-modes (list (cons 'foo
                    256:                                     (concat news-current-message-number
                    257:                                             "/"
                    258:                                             news-total-current-group
                    259:                                             (news-get-attribute-string)))))
                    260:   ;; Detect Emacs versions 18.16 and up, which display
                    261:   ;; directly from news-minor-modes by using a list for mode-name.
                    262:   (or (boundp 'minor-mode-alist)
                    263:       (setq minor-modes news-minor-modes)))
                    264: 
                    265: (defun news-set-message-counters ()
                    266:   "Scan through current news-groups filelist to figure out how many messages
                    267: are there. Set counters for use with minor mode display."
                    268:     (if (null news-list-of-files)
                    269:        (setq news-current-message-number 0)))
                    270: 
                    271: (if news-mode-map
                    272:     nil
                    273:   (setq news-mode-map (make-keymap))
                    274:   (suppress-keymap news-mode-map)
                    275:   (define-key news-mode-map "." 'beginning-of-buffer)
                    276:   (define-key news-mode-map " " 'scroll-up)
                    277:   (define-key news-mode-map "\177" 'scroll-down)
                    278:   (define-key news-mode-map "n" 'news-next-message)
                    279:   (define-key news-mode-map "c" 'news-make-link-to-message)
                    280:   (define-key news-mode-map "p" 'news-previous-message)
                    281:   (define-key news-mode-map "j" 'news-goto-message)
                    282:   (define-key news-mode-map "q" 'news-exit)
                    283:   (define-key news-mode-map "e" 'news-exit)
                    284:   (define-key news-mode-map "\ej" 'news-goto-news-group)
                    285:   (define-key news-mode-map "\en" 'news-next-group)
                    286:   (define-key news-mode-map "\ep" 'news-previous-group)
                    287:   (define-key news-mode-map "l" 'news-list-news-groups)
                    288:   (define-key news-mode-map "?" 'describe-mode)
                    289:   (define-key news-mode-map "g" 'news-get-new-news)
                    290:   (define-key news-mode-map "f" 'news-reply)
                    291:   (define-key news-mode-map "m" 'news-mail-other-window)
                    292:   (define-key news-mode-map "a" 'news-post-news)
                    293:   (define-key news-mode-map "r" 'news-mail-reply)
                    294:   (define-key news-mode-map "o" 'news-save-item-in-file)
                    295:   (define-key news-mode-map "\C-o" 'rmail-output)
                    296:   (define-key news-mode-map "t" 'news-show-all-headers)
                    297:   (define-key news-mode-map "x" 'news-force-update)
                    298:   (define-key news-mode-map "A" 'news-add-news-group)
                    299:   (define-key news-mode-map "u" 'news-unsubscribe-current-group)
                    300:   (define-key news-mode-map "U" 'news-unsubscribe-group)
                    301:   (define-key news-mode-map "\C-c\C-r" 'news-caesar-buffer-body))
                    302: 
                    303: (defun news-mode ()
                    304:   "News Mode is used by M-x rnews for reading USENET Newsgroups articles.
                    305: New readers can find additional help in newsgroup: news.announce.newusers .
                    306: All normal editing commands are turned off.
                    307: Instead, these commands are available:
                    308: 
                    309: .      move point to front of this news article (same as Meta-<).
                    310: Space  scroll to next screen of this news article.
                    311: Delete  scroll down previous page of this news article.
                    312: n      move to next news article, possibly next group.
                    313: p      move to previous news article, possibly previous group.
                    314: j      jump to news article specified by numeric position.
                    315: M-j     jump to news group.
                    316: M-n     goto next news group.
                    317: M-p     goto previous news group.
                    318: l       list all the news groups with current status.
                    319: ?       print this help message.
                    320: C-c C-r caesar rotate all letters by 13 places in the article's body (rot13).
                    321: g       get new USENET news.
                    322: f       post a reply article to USENET.
                    323: a       post an original news article.
                    324: A       add a newsgroup. 
                    325: o      save the current article in the named file (append if file exists).
                    326: C-o    output this message to a Unix-format mail file (append it).
                    327: c       \"copy\" (actually link) current or prefix-arg msg to file.
                    328:        warning: target directory and message file must be on same device
                    329:                (UNIX magic)
                    330: t       show all the headers this news article originally had.
                    331: q      quit reading news after updating .newsrc file.
                    332: e      exit updating .newsrc file.
                    333: m      mail a news article.  Same as C-x 4 m.
                    334: x       update last message seen to be the current message.
                    335: r      mail a reply to this news article.  Like m but initializes some fields.
                    336: u       unsubscribe from current newsgroup.
                    337: U       unsubscribe from specified newsgroup."
                    338:   (interactive)
                    339:   (kill-all-local-variables)
                    340:   (make-local-variable 'news-read-first-time-p)
                    341:   (setq news-read-first-time-p t)
                    342:   (make-local-variable 'news-current-news-group)
                    343: ;  (setq news-current-news-group "??")
                    344:   (make-local-variable 'news-current-group-begin)
                    345:   (setq news-current-group-begin 0)
                    346:   (make-local-variable 'news-current-message-number)
                    347:   (setq news-current-message-number 0)
                    348:   (make-local-variable 'news-total-current-group)
                    349:   (make-local-variable 'news-buffer-save)
                    350:   (make-local-variable 'version-control)
                    351:   (setq version-control 'never)
                    352:   (make-local-variable 'news-point-pdl)
                    353: ;  This breaks it.  I don't have time to figure out why. -- RMS
                    354: ;  (make-local-variable 'news-group-article-assoc)
                    355:   (setq major-mode 'news-mode)
                    356:   (if (boundp 'minor-mode-alist)
                    357:       ;; Emacs versions 18.16 and up.
                    358:       (setq mode-name '("NEWS" news-minor-modes))
                    359:     ;; Earlier versions display minor-modes via a special mechanism.
                    360:     (setq mode-name "NEWS"))
                    361:   (news-set-mode-line)
                    362:   (set-syntax-table text-mode-syntax-table)
                    363:   (use-local-map news-mode-map)
                    364:   (setq local-abbrev-table text-mode-abbrev-table)
                    365:   (run-hooks 'news-mode-hook))
                    366: 
                    367: (defun string-subst-char (new old string)
                    368:   (let (index)
                    369:     (setq old (regexp-quote (char-to-string old))
                    370:          string (substring string 0))
                    371:     (while (setq index (string-match old string))
                    372:       (aset string index new)))
                    373:   string)
                    374: 
                    375: ;; update read message number
                    376: (defmacro news-update-message-read (ngroup nno)
                    377:   (list 'setcar
                    378:        (list 'news-cdadr
                    379:              (list 'assoc ngroup 'news-group-article-assoc))
                    380:        nno))
                    381: 
                    382: (defun news-parse-range (number-string)
                    383:   "Parse string representing range of numbers of he form <a>-<b>
                    384: to a list (a . b)"
                    385:   (let ((n (string-match "-" number-string)))
                    386:     (if n
                    387:        (cons (string-to-int (substring number-string 0 n))
                    388:              (string-to-int (substring number-string (1+ n))))
                    389:       (setq n (string-to-int number-string))
                    390:       (cons n n))))
                    391: 
                    392: ;(defun is-in (elt lis)
                    393: ;  (catch 'foo
                    394: ;    (while lis
                    395: ;      (if (equal (car lis) elt)
                    396: ;        (throw 'foo t)
                    397: ;      (setq lis (cdr lis))))))
                    398: 
                    399: (defun news-get-new-news ()
                    400:   "Get new USENET news, if there is any for the current user."
                    401:   (interactive)
                    402:   (if (not (null news-user-group-list))
                    403:       (news-update-newsrc-file))
                    404:   (setq news-group-article-assoc ())
                    405:   (setq news-user-group-list ())
                    406:   (message "Looking up %s file..." news-startup-file)
                    407:   (let ((file (substitute-in-file-name news-startup-file))
                    408:        (temp-user-groups ()))
                    409:     (save-excursion
                    410:       (let ((newsrcbuf (find-file-noselect file))
                    411:            start end endofline tem)
                    412:        (set-buffer newsrcbuf)
                    413:        (goto-char 0)
                    414:        (while (search-forward ": " nil t)
                    415:          (setq end (point))
                    416:          (beginning-of-line)
                    417:          (setq start (point))
                    418:          (end-of-line)
                    419:          (setq endofline (point))
                    420:          (setq tem (buffer-substring start (- end 2)))
                    421:          (let ((range (news-parse-range
                    422:                        (buffer-substring end endofline))))
                    423:            (if (assoc tem news-group-article-assoc)
                    424:                (message "You are subscribed twice to %s; I ignore second"
                    425:                         tem)         
                    426:              (setq temp-user-groups (cons tem temp-user-groups)
                    427:                    news-group-article-assoc
                    428:                    (cons (list tem (list (car range)
                    429:                                          (cdr range)
                    430:                                          (cdr range)))
                    431:                          news-group-article-assoc)))))
                    432:        (kill-buffer newsrcbuf)))      
                    433:     (setq temp-user-groups (nreverse temp-user-groups))
                    434:     (message "Prefrobnicating...")
                    435:     (switch-to-buffer news-buffer)
                    436:     (setq news-user-group-list temp-user-groups)
                    437:     (while (and temp-user-groups
                    438:                (not (news-read-files-into-buffer
                    439:                      (car temp-user-groups) nil)))
                    440:       (setq temp-user-groups (cdr temp-user-groups)))
                    441:     (if (null temp-user-groups)
                    442:        (message "No news is good news.")
                    443:       (message ""))))
                    444: 
                    445: (defun news-list-news-groups ()
                    446:   "Display all the news groups to which you belong."
                    447:   (interactive)
                    448:   (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Newsgroups*"
                    449:     (save-excursion
                    450:       (set-buffer standard-output)
                    451:       (insert
                    452:        "News Group        Msg No.       News Group        Msg No.\n")
                    453:       (insert
                    454:        "-------------------------       -------------------------\n")
                    455:       (let ((temp news-user-group-list)
                    456:            (flag nil))
                    457:        (while temp
                    458:          (let ((item (assoc (car temp) news-group-article-assoc)))
                    459:            (insert (car item))
                    460:            (indent-to (if flag 52 20))
                    461:            (insert (int-to-string (news-cadr (news-cadr item))))
                    462:            (if flag
                    463:                (insert "\n")
                    464:              (indent-to 33))
                    465:            (setq temp (cdr temp) flag (not flag))))))))
                    466: 
                    467: ;; Mode line hack
                    468: (defun news-set-mode-line ()
                    469:   "Set mode line string to something useful."
                    470:   (setq mode-line-process
                    471:        (concat " "
                    472:                (if (integerp news-current-message-number)
                    473:                    (int-to-string news-current-message-number)
                    474:                 "??")
                    475:                "/"
                    476:                (if (integerp news-current-group-end)
                    477:                    (int-to-string news-current-group-end)
                    478:                  news-current-group-end)))
                    479:   (setq mode-line-buffer-identification
                    480:        (concat "NEWS: "
                    481:                news-current-news-group
                    482:                ;; Enough spaces to pad group name to 17 positions.
                    483:                (substring "                 "
                    484:                           0 (max 0 (- 17 (length news-current-news-group))))))
                    485:   (set-buffer-modified-p t)
                    486:   (sit-for 0))
                    487: 
                    488: (defun news-goto-news-group (gp)
                    489:   "Takes a string and goes to that news group."
                    490:   (interactive (list (completing-read "NewsGroup: "
                    491:                                      news-group-article-assoc)))
                    492:   (message "Jumping to news group %s..." gp)
                    493:   (news-select-news-group gp)
                    494:   (message "Jumping to news group %s... done." gp))
                    495: 
                    496: (defun news-select-news-group (gp)
                    497:   (let ((grp (assoc gp news-group-article-assoc)))
                    498:     (if (null grp)
                    499:        (error "Group not subscribed to in file %s." news-startup-file)
                    500:       (progn
                    501:        (news-update-message-read news-current-news-group
                    502:                                  (news-cdar news-point-pdl))
                    503:        (news-read-files-into-buffer  (car grp) nil)
                    504:        (news-set-mode-line)))))
                    505: 
                    506: (defun news-goto-message (arg)
                    507:   "Goes to the article ARG in current newsgroup."
                    508:   (interactive "p")
                    509:   (if (null current-prefix-arg)
                    510:       (setq arg (read-no-blanks-input "Go to article: " "")))
                    511:   (news-select-message arg))
                    512: 
                    513: (defun news-select-message (arg)
                    514:   (if (stringp arg) (setq arg (string-to-int arg)))
                    515:   (let ((file (concat news-path
                    516:                      (string-subst-char ?/ ?. news-current-news-group)
                    517:                      "/" arg)))
                    518:     (if (file-exists-p file)
                    519:        (let ((buffer-read-only ()))
                    520:          (if (= arg 
                    521:                 (or (news-cadr (memq (news-cdar news-point-pdl) news-list-of-files))
                    522:                     0))
                    523:              (setcdr (car news-point-pdl) arg))
                    524:          (setq news-current-message-number arg)
                    525:          (news-read-in-file file)
                    526:          (news-set-mode-line))
                    527:       (error "Article %d nonexistent" arg))))
                    528: 
                    529: (defun news-force-update ()
                    530:   "updates the position of last article read in the current news group"
                    531:   (interactive)
                    532:   (setcdr (car news-point-pdl) news-current-message-number)
                    533:   (message "Updated to %d" news-current-message-number))
                    534: 
                    535: (defun news-next-message (arg)
                    536:   "Move ARG messages forward within one newsgroup.
                    537: Negative ARG moves backward.
                    538: If ARG is 1 or -1, moves to next or previous newsgroup if at end."
                    539:   (interactive "p")
                    540:   (let ((no (+ arg news-current-message-number)))
                    541:     (if (or (< no news-current-group-begin) 
                    542:            (> no news-current-group-end))
                    543:        (cond ((= arg 1)
                    544:               (news-set-current-group-certification)
                    545:               (news-next-group))
                    546:              ((= arg -1)
                    547:               (news-previous-group))
                    548:              (t (error "Article out of range")))
                    549:       (let ((plist (news-get-motion-lists
                    550:                     news-current-message-number
                    551:                     news-list-of-files)))
                    552:        (if (< arg 0)
                    553:            (news-select-message (nth (1- (- arg)) (car (cdr plist))))
                    554:          (news-select-message (nth (1- arg) (car plist))))))))
                    555: 
                    556: (defun news-previous-message (arg)
                    557:   "Move ARG messages backward in current newsgroup.
                    558: With no arg or arg of 1, move one message
                    559: and move to previous newsgroup if at beginning.
                    560: A negative ARG means move forward."
                    561:   (interactive "p")
                    562:   (news-next-message (- arg)))
                    563: 
                    564: (defun news-move-to-group (arg)
                    565:   "Given arg move forward or backward to a new newsgroup."
                    566:   (let ((cg news-current-news-group))
                    567:     (let ((plist (news-get-motion-lists cg news-user-group-list))
                    568:          ngrp)
                    569:       (if (< arg 0)
                    570:          (or (setq ngrp (nth (1- (- arg)) (news-cadr plist)))
                    571:              (error "No previous news groups"))
                    572:        (or (setq ngrp (nth arg (car plist)))
                    573:            (error "No more news groups")))
                    574:       (news-select-news-group ngrp))))
                    575: 
                    576: (defun news-next-group ()
                    577:   "Moves to the next user group."
                    578:   (interactive)
                    579: ;  (message "Moving to next group...")
                    580:   (news-move-to-group 0)
                    581:   (while (null news-list-of-files)
                    582:     (news-move-to-group 0)))
                    583: ;  (message "Moving to next group... done.")
                    584: 
                    585: (defun news-previous-group ()
                    586:   "Moves to the previous user group."
                    587:   (interactive)
                    588: ;  (message "Moving to previous group...")
                    589:   (news-move-to-group -1)
                    590:   (while (null news-list-of-files)
                    591:     (news-move-to-group -1)))
                    592: ;  (message "Moving to previous group... done.")
                    593: 
                    594: (defun news-get-motion-lists (arg listy)
                    595:   "Given a msgnumber/group this will return a list of two lists;
                    596: one for moving forward and one for moving backward."
                    597:   (let ((temp listy)
                    598:        (result ()))
                    599:     (catch 'out
                    600:       (while temp
                    601:        (if (equal (car temp) arg)
                    602:            (throw 'out (cons (cdr temp) (list result)))
                    603:          (setq result (nconc (list (car temp)) result))
                    604:          (setq temp (cdr temp)))))))
                    605: 
                    606: ;; miscellaneous io routines
                    607: (defun news-read-in-file (filename)
                    608:   (erase-buffer)
                    609:   (let ((start (point)))
                    610:   (insert-file-contents filename)
                    611:   (news-convert-format)
                    612:   (goto-char start)
                    613:   (forward-line 1)
                    614:   (if (eobp)
                    615:       (message "(Empty file?)")
                    616:     (goto-char start))))
                    617: 
                    618: (defun news-convert-format ()
                    619:   (save-excursion
                    620:     (save-restriction
                    621:       (let* ((start (point))
                    622:             (end (condition-case ()
                    623:                      (progn (search-forward "\n\n") (point))
                    624:                    (error nil)))
                    625:             has-from has-date)
                    626:        (cond (end
                    627:              (narrow-to-region start end)
                    628:              (goto-char start)
                    629:              (setq has-from (search-forward "\nFrom:" nil t))
                    630:              (cond ((and (not has-from) has-date)
                    631:                     (goto-char start)
                    632:                     (search-forward "\nDate:")
                    633:                     (beginning-of-line)
                    634:                     (kill-line) (kill-line)))
                    635:              (news-delete-headers start)
                    636:              (goto-char start)))))))
                    637: 
                    638: (defun news-show-all-headers ()
                    639:   "Redisplay current news item with all original headers"
                    640:   (interactive)
                    641:   (let (news-ignored-headers
                    642:        (buffer-read-only ()))
                    643:     (erase-buffer)
                    644:     (news-set-mode-line)
                    645:     (news-read-in-file
                    646:      (concat news-path
                    647:             (string-subst-char ?/ ?. news-current-news-group)
                    648:             "/" (int-to-string news-current-message-number)))))
                    649: 
                    650: (defun news-delete-headers (pos)
                    651:   (goto-char pos)
                    652:   (and (stringp news-ignored-headers)
                    653:        (while (re-search-forward news-ignored-headers nil t)
                    654:         (beginning-of-line)
                    655:         (delete-region (point)
                    656:                        (progn (re-search-forward "\n[^ \t]")
                    657:                               (forward-char -1)
                    658:                               (point))))))
                    659: 
                    660: (defun news-exit ()
                    661:   "Quit news reading session and update the .newsrc file."
                    662:   (interactive)
                    663:   (if (y-or-n-p "Do you really wanna quit reading news ? ")
                    664:       (progn (message "Updating %s..." news-startup-file)
                    665:             (news-update-newsrc-file)
                    666:             (news-write-certifications)
                    667:             (message "Updating %s... done" news-startup-file)
                    668:             (message "Now do some real work")
                    669:             (and (fboundp 'bury-buffer) (bury-buffer (current-buffer)))
                    670:             (switch-to-buffer news-buffer-save)
                    671:             (setq news-user-group-list ()))
                    672:     (message "")))
                    673: 
                    674: (defun news-update-newsrc-file ()
                    675:   "Updates the .newsrc file in the users home dir."
                    676:   (let ((newsrcbuf (find-file-noselect
                    677:                     (substitute-in-file-name news-startup-file)))
                    678:        (tem news-user-group-list)
                    679:        group)
                    680:     (save-excursion
                    681:       (if (not (null news-current-news-group))
                    682:          (news-update-message-read news-current-news-group
                    683:                                (news-cdar news-point-pdl)))
                    684:       (switch-to-buffer newsrcbuf)
                    685:       (while tem
                    686:        (setq group (assoc (car tem)
                    687:                           news-group-article-assoc))
                    688:        (if (= (news-cadr (news-cadr group)) (news-caddr (news-cadr group)))
                    689:            nil
                    690:          (goto-char 0)
                    691:          (if (search-forward (concat (car group) ": ") nil t)
                    692:              (kill-line nil)
                    693:            (insert (car group) ": \n") (backward-char 1))
                    694:          (insert (int-to-string (car (news-cadr group))) "-"
                    695:                  (int-to-string (news-cadr (news-cadr group)))))
                    696:        (setq tem (cdr tem)))
                    697:      (while news-unsubscribe-groups
                    698:        (setq group (assoc (car news-unsubscribe-groups)
                    699:                          news-group-article-assoc))
                    700:        (goto-char 0)
                    701:        (if (search-forward (concat (car group) ": ") nil t)
                    702:           (progn
                    703:              (backward-char 2)
                    704:              (kill-line nil)
                    705:              (insert "! " (int-to-string (car (news-cadr group)))
                    706:                      "-" (int-to-string (news-cadr (news-cadr group))))))
                    707:        (setq news-unsubscribe-groups (cdr news-unsubscribe-groups)))
                    708:      (save-buffer)
                    709:      (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))))
                    710: 
                    711: 
                    712: (defun news-unsubscribe-group (group)
                    713:   "Removes you from newgroup GROUP."
                    714:   (interactive (list (completing-read  "Unsubscribe from group: "
                    715:                                      news-group-article-assoc)))
                    716:   (news-unsubscribe-internal group))
                    717: 
                    718: (defun news-unsubscribe-current-group ()
                    719:   "Removes you from the newsgroup you are now reading."
                    720:   (interactive)
                    721:   (if (y-or-n-p "Do you really want to unsubscribe from this group ? ")
                    722:       (news-unsubscribe-internal news-current-news-group)))
                    723: 
                    724: (defun news-unsubscribe-internal (group)
                    725:   (let ((tem (assoc group news-group-article-assoc)))
                    726:     (if tem
                    727:        (progn
                    728:          (setq news-unsubscribe-groups (cons group news-unsubscribe-groups))
                    729:          (news-update-message-read group (news-cdar news-point-pdl))
                    730:          (if (equal group news-current-news-group)
                    731:              (news-next-group))
                    732:          (message ""))
                    733:       (error "Not subscribed to group: %s" group))))
                    734: 
                    735: (defun news-save-item-in-file (file)
                    736:   "Save the current article that is being read by appending to a file."
                    737:   (interactive "FSave item in file: ")
                    738:   (append-to-file (point-min) (point-max) file))
                    739: 
                    740: (defun news-get-pruned-list-of-files (gp-list end-file-no)
                    741:   "Given a news group it finds all files in the news group.
                    742: The arg must be in slashified format.
                    743: Using ls was found to be too slow in a previous version."
                    744:   (let
                    745:       ((answer
                    746:        (and
                    747:         (not (and end-file-no
                    748:                   (equal (news-set-current-certifiable)
                    749:                     (news-group-certification gp-list))
                    750:                   (setq news-list-of-files nil
                    751:                         news-list-of-files-possibly-bogus t)))
                    752:         (let* ((file-directory (concat news-path
                    753:                                        (string-subst-char ?/ ?. gp-list)))
                    754:                tem
                    755:                (last-winner
                    756:                 (and end-file-no
                    757:                      (news-wins file-directory end-file-no)
                    758:                      (news-find-first-or-last file-directory end-file-no 1))))
                    759:           (setq news-list-of-files-possibly-bogus t news-list-of-files nil)
                    760:           (if last-winner
                    761:               (progn
                    762:                 (setq news-list-of-files-possibly-bogus t
                    763:                       news-current-group-end last-winner)
                    764:                 (while (> last-winner end-file-no)
                    765:                   (news-push last-winner news-list-of-files)
                    766:                   (setq last-winner (1- last-winner)))
                    767:                 news-list-of-files)
                    768:             (if (or (not (file-directory-p file-directory))
                    769:                     (not (file-readable-p file-directory)))
                    770:                 nil
                    771:               (setq news-list-of-files
                    772:                     (condition-case error
                    773:                         (directory-files file-directory)
                    774:                       (file-error
                    775:                        (if (string= (nth 2 error) "permission denied")
                    776:                            (message "Newsgroup %s is read-protected"
                    777:                                     gp-list)
                    778:                          (signal 'file-error (cdr error)))
                    779:                        nil)))
                    780:               (setq tem news-list-of-files)
                    781:               (while tem
                    782:                 (if (or (not (string-match "^[0-9]*$" (car tem)))
                    783:                         ;; dont get confused by directories that look like numbers
                    784:                         (file-directory-p
                    785:                          (concat file-directory "/" (car tem)))
                    786:                         (<= (string-to-int (car tem)) end-file-no))
                    787:                     (setq news-list-of-files
                    788:                           (delq (car tem) news-list-of-files)))
                    789:                 (setq tem (cdr tem)))
                    790:               (if (null news-list-of-files)
                    791:                   (progn (setq news-current-group-end 0)
                    792:                          nil)
                    793:                 (setq news-list-of-files
                    794:                       (mapcar 'string-to-int news-list-of-files))
                    795:                 (setq news-list-of-files (sort news-list-of-files '<))
                    796:                 (setq news-current-group-end
                    797:                       (elt news-list-of-files
                    798:                            (1- (length news-list-of-files))))
                    799:                 news-list-of-files)))))))
                    800:     (or answer (progn (news-set-current-group-certification) nil))))
                    801: 
                    802: (defun news-read-files-into-buffer (group reversep)
                    803:   (let* ((files-start-end (news-cadr (assoc group news-group-article-assoc)))
                    804:         (start-file-no (car files-start-end))
                    805:         (end-file-no (news-cadr files-start-end))
                    806:         (buffer-read-only nil))
                    807:     (setq news-current-news-group group)
                    808:     (setq news-current-message-number nil)
                    809:     (setq news-current-group-end nil)
                    810:     (news-set-mode-line)
                    811:     (news-get-pruned-list-of-files group end-file-no)
                    812:     (news-set-mode-line)
                    813:     ;; @@ should be a lot smarter than this if we have to move
                    814:     ;; @@ around correctly.
                    815:     (setq news-point-pdl (list (cons (car files-start-end)
                    816:                                     (news-cadr files-start-end))))
                    817:     (if (null news-list-of-files)
                    818:        (progn (erase-buffer)
                    819:               (setq news-current-group-end end-file-no)
                    820:               (setq news-current-group-begin end-file-no)
                    821:               (setq news-current-message-number end-file-no)
                    822:               (news-set-mode-line)
                    823: ;             (message "No new articles in " group " group.")
                    824:               nil)
                    825:       (setq news-current-group-begin (car news-list-of-files))
                    826:       (if reversep
                    827:          (setq news-current-message-number news-current-group-end)
                    828:        (if (> (car news-list-of-files) end-file-no)
                    829:            (setcdr (car news-point-pdl) (car news-list-of-files)))
                    830:        (setq news-current-message-number news-current-group-begin))
                    831:       (news-set-message-counters)
                    832:       (news-set-mode-line)
                    833:       (news-read-in-file (concat news-path
                    834:                                 (string-subst-char ?/ ?. group)
                    835:                                 "/"
                    836:                                 (int-to-string
                    837:                                   news-current-message-number)))
                    838:       (news-set-message-counters)
                    839:       (news-set-mode-line)
                    840:       t)))
                    841: 
                    842: (defun news-add-news-group (gp)
                    843:   "Resubscribe to or add a USENET news group named GROUP (a string)."
                    844: ; @@ (completing-read ...)
                    845: ; @@ could be based on news library file ../active (slightly facist)
                    846: ; @@ or (expensive to compute) all directories under the news spool directory
                    847:   (interactive "sAdd news group: ")
                    848:   (let ((file-dir (concat news-path (string-subst-char ?/ ?. gp))))
                    849:     (save-excursion
                    850:       (if (null (assoc gp news-group-article-assoc))
                    851:          (let ((newsrcbuf (find-file-noselect
                    852:                            (substitute-in-file-name news-startup-file))))
                    853:            (if (file-directory-p file-dir)
                    854:                (progn
                    855:                  (switch-to-buffer newsrcbuf)
                    856:                  (goto-char 0)
                    857:                  (if (search-forward (concat gp "! ") nil t)
                    858:                      (progn
                    859:                        (message "Re-subscribing to group %s." gp)
                    860:                        ;;@@ news-unsubscribe-groups isn't being used
                    861:                        ;;(setq news-unsubscribe-groups
                    862:                        ;;    (delq gp news-unsubscribe-groups))
                    863:                        (backward-char 2)
                    864:                        (delete-char 1)
                    865:                        (insert ":"))
                    866:                    (progn
                    867:                      (message
                    868:                       "Added %s to your list of newsgroups." gp)
                    869:                      (end-of-buffer)
                    870:                      (insert gp ": 1-1\n")))
                    871:                  (search-backward gp nil t)
                    872:                  (let (start end endofline tem)
                    873:                    (search-forward ": " nil t)
                    874:                    (setq end (point))
                    875:                    (beginning-of-line)
                    876:                    (setq start (point))
                    877:                    (end-of-line)
                    878:                    (setq endofline (point))
                    879:                    (setq tem (buffer-substring start (- end 2)))
                    880:                    (let ((range (news-parse-range
                    881:                                  (buffer-substring end endofline))))
                    882:                      (setq news-group-article-assoc
                    883:                            (cons (list tem (list (car range)
                    884:                                                  (cdr range)
                    885:                                                  (cdr range)))
                    886:                                  news-group-article-assoc))))
                    887:                  (save-buffer)
                    888:                  (kill-buffer (current-buffer)))
                    889:              (message "Newsgroup %s doesn't exist." gp)))
                    890:        (message "Already subscribed to group %s." gp)))))
                    891: 
                    892: (defun news-make-link-to-message (number newname)
                    893:        "Forges a link to an rnews message numbered number (current if no arg)
                    894: Good for hanging on to a message that might or might not be
                    895: automatically deleted."
                    896:   (interactive "P
                    897: FName to link to message: ")
                    898:   (add-name-to-file
                    899:    (concat news-path
                    900:           (string-subst-char ?/ ?. news-current-news-group)
                    901:           "/" (if number
                    902:                   (prefix-numeric-value number)
                    903:                 news-current-message-number))
                    904:    newname))
                    905: 
                    906: ;;; caesar-region written by [email protected]  Nov 86
                    907: ;;; modified by tower@prep Nov 86
                    908: (defun caesar-region (&optional n)
                    909:   "Caesar rotation of region by N, default 13, for decrypting netnews."
                    910:   (interactive (if current-prefix-arg  ; Was there a prefix arg?
                    911:                   (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))
                    912:                 (list nil)))
                    913:   (cond ((not (numberp n)) (setq n 13))
                    914:        ((< n 0) (setq n (- 26 (% (- n) 26))))
                    915:        (t (setq n (% n 26))))          ;canonicalize N
                    916:   (if (not (zerop n))          ; no action needed for a rot of 0
                    917:       (progn
                    918:        (if (or (not (boundp 'caesar-translate-table))
                    919:                (/= (aref caesar-translate-table ?a) (+ ?a n)))
                    920:            (let ((i 0) (lower "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") upper)
                    921:              (message "Building caesar-translate-table...")
                    922:              (setq caesar-translate-table (make-vector 256 0))
                    923:              (while (< i 256)
                    924:                (aset caesar-translate-table i i)
                    925:                (setq i (1+ i)))
                    926:              (setq lower (concat lower lower) upper (upcase lower) i 0)
                    927:              (while (< i 26)
                    928:                (aset caesar-translate-table (+ ?a i) (aref lower (+ i n)))
                    929:                (aset caesar-translate-table (+ ?A i) (aref upper (+ i n)))
                    930:                (setq i (1+ i)))
                    931:              (message "Building caesar-translate-table... done")))
                    932:        (let ((from (region-beginning))
                    933:              (to (region-end))
                    934:              (i 0) str len)
                    935:          (setq str (buffer-substring from to))
                    936:          (setq len (length str))
                    937:          (while (< i len)
                    938:            (aset str i (aref caesar-translate-table (aref str i)))
                    939:            (setq i (1+ i)))
                    940:          (goto-char from)
                    941:          (kill-region from to)
                    942:          (insert str)))))
                    943: 
                    944: ;;; news-caesar-buffer-body written by [email protected]  Wed Oct 1, 1986
                    945: ;;; hacked further by [email protected]
                    946: (defun news-caesar-buffer-body (&optional rotnum)
                    947:   "Caesar rotates all letters in the current buffer by 13 places.
                    948: Used to encode/decode possibly offensive messages (commonly in net.jokes).
                    949: With prefix arg, specifies the number of places to rotate each letter forward.
                    950: Mail and USENET news headers are not rotated."
                    951:   (interactive (if current-prefix-arg  ; Was there a prefix arg?
                    952:                   (list (prefix-numeric-value current-prefix-arg))
                    953:                 (list nil)))
                    954:   (save-excursion
                    955:     (let ((buffer-status buffer-read-only))
                    956:       (setq buffer-read-only nil)
                    957:       ;; setup the region
                    958:       (set-mark (if (progn (goto-char (point-min))
                    959:                            (search-forward
                    960:                             (concat "\n"
                    961:                                     (if (equal major-mode 'news-mode)
                    962:                                         ""
                    963:                                       mail-header-separator)
                    964:                                     "\n") nil t))
                    965:                     (point)
                    966:                   (point-min)))
                    967:       (goto-char (point-max))
                    968:       (caesar-region rotnum)
                    969:       (setq buffer-read-only buffer-status))))

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