From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexander Pohoyda Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New mail-related routines Date: 26 Oct 2004 00:15:54 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <871xfmh2at.fsf@oak.pohoyda.family> References: <200410182157.i9ILvjln000739@oak.pohoyda.family> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098742595 20114 80.91.229.6 (25 Oct 2004 22:16:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:16:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 26 00:16:29 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMD8f-0001nJ-00 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:16:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMDGJ-0007dE-OS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:24:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMDG8-0007cQ-HB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:24:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMDG7-0007bU-1O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:24:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMDG6-0007bQ-QP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:24:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [213.165.64.20] (helo=mail.gmx.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CMD8B-0006KQ-7i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:15:59 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 13143 invoked by uid 65534); 25 Oct 2004 22:15:57 -0000 Original-Received: from p508433A6.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO www2.gmx.net) (80.132.51.166) by mail.gmx.net (mp001) with SMTP; 26 Oct 2004 00:15:57 +0200 X-Authenticated: #14602519 Original-Received: from oak.pohoyda.family (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.gmx.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9PMFtNn000817 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:15:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net) Original-Received: (from apog@localhost) by oak.pohoyda.family (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i9PMFs03000814; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:15:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.pohoyda.family: apog set sender to alexander.pohoyda@gmx.net using -f Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 36 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28946 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28946 Simon Josefsson writes: > Is there an updated version of your patch to review? I think I agree > with all comments raised so far. It would be easier to review your > code if there is an updated version to look at. I'll post an updated version soon. Meanwhile, I have realized that some function from my patch are not as general as I wanted them to be, so they don't belong into mail-utils.el file. > I think it is important to improve documentation regarding these new > functions. Right now, similar functions are implemented many times in > many places in Emacs. It would be good if these could be fixed to use > only one correct implementation. If there is no guidance, people will > just write new functions for the same purpose again, or use one of the > existing but inelegant interfaces. Yes, absolutely. I hope we will agree on some "correct implementation" so that we have something to document and use. > Perhaps a new texinfo manual could be created, "Emacs Lisp Mail > Functions" (or something), to document the recommended mail APIs to > use in Emacs Lisp. It should be in a non-MUA specific (Gnus, RMAIL > etc) way. Perhaps extending emacs-mime.texi is the right thing, it > already contain some non-MIME, but generic purpose mail functions. Yes, I have this in my TODO list. Thank you very much for your input! -- Alexander Pohoyda PGP Key fingerprint: 7F C9 CC 5A 75 CD 89 72 15 54 5F 62 20 23 C6 44