imap-hash.el (for inclusion in Emacs) and tramp-imap.el

imap-hash.el (for inclusion in Emacs) and tramp-imap.el

[Ted Zlatanov]

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I wrote this to the Tramp and Gnus mailing lists:

"imap-hash.el lets you treat an IMAP mailbox as a hash.	It lets you get
individual keys' headers and body data (keys are message UIDs) or map a
function across *all the messages in the mailbox*.  The function is only
called for those that match a given subject, but really I should be
using SEARCH.  So the library is not optimized for speed.  Also, it does
not handle invalid mailbox names gracefully yet.  Consider it an alpha
version.

I plan to eventually use imap-hash.el to store distributed Gnus data,
specifically the Gnus registry, the newsrc file, scoring files,
etc.

tramp-imap.el uses imap-hash.el to provide a Tramp interface to read and
write files as messages in an IMAP mailbox.  It's also an alpha version,
but it will at least let you (given a valid IMAP mailbox) read and write
directory contents.  It uses EPG (thanks to Daiki Ueno's help) to
encrypt the file contents when they are stored as messages."

I would like to put imap-hash.el in lisp/net/imap-hash.el if possible,
to support Gnus and Tramp from one location.  Is that OK?  It would make
my life easier and others can use the library if they wish.  See attached.

Thanks
Ted


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Re: imap-hash.el (for inclusion in Emacs) and tramp-imap.el

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:23 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote: 

TZ> I wrote this to the Tramp and Gnus mailing lists:
TZ> "imap-hash.el lets you treat an IMAP mailbox as a hash.	It lets you get
TZ> individual keys' headers and body data (keys are message UIDs) or map a
TZ> function across *all the messages in the mailbox*.  The function is only
TZ> called for those that match a given subject, but really I should be
TZ> using SEARCH.  So the library is not optimized for speed.  Also, it does
TZ> not handle invalid mailbox names gracefully yet.  Consider it an alpha
TZ> version.

TZ> I plan to eventually use imap-hash.el to store distributed Gnus data,
TZ> specifically the Gnus registry, the newsrc file, scoring files,
TZ> etc.

TZ> tramp-imap.el uses imap-hash.el to provide a Tramp interface to read and
TZ> write files as messages in an IMAP mailbox.  It's also an alpha version,
TZ> but it will at least let you (given a valid IMAP mailbox) read and write
TZ> directory contents.  It uses EPG (thanks to Daiki Ueno's help) to
TZ> encrypt the file contents when they are stored as messages."

TZ> I would like to put imap-hash.el in lisp/net/imap-hash.el if possible,
TZ> to support Gnus and Tramp from one location.  Is that OK?  It would make
TZ> my life easier and others can use the library if they wish.  See attached.

I'll commit this over the weekend if there's no dissent.

Thanks
Ted

Re: imap-hash.el (for inclusion in Emacs) and tramp-imap.el

[tomas]

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 03:21:58PM -0500, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:23 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote: 
> 
> TZ> I wrote this to the Tramp and Gnus mailing lists:
> TZ> "imap-hash.el lets you treat an IMAP mailbox as a hash [...]

> TZ> I plan to eventually use imap-hash.el to store distributed Gnus data,
[...]
> I'll commit this over the weekend if there's no dissent.


This is from the peanut gallery, but... consent!

Though I have no immediate use for it (yet!), it looks like a very good idea.

Regards
- -- tomás
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Re: imap-hash.el (for inclusion in Emacs) and tramp-imap.el

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:15:35 +0200 tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: 

t> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 03:21:58PM -0500, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:12:23 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote: 
>> 
TZ> I wrote this to the Tramp and Gnus mailing lists:
TZ> "imap-hash.el lets you treat an IMAP mailbox as a hash [...]

TZ> I plan to eventually use imap-hash.el to store distributed Gnus data,
t> [...]
>> I'll commit this over the weekend if there's no dissent.

t> This is from the peanut gallery, but... consent!

t> Though I have no immediate use for it (yet!), it looks like a very good idea.

It's in the Emacs CVS now, so try it out if you like.  Best example is
in tramp-imap.el which just got added to Tramp and will make its way to
the Emacs CVS shortly.

I hope I did the addition correctly: I updated Makefile.in, NEWS, and
added the file itself.  With a `make bootstrap' everything seemed to
work all right.  Please let me know if I screwed up somewhere.

Thanks
Ted

Re: imap-hash.el (for inclusion in Emacs) and tramp-imap.el

[tomas]

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On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:01:03AM -0500, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

[...]

> t> This is from the peanut gallery, but... consent!
> 
> t> Though I have no immediate use for it (yet!), it looks like a very good idea.
> 
> It's in the Emacs CVS now, so try it out if you like.  Best example is
> in tramp-imap.el which just got added to Tramp and will make its way to
> the Emacs CVS shortly.
> 
> I hope I did the addition correctly: I updated Makefile.in, NEWS, and
> added the file itself.  With a `make bootstrap' everything seemed to
> work all right.  Please let me know if I screwed up somewhere.

Not at home at the moment, with limited possibilities. I'll definitely
give it a whirl next weekend.

Regards
- -- tomás
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