From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Integration of Org mode and mairix Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:12:09 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87r6n6ni2j.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20070720160833.GD28297@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <87k5spsw81.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87ejip7ud8.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <876440tsul.fsf@presario.homelinux.org> <87k5sgpg6o.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87lkcqlppr.fsf@presario.homelinux.org> <87ps1z5iyk.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZVwM-0003ta-CV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:12:22 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IZVwK-0003pt-ME for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:12:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IZVwK-0003ph-EE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:12:20 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.190]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IZVwJ-0006mV-Rb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:12:20 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c27so1149764rvf for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:12:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Georg C. F. Greve" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sep 23, 2007, at 10:44, Georg C. F. Greve wrote: > Hi all, > > did this thread come to a conclusion? I just checked out 5.09 and could > not find any of the patches applied to it, so would assume that it is > still hanging in mid-air. Well, there are now all the hooks in org-mode to introduce new link types. So from my side, this have come to some kind of a conclusion - I just hope that mairix and other link types will pop up eventually. - Carsten > > Based on a few months of experience with my patches, here is my take: > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:56:45 +0200 > Carsten Dominik wrote: > > cd> First about the mairix integration. If I understand correctly, > cd> mairix does only the search, and you still do need to select a way > cd> how to display the results. In this case, wouldn't a syntax > > cd> gnus:mairix:..... > cd> vm:mairix:..... > > cd> be better? > > Not necessarily, it would make the link dependent on the MUA, which > would otherwise not be the case. People probably don't switch back and > forth all the time, but still it might be better to not code this into > the system. > > A kind of generic "org-visit-search-results" that can be set to > whatever > method is being used with sane defaults might be a cleaner solution. > > Having a generic link-creation and link-visiting structure into which > one can hook the different backends should be the way to go, I guess. > > Initially I also had a "mairix with thread" and "mairix without thread" > link type, but now find myself thinking that it would be better to only > have a mairix link and decide during search whether or not to use > threads or influence other search parameters. > > > cd> The basic structure of an extension could look like this: > > Yeah, I think this would work. > > Is there already a patch out there? Can someone supply a "clean" patch > for this that will make it into Org-Mode? I'm willing to have another > look at this, but would prefer to work against a proper target. > > Regards, > Georg > > -- > Georg C. F. Greve > Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfeurope.org) > Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom! (http://www.fsfe.org) > What everyone should know about DRM (http://DRM.info) > -- Carsten Dominik Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek" Universiteit van Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 NL-1098SJ Amsterdam phone: +31 20 525 7477