Merge from emacs-23; up to 2010-06-03T05:41:49Z!rgm@gnu.org.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / gnus / gnus-start.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
index 3879df3..ebfa53f 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -380,13 +380,6 @@ disc."
   :group 'gnus-newsrc
   :type 'boolean)
 
-(defcustom gnus-use-backend-marks nil
-  "If non-nil, Gnus will store and retrieve marks from the backends.
-This means that marks will be stored both in .newsrc.eld and in
-the backend, and will slow operation down somewhat."
-  :group 'gnus-newsrc
-  :type 'boolean)
-
 (defcustom gnus-check-bogus-groups-hook nil
   "A hook run after removing bogus groups."
   :group 'gnus-start-server
@@ -871,6 +864,7 @@ prompt the user for the name of an NNTP server to use."
                               (gnus-get-buffer-create
                                (file-name-nondirectory dribble-file)))
       (set (make-local-variable 'file-precious-flag) t)
+      (setq buffer-save-without-query t)
       (erase-buffer)
       (setq buffer-file-name dribble-file)
       (auto-save-mode t)
@@ -1509,7 +1503,7 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
       (gnus-activate-group (gnus-info-group info) nil t))
 
     ;; Allow backends to update marks,
-    (when gnus-use-backend-marks
+    (when gnus-propagate-marks
       (let ((method (inline (gnus-find-method-for-group
                             (gnus-info-group info)))))
        (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-marks (car method))
@@ -1519,7 +1513,7 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
           (num 0))
 
       ;; These checks are present in gnus-activate-group but skipped
-      ;; due to setting dont-check in the preceeding call.
+      ;; due to setting dont-check in the preceding call.
 
       ;; If a cache is present, we may have to alter the active info.
       (when (and gnus-use-cache info)
@@ -1682,6 +1676,29 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
                (lambda (c1 c2)
                  (< (gnus-method-rank (cadr c1) (car c1))
                     (gnus-method-rank (cadr c2) (car c2))))))
+    ;; Go through the list of servers and possibly extend methods that
+    ;; aren't equal (and that need extension; i.e., they are async).
+    (let ((methods nil))
+      (dolist (elem type-cache)
+       (destructuring-bind (method method-type infos dummy) elem
+         (let ((gnus-opened-servers methods))
+           (when (and (gnus-similar-server-opened method)
+                      (gnus-check-backend-function
+                       'retrieve-group-data-early (car method)))
+             (setq method (gnus-server-extend-method
+                           (gnus-info-group (car infos))
+                           method))
+             (setcar elem method))
+           (push (list method 'ok) methods)))))
+
+    ;; If we have primary/secondary select methods, but no groups from
+    ;; them, we still want to issue a retrieval request from them.
+    (dolist (method (cons gnus-select-method
+                         gnus-secondary-select-methods))
+      (when (and (not (assoc method type-cache))
+                (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-list (car method)))
+       (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
+         (gnus-read-active-file-1 method nil))))
 
     ;; Start early async retrieval of data.
     (dolist (elem type-cache)
@@ -1700,6 +1717,8 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
                    'retrieve-group-data-early (car method)))
              (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-scan (car method))
                (gnus-request-scan nil method))
+             ;; Store the token we get back from -early so that we
+             ;; can pass it to -finish later.
              (setcar (nthcdr 3 elem)
                      (gnus-retrieve-group-data-early method infos)))))))
 
@@ -1741,15 +1760,16 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
 (defun gnus-read-active-for-groups (method infos early-data)
   (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
     (cond
+     ;; Finish up getting the data from the methods that have -early
+     ;; methods.
      ((and
        (gnus-check-backend-function 'finish-retrieve-group-infos (car method))
-       infos
        (or (not (gnus-agent-method-p method))
           (gnus-online method)))
       (gnus-finish-retrieve-group-infos method infos early-data)
       (gnus-agent-save-active method))
-     ((and (gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-groups (car method))
-          infos)
+     ;; Most backends have -retrieve-groups.
+     ((gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-groups (car method))
       (when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-scan (car method))
        (gnus-request-scan nil method))
       (let (groups)
@@ -1757,8 +1777,11 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
         (dolist (info infos (nreverse groups))
           (push (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-info-group info)) groups))
         method)))
+     ;; Virtually all backends have -request-list.
      ((gnus-check-backend-function 'request-list (car method))
-      (gnus-read-active-file-1 method nil infos))
+      (gnus-read-active-file-1 method nil))
+     ;; Except nnvirtual and friends, where we request each group, one
+     ;; by one.
      (t
       (dolist (info infos)
        (gnus-activate-group (gnus-info-group info) nil nil method t))))))
@@ -1864,7 +1887,7 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
                             ;; OK - I'm done
                             (setq articles nil))
                            ((< range article)
-                            ;; this range preceeds the article. Leave the range unmodified.
+                            ;; this range precedes the article. Leave the range unmodified.
                             (pop ranges)
                             ranges)
                            ((= range article)
@@ -1887,11 +1910,11 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
                             (setcar ranges min)
                             ranges)
                            ((< max article)
-                            ;; this range preceeds the article. Leave the range unmodified.
+                            ;; this range precedes the article. Leave the range unmodified.
                             (pop ranges)
                             ranges)
                            ((< article min)
-                            ;; this article preceeds the range.  Return null to move to the
+                            ;; this article precedes the range.  Return null to move to the
                             ;; next article
                             nil)
                            (t
@@ -1987,7 +2010,7 @@ If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
               (message "Quit reading the active file")
               nil))))))))
 
-(defun gnus-read-active-file-1 (method force &optional infos)
+(defun gnus-read-active-file-1 (method force)
   (let (where mesg)
     (setq where (nth 1 method)
          mesg (format "Reading active file%s via %s..."