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eec82323 1;;; gnus-async.el --- asynchronous support for Gnus
16409b0b 2;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6748645f 4;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
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5;; Keywords: news
6
7;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8
9;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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13
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21;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
22;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
23
24;;; Commentary:
25
26;;; Code:
27
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28(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
29
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30(require 'gnus)
31(require 'gnus-sum)
32(require 'nntp)
33
34(defgroup gnus-asynchronous nil
35 "Support for asynchronous operations."
36 :group 'gnus)
37
16409b0b 38(defcustom gnus-asynchronous nil
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39 "*If nil, inhibit all Gnus asynchronicity.
40If non-nil, let the other asynch variables be heeded."
41 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
42 :type 'boolean)
43
44(defcustom gnus-use-article-prefetch 30
45 "*If non-nil, prefetch articles in groups that allow this.
46If a number, prefetch only that many articles forward;
47if t, prefetch as many articles as possible."
48 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
49 :type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
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50 (const :tag "all" t)
51 (integer :tag "some" 0)))
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52
53(defcustom gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy '(read exit)
54 "List of symbols that say when to remove articles from the prefetch buffer.
55Possible values in this list are `read', which means that
56articles are removed as they are read, and `exit', which means
57that all articles belonging to a group are removed on exit
58from that group."
59 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
60 :type '(set (const read) (const exit)))
61
62(defcustom gnus-use-header-prefetch nil
63 "*If non-nil, prefetch the headers to the next group."
64 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
65 :type 'boolean)
66
67(defcustom gnus-async-prefetch-article-p 'gnus-async-unread-p
68 "Function called to say whether an article should be prefetched or not.
69The function is called with one parameter -- the article data.
70It should return non-nil if the article is to be prefetched."
71 :group 'gnus-asynchronous
72 :type 'function)
73
74;;; Internal variables.
75
76(defvar gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer " *Async Prefetch Article*")
77(defvar gnus-async-article-alist nil)
78(defvar gnus-async-article-semaphore '(nil))
79(defvar gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
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80(defvar gnus-async-hashtb nil)
81(defvar gnus-async-current-prefetch-group nil)
82(defvar gnus-async-current-prefetch-article nil)
83(defvar gnus-async-timer nil)
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84
85(defvar gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer " *Async Prefetch Headers*")
86(defvar gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
87
88;;; Utility functions.
89
90(defun gnus-group-asynchronous-p (group)
91 "Say whether GROUP is fetched from a server that supports asynchronicity."
92 (gnus-asynchronous-p (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
93
94;;; Somewhat bogus semaphores.
95
96(defun gnus-async-get-semaphore (semaphore)
97 "Wait until SEMAPHORE is released."
98 (while (/= (length (nconc (symbol-value semaphore) (list nil))) 2)
99 (sleep-for 1)))
100
101(defun gnus-async-release-semaphore (semaphore)
102 "Release SEMAPHORE."
103 (setcdr (symbol-value semaphore) nil))
104
105(defmacro gnus-async-with-semaphore (&rest forms)
106 `(unwind-protect
107 (progn
108 (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
109 ,@forms)
110 (gnus-async-release-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)))
111
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112(put 'gnus-async-with-semaphore 'lisp-indent-function 0)
113(put 'gnus-async-with-semaphore 'edebug-form-spec '(body))
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114
115;;;
116;;; Article prefetch
117;;;
118
119(gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-async-close 'gnus)
120(defun gnus-async-close ()
121 (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)
122 (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer)
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123 (setq gnus-async-hashtb nil
124 gnus-async-article-alist nil
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125 gnus-async-header-prefetched nil))
126
127(defun gnus-async-set-buffer ()
6748645f 128 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer t)
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129 (unless gnus-async-hashtb
130 (setq gnus-async-hashtb (gnus-make-hashtable 1023))))
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131
132(defun gnus-async-halt-prefetch ()
133 "Stop prefetching."
134 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
135
136(defun gnus-async-prefetch-next (group article summary)
137 "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with the article after ARTICLE."
138 (when (and (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
139 gnus-asynchronous
140 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group))
141 (save-excursion
142 (set-buffer gnus-summary-buffer)
143 (let ((next (caadr (gnus-data-find-list article))))
144 (when next
145 (if (not (fboundp 'run-with-idle-timer))
146 ;; This is either an older Emacs or XEmacs, so we
147 ;; do this, which leads to slightly slower article
148 ;; buffer display.
149 (gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary)
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150 (when gnus-async-timer
151 (ignore-errors
152 (nnheader-cancel-timer 'gnus-async-timer)))
153 (setq gnus-async-timer
154 (run-with-idle-timer
155 0.1 nil 'gnus-async-prefetch-article
156 group next summary))))))))
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157
158(defun gnus-async-prefetch-article (group article summary &optional next)
159 "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with ARTICLE."
160 (if (not (gnus-buffer-live-p summary))
161 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
16409b0b 162 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
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163 (when (and gnus-asynchronous
164 (gnus-alive-p))
165 (when next
166 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
16409b0b 167 (pop gnus-async-fetch-list)))
eec82323 168 (let ((do-fetch next)
16409b0b 169 (do-message t)) ;(eq major-mode 'gnus-summary-mode)))
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170 (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
171 (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
172 (or (not next)
173 gnus-async-fetch-list))
174 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
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175 (unless next
176 (setq do-fetch (not gnus-async-fetch-list))
177 ;; Nix out any outstanding requests.
178 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
179 ;; Fill in the new list.
180 (let ((n gnus-use-article-prefetch)
181 (data (gnus-data-find-list article))
182 d)
183 (while (and (setq d (pop data))
184 (if (numberp n)
185 (natnump (decf n))
186 n))
187 (unless (or (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry
188 group (setq article (gnus-data-number d)))
189 (not (natnump article))
190 (not (funcall gnus-async-prefetch-article-p d)))
191 ;; Not already fetched -- so we add it to the list.
192 (push article gnus-async-fetch-list)))
193 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list
194 (nreverse gnus-async-fetch-list))))
195
196 (when do-fetch
197 (setq article (car gnus-async-fetch-list))))
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198
199 (when (and do-fetch article)
200 ;; We want to fetch some more articles.
201 (save-excursion
202 (set-buffer summary)
203 (let (mark)
204 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
205 (goto-char (point-max))
206 (setq mark (point-marker))
207 (let ((nnheader-callback-function
208 (gnus-make-async-article-function
209 group article mark summary next))
210 (nntp-server-buffer
211 (get-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)))
212 (when do-message
213 (gnus-message 9 "Prefetching article %d in group %s"
214 article group))
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215 (setq gnus-async-current-prefetch-group group)
216 (setq gnus-async-current-prefetch-article article)
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217 (gnus-request-article article group))))))))))
218
219(defun gnus-make-async-article-function (group article mark summary next)
220 "Return a callback function."
221 `(lambda (arg)
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222 (gnus-async-article-callback arg ,group ,article ,mark ,summary ,next)))
223
224(defun gnus-async-article-callback (arg group article mark summary next)
225 "Function called when an async article is done being fetched."
226 (save-excursion
227 (setq gnus-async-current-prefetch-article nil)
228 (when arg
229 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
230 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
231 (setq
232 gnus-async-article-alist
233 (cons (list (intern (format "%s-%d" group article)
234 gnus-async-hashtb)
235 mark (set-marker (make-marker) (point-max))
236 group article)
237 gnus-async-article-alist))))
238 (if (not (gnus-buffer-live-p summary))
239 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
240 (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
241 (gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary t))))
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242
243(defun gnus-async-unread-p (data)
244 "Return non-nil if DATA represents an unread article."
245 (gnus-data-unread-p data))
246
247(defun gnus-async-request-fetched-article (group article buffer)
248 "See whether we have ARTICLE from GROUP and put it in BUFFER."
249 (when (numberp article)
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250 (when (and (equal group gnus-async-current-prefetch-group)
251 (eq article gnus-async-current-prefetch-article))
252 (gnus-async-wait-for-article article))
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253 (let ((entry (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry group article)))
254 (when entry
255 (save-excursion
256 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
257 (copy-to-buffer buffer (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
258 ;; Remove the read article from the prefetch buffer.
259 (when (memq 'read gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy)
16409b0b 260 (gnus-async-delete-prefetched-entry entry))
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261 t)))))
262
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263(defun gnus-async-wait-for-article (article)
264 "Wait until ARTICLE is no longer the currently-being-fetched article."
265 (save-excursion
266 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
267 (let ((proc (nntp-find-connection (current-buffer)))
268 (nntp-server-buffer (current-buffer))
269 (nntp-have-messaged nil)
270 (tries 0))
271 (condition-case nil
272 ;; FIXME: we could stop waiting after some
273 ;; timeout, but this is the wrong place to do it.
274 ;; rather than checking time-spent-waiting, we
275 ;; should check time-since-last-output, which
276 ;; needs to be done in nntp.el.
277 (while (eq article gnus-async-current-prefetch-article)
278 (incf tries)
279 (when (nntp-accept-process-output proc 1)
280 (setq tries 0))
281 (when (and (not nntp-have-messaged) (eq 3 tries))
282 (gnus-message 5 "Waiting for async article...")
283 (setq nntp-have-messaged t)))
284 (quit
285 ;; if the user interrupted on a slow/hung connection,
286 ;; do something friendly.
287 (when (< 3 tries)
288 (setq gnus-async-current-prefetch-article nil))
289 (signal 'quit nil)))
290 (when nntp-have-messaged
291 (gnus-message 5 "")))))
292
293(defun gnus-async-delete-prefetched-entry (entry)
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294 "Delete ENTRY from buffer and alist."
295 (ignore-errors
296 (delete-region (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
297 (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
298 (set-marker (caddr entry) nil))
299 (gnus-async-with-semaphore
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300 (setq gnus-async-article-alist
301 (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))))
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302
303(defun gnus-async-prefetch-remove-group (group)
304 "Remove all articles belonging to GROUP from the prefetch buffer."
305 (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
306 (memq 'exit gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy))
307 (let ((alist gnus-async-article-alist))
308 (save-excursion
309 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
310 (while alist
311 (when (equal group (nth 3 (car alist)))
16409b0b 312 (gnus-async-delete-prefetched-entry (car alist)))
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313 (pop alist))))))
314
315(defun gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry (group article)
316 "Return the entry for ARTICLE in GROUP iff it has been prefetched."
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317 (let ((entry (save-excursion
318 (gnus-async-set-buffer)
319 (assq (intern (format "%s-%d" group article)
16409b0b 320 gnus-async-hashtb)
6748645f 321 gnus-async-article-alist))))
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322 ;; Perhaps something has emptied the buffer?
323 (if (and entry
324 (= (cadr entry) (caddr entry)))
325 (progn
326 (ignore-errors
327 (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
328 (set-marker (caddr entry) nil))
329 (setq gnus-async-article-alist
330 (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))
331 nil)
332 entry)))
333
334;;;
335;;; Header prefetch
336;;;
337
338(defun gnus-async-prefetch-headers (group)
339 "Prefetch the headers for group GROUP."
340 (save-excursion
341 (let (unread)
342 (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
343 gnus-asynchronous
344 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
345 (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
346 (setq unread (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)))
347 ;; Mark that a fetch is in progress.
348 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched t)
349 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
350 (erase-buffer)
351 (let ((nntp-server-buffer (current-buffer))
352 (nnheader-callback-function
353 `(lambda (arg)
354 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched
355 ,(cons group unread)))))
356 (gnus-retrieve-headers unread group gnus-fetch-old-headers))))))
357
358(defun gnus-async-retrieve-fetched-headers (articles group)
359 "See whether we have prefetched headers."
360 (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
361 (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
362 (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
363 (equal group (car gnus-async-header-prefetched))
364 (equal articles (cdr gnus-async-header-prefetched)))
365 (save-excursion
366 (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
367 (nntp-decode-text)
368 (copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
369 (erase-buffer)
370 (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
371 t)))
372
373(provide 'gnus-async)
374
375;;; gnus-async.el ends here