From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: Org mode issue tracker Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:21:20 +0200 Message-ID: <20130926122120.GF12411@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <86ioxp2vbb.fsf@somewhere.org> <20130925080403.GS12411@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <86siwt1d9c.fsf@somewhere.org> <8738otjkdt.fsf@gmx.de> <871u4czq4t.fsf@gmx.de> <20130926002156.GA13887@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <86vc1of3cp.fsf@somewhere.org> <87eh8ckjtk.fsf@gmx.de> <20130926121319.GE12411@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55985) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPAZS-0006uz-9i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:21:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPAZR-00089g-06 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:21:26 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::22a]:59701) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VPAZQ-00089Y-On for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:21:24 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f170.google.com with SMTP id h14so503434eak.15 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2013 05:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130926121319.GE12411@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 02:13:19PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > Now it comes to the attached emails. In a second (!) step, debbugs-gnu > > is able to retrieve the corresponding emails. In the given example, it > > would call (debbugs-get-bug-log 15081) This returns a list like > > > > (((body . "The body of the message") > > (msg_num . 5) > > (attachments) > > (header . "All header lines of the message"))) > > > > I have just shown one message, of course all messages will be > > retrieved. Alternative, one could retrieve the messages in MBOX format. > > > > Wouldn't it be nice, if we could include the messages as well? Likely > > not by default (it would be expensive to download all messages for, > > let's say, 500 bugs at once). But we could add a kind of link which, > > when followed, could show the messages as well in org-mode. Somehow. > > Since this is possibile, I think my suggestion about GMANE_URL is > redundant. Dealing with this much more detailed information is a matter > of taste I think. For example, some like their TODOs to be clean and > simple, with all the details in headline attachments. Others might like > all the information easily available under the headline formatted as Org > text (text as plain text, email attachments as links). > > I think this requires input from the community. For now as a safe > default you could have each message as a sub-heading of the TODO. I forgot to add; regarding your comment about retrieving several messages might be expensive, there could be an elisp link or a babel source block that does this on demand. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.