Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal

From	Sandman <mr@sandman.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal
Date	2014-06-12 05:45 +0000
Message-ID	<slrnlpifte.tbg.mr@irc.sandman.net> (permalink)
References	<lmi170$v2m$1@dont-email.me> <slrnlpbnub.i6q.mr@irc.sandman.net> <ln7cd4$2gl$5@dont-email.me> <slrnlpehtu.lgv.mr@irc.sandman.net> <ln9ufi$ukb$3@dont-email.me>

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In article <ln9ufi$ukb$3@dont-email.me>, Darrin Doc O'Leary <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> wrote:

> For your reference, records indicate that
> Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> In article <ln7cd4$2gl$5@dont-email.me>, Darrin Doc O'Leary <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> So that's basically some of the features and UI things I would like to see
>> >> in a news client. Maybe it can help as some form of feedback. I would
>> >> certainly expect Signal to "inherit" the strong filtering functions from
>> >> MT-NW with regexp's and filtering on any header.
>> >
>> > Filtering is going to be based on NSPredicate, which can get very advanced.
>> > The “any header” bit can be tricky, based on how NNTP operates.  Anything
>> > goes for overview headers (or if articles are pre-fetched), but I hadn’t
>> > planned on doing anything beyond that until the 2.0 version.
>>
>> What command are you using for fetching headers? I suppose it doesn't have
>> to be every header, but any available header at least.
>
> Don’t know how technical an answer you’re looking for; it’s XOVER (or OVER
> for servers that advertise the capability).  What is in the overview
> depends on the server.  Beyond that, and this is just the plan for later
> versions, I can (usually) fetch individual headers for articles if the user
> creates a filter for one that isn’t in the supplied overview.

That's how MT-NW does it, fetches XOVER and then all added headers needed 
for filtering.


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Sandman[.net]

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Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-06-09 16:20 +0000
  Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal android <here@there.was> - 2014-06-09 18:36 +0200
  Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-06-09 10:06 -0700
    Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal android <here@there.was> - 2014-06-09 19:44 +0200
      Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-06-09 12:32 -0700
        Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal android <here@there.was> - 2014-06-09 21:46 +0200
    Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal billy@MIX.COM - 2014-06-09 17:55 +0000
  Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal billy@MIX.COM - 2014-06-09 18:18 +0000
    Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-06-10 08:18 +0000
  Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-06-10 16:40 +0000
    Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-06-10 17:55 +0000
      Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-06-11 16:00 +0000
        Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-06-12 05:45 +0000
          Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Darrin "Doc" O'Leary  <droleary@2q2014.subsume.com> - 2014-06-12 16:12 +0000
            Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2014-06-13 13:27 +0000

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