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+;;; gnus-async.el --- asynchronous support for Gnus
+;; Copyright (C) 1996,97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email protected]>
+;; Keywords: news
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'gnus)
+(require 'gnus-sum)
+(require 'nntp)
+
+(defgroup gnus-asynchronous nil
+ "Support for asynchronous operations."
+ :group 'gnus)
+
+(defcustom gnus-asynchronous t
+ "*If nil, inhibit all Gnus asynchronicity.
+If non-nil, let the other asynch variables be heeded."
+ :group 'gnus-asynchronous
+ :type 'boolean)
+
+(defcustom gnus-use-article-prefetch 30
+ "*If non-nil, prefetch articles in groups that allow this.
+If a number, prefetch only that many articles forward;
+if t, prefetch as many articles as possible."
+ :group 'gnus-asynchronous
+ :type '(choice (const :tag "off" nil)
+ (const :tag "all" t)
+ (integer :tag "some" 0)))
+
+(defcustom gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy '(read exit)
+ "List of symbols that say when to remove articles from the prefetch buffer.
+Possible values in this list are `read', which means that
+articles are removed as they are read, and `exit', which means
+that all articles belonging to a group are removed on exit
+from that group."
+ :group 'gnus-asynchronous
+ :type '(set (const read) (const exit)))
+
+(defcustom gnus-use-header-prefetch nil
+ "*If non-nil, prefetch the headers to the next group."
+ :group 'gnus-asynchronous
+ :type 'boolean)
+
+(defcustom gnus-async-prefetch-article-p 'gnus-async-unread-p
+ "Function called to say whether an article should be prefetched or not.
+The function is called with one parameter -- the article data.
+It should return non-nil if the article is to be prefetched."
+ :group 'gnus-asynchronous
+ :type 'function)
+
+;;; Internal variables.
+
+(defvar gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer " *Async Prefetch Article*")
+(defvar gnus-async-article-alist nil)
+(defvar gnus-async-article-semaphore '(nil))
+(defvar gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
+
+(defvar gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer " *Async Prefetch Headers*")
+(defvar gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
+
+;;; Utility functions.
+
+(defun gnus-group-asynchronous-p (group)
+ "Say whether GROUP is fetched from a server that supports asynchronicity."
+ (gnus-asynchronous-p (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
+
+;;; Somewhat bogus semaphores.
+
+(defun gnus-async-get-semaphore (semaphore)
+ "Wait until SEMAPHORE is released."
+ (while (/= (length (nconc (symbol-value semaphore) (list nil))) 2)
+ (sleep-for 1)))
+
+(defun gnus-async-release-semaphore (semaphore)
+ "Release SEMAPHORE."
+ (setcdr (symbol-value semaphore) nil))
+
+(defmacro gnus-async-with-semaphore (&rest forms)
+ `(unwind-protect
+ (progn
+ (gnus-async-get-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)
+ ,@forms)
+ (gnus-async-release-semaphore 'gnus-async-article-semaphore)))
+
+(put 'gnus-asynch-with-semaphore 'lisp-indent-function 0)
+(put 'gnus-asynch-with-semaphore 'edebug-form-spec '(body))
+
+;;;
+;;; Article prefetch
+;;;
+
+(gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-async-close 'gnus)
+(defun gnus-async-close ()
+ (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)
+ (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer)
+ (setq gnus-async-article-alist nil
+ gnus-async-header-prefetched nil))
+
+(defun gnus-async-set-buffer ()
+ (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer t))
+
+(defun gnus-async-halt-prefetch ()
+ "Stop prefetching."
+ (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
+
+(defun gnus-async-prefetch-next (group article summary)
+ "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with the article after ARTICLE."
+ (when (and (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
+ gnus-asynchronous
+ (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group))
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer gnus-summary-buffer)
+ (let ((next (caadr (gnus-data-find-list article))))
+ (when next
+ (if (not (fboundp 'run-with-idle-timer))
+ ;; This is either an older Emacs or XEmacs, so we
+ ;; do this, which leads to slightly slower article
+ ;; buffer display.
+ (gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary)
+ (run-with-idle-timer
+ 0.1 nil 'gnus-async-prefetch-article group next summary)))))))
+
+(defun gnus-async-prefetch-article (group article summary &optional next)
+ "Possibly prefetch several articles starting with ARTICLE."
+ (if (not (gnus-buffer-live-p summary))
+ (gnus-async-with-semaphore
+ (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
+ (when (and gnus-asynchronous
+ (gnus-alive-p))
+ (when next
+ (gnus-async-with-semaphore
+ (pop gnus-async-fetch-list)))
+ (let ((do-fetch next)
+ (do-message t)) ;(eq major-mode 'gnus-summary-mode)))
+ (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
+ (gnus-buffer-live-p summary)
+ (or (not next)
+ gnus-async-fetch-list))
+ (gnus-async-with-semaphore
+ (unless next
+ (setq do-fetch (not gnus-async-fetch-list))
+ ;; Nix out any outstanding requests.
+ (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil)
+ ;; Fill in the new list.
+ (let ((n gnus-use-article-prefetch)
+ (data (gnus-data-find-list article))
+ d)
+ (while (and (setq d (pop data))
+ (if (numberp n)
+ (natnump (decf n))
+ n))
+ (unless (or (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry
+ group (setq article (gnus-data-number d)))
+ (not (natnump article))
+ (not (funcall gnus-async-prefetch-article-p d)))
+ ;; Not already fetched -- so we add it to the list.
+ (push article gnus-async-fetch-list)))
+ (setq gnus-async-fetch-list
+ (nreverse gnus-async-fetch-list))))
+
+ (when do-fetch
+ (setq article (car gnus-async-fetch-list))))
+
+ (when (and do-fetch article)
+ ;; We want to fetch some more articles.
+ (save-excursion
+ (set-buffer summary)
+ (let (mark)
+ (gnus-async-set-buffer)
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (setq mark (point-marker))
+ (let ((nnheader-callback-function
+ (gnus-make-async-article-function
+ group article mark summary next))
+ (nntp-server-buffer
+ (get-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-article-buffer)))
+ (when do-message
+ (gnus-message 9 "Prefetching article %d in group %s"
+ article group))
+ (gnus-request-article article group))))))))))
+
+(defun gnus-make-async-article-function (group article mark summary next)
+ "Return a callback function."
+ `(lambda (arg)
+ (save-excursion
+ (when arg
+ (gnus-async-set-buffer)
+ (gnus-async-with-semaphore
+ (push (list ',(intern (format "%s-%d" group article))
+ ,mark (set-marker (make-marker) (point-max))
+ ,group ,article)
+ gnus-async-article-alist)))
+ (if (not (gnus-buffer-live-p ,summary))
+ (gnus-async-with-semaphore
+ (setq gnus-async-fetch-list nil))
+ (gnus-async-prefetch-article ,group ,next ,summary t)))))
+
+(defun gnus-async-unread-p (data)
+ "Return non-nil if DATA represents an unread article."
+ (gnus-data-unread-p data))
+
+(defun gnus-async-request-fetched-article (group article buffer)
+ "See whether we have ARTICLE from GROUP and put it in BUFFER."
+ (when (numberp article)
+ (let ((entry (gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry group article)))
+ (when entry
+ (save-excursion
+ (gnus-async-set-buffer)
+ (copy-to-buffer buffer (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
+ ;; Remove the read article from the prefetch buffer.
+ (when (memq 'read gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy)
+ (gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry entry))
+ t)))))
+
+(defun gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry (entry)
+ "Delete ENTRY from buffer and alist."
+ (ignore-errors
+ (delete-region (cadr entry) (caddr entry))
+ (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
+ (set-marker (caddr entry) nil))
+ (gnus-async-with-semaphore
+ (setq gnus-async-article-alist
+ (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))))
+
+(defun gnus-async-prefetch-remove-group (group)
+ "Remove all articles belonging to GROUP from the prefetch buffer."
+ (when (and (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
+ (memq 'exit gnus-prefetched-article-deletion-strategy))
+ (let ((alist gnus-async-article-alist))
+ (save-excursion
+ (gnus-async-set-buffer)
+ (while alist
+ (when (equal group (nth 3 (car alist)))
+ (gnus-async-delete-prefected-entry (car alist)))
+ (pop alist))))))
+
+(defun gnus-async-prefetched-article-entry (group article)
+ "Return the entry for ARTICLE in GROUP iff it has been prefetched."
+ (let ((entry (assq (intern (format "%s-%d" group article))
+ gnus-async-article-alist)))
+ ;; Perhaps something has emptied the buffer?
+ (if (and entry
+ (= (cadr entry) (caddr entry)))
+ (progn
+ (ignore-errors
+ (set-marker (cadr entry) nil)
+ (set-marker (caddr entry) nil))
+ (setq gnus-async-article-alist
+ (delq entry gnus-async-article-alist))
+ nil)
+ entry)))
+
+;;;
+;;; Header prefetch
+;;;
+
+(defun gnus-async-prefetch-headers (group)
+ "Prefetch the headers for group GROUP."
+ (save-excursion
+ (let (unread)
+ (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
+ gnus-asynchronous
+ (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
+ (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
+ (setq unread (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)))
+ ;; Mark that a fetch is in progress.
+ (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched t)
+ (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (let ((nntp-server-buffer (current-buffer))
+ (nnheader-callback-function
+ `(lambda (arg)
+ (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched
+ ,(cons group unread)))))
+ (gnus-retrieve-headers unread group gnus-fetch-old-headers))))))
+
+(defun gnus-async-retrieve-fetched-headers (articles group)
+ "See whether we have prefetched headers."
+ (when (and gnus-use-header-prefetch
+ (gnus-group-asynchronous-p group)
+ (listp gnus-async-header-prefetched)
+ (equal group (car gnus-async-header-prefetched))
+ (equal articles (cdr gnus-async-header-prefetched)))
+ (save-excursion
+ (nnheader-set-temp-buffer gnus-async-prefetch-headers-buffer t)
+ (nntp-decode-text)
+ (copy-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (setq gnus-async-header-prefetched nil)
+ t)))
+
+(provide 'gnus-async)
+
+;;; gnus-async.el ends here