Re: Fetch an article from another package

[Leo]

Dear Reiner,

----- Reiner Steib (2007-03-26) wrote:-----

> On Mon, Mar 26 2007, Leo wrote:
>
>> The link is of the format: gnus:gmane.emacs.gnus.user#8816 
>
> Well, that format is not at all standard.
>
>> it is then parsed into two variables GROUP and ARTICLE and passed to
>> org-follow-gnus-link.
>>
>> It seems gnus-button-fetch-group is not the right function for this
>> task
>
> It is:
>
> (gnus-button-fetch-group  "news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1853")
> (gnus-button-fetch-group  "nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/1853";)

Gnus-button-fetch-group looks quite convenient. What's the best way to
get current article's "url" so that it is ready to use by
gnus-button-fetch-group?

>> Let me rephrase the question, I now have group name and article number
>> outside gnus, what's the best way to fetch that article?
>
> A group name plus an article number only makes sense if also the
> server is specified.  Then, you can use `gnus-button-fetch-group' or
> `browse-url':
>
> (browse-url "nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/8816";)
>
> ,----[ <f1> v browse-url-browser-function RET ]
> | browse-url-browser-function is a variable defined in `browse-url'.
> | Its value is 
> | (("^mailto:"; . browse-url-mail)
> |  ("^\\(news\\|nntp\\)://" . gnus-button-fetch-group)
> |  ("." . rs-browse-url-by-killing))
> `----
>
> Bye, Reiner.


regards,
-- 
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)