Re: [Pan-users] Hoe to reset all settings to default

2011-08-18 Thread Benjamin Esham
Heinz Mezera wrote: > I'm new to this list and PAN as well, please bear with me and my bad > english. Hi Heinz, Welcome! :-) > Unintentionally I've changed something and now message bodies never show > in the body seczion althoug there should be new mesesages according to the > number shown whi

Re: [Pan-users] Quirks with ignored authors or posts

2011-07-27 Thread Benjamin Esham
Heinrich Mueller wrote: > Heinrich Mueller wrote: > > > Working on it ;) It's working, but not fully automatic yet. I can > > delete and mark articles unread at will now. Stay tuned. > > Done, except for the "autosave-to-disk"-feature, which as of now just > copies all bodies into $PAN_HOME/do

Re: [Pan-users] Quirks with ignored authors or posts

2011-07-18 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hi Duncan, and thanks for your extensive explanation! I've been reading this list off and on for years, and I've seen you write some long messages, but I think this one takes the cake ;-D Duncan wrote: > Benjamin Esham posted on Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:42:08 + as excerpted: >

[Pan-users] Quirks with ignored authors or posts

2011-07-16 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hi all, Pan has a built-in mechanism for ignoring an author, i.e. scoring all of their posts at -. I see two (related) problems with the current implementation: first, that the "blocked" posts are not actually marked as read, and second, that replies to a blocked post are still shown. The sec

[Pan-users] Re: Data type errors when compiling pan-0.133 on OS X

2010-07-07 Thread Benjamin Esham
walt said: On 07/07/2010 12:51 PM, Benjamin Esham wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to compile pan 0.133 on Mac OS X using libraries installed > by fink. Eventually I get this: I've never used OS X so I can't answer your question directly, but I'm wondering wh

[Pan-users] Data type errors when compiling pan-0.133 on OS X

2010-07-07 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I am trying to compile pan 0.133 on Mac OS X using libraries installed by fink. Eventually I get this: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I/sw/include/gtk-2.0 -I/sw/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/sw/include/atk-1.0 -I/sw/include/cairo -I/sw/include/pango-1.0 -I/sw/include/glib-2.0

[Pan-users] Re: Skip quoted text when scrolling

2007-08-15 Thread Benjamin Esham
Douglas Bollinger wrote: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > This is just a heads-up about an RFE I filed recently. Bug 464580 > > (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464580) asks for some way to > > automatically skip past quoted text when "read[ing] more".

[Pan-users] Skip quoted text when scrolling

2007-08-15 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, This is just a heads-up about an RFE I filed recently. Bug 464580 (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464580) asks for some way to automatically skip past quoted text when "read[ing] more". Some posters include an absurd amount of quoted text before their replies, and it's ofte

[Pan-users] Re: po/Makefile problem not fixed in 0.132

2007-08-04 Thread Benjamin Esham
David Shochat wrote: > This is MacOS X 10.4.10 with MacPorts. I'm posting this here since bug > 430781 has been marked fixed, prematurely I would say. I am still getting > exactly the same problem as in earlier builds, namely the configure > _completes without error_ and yet po/Makefile has blank

[Pan-users] Re: Out of Order messages

2007-07-28 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: > Initially the group pane indicates that a group has new messages, but upon > entering the group I see nothing. (I have "match only unread articles" > and "match selected articles' threads" on.) After toggling the "match only > un

[Pan-users] Re: An "alias" feature for group names

2007-07-22 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: > Thanks. I hope it gets included right away. =8^) No problem. I just hope Charles thinks it's well-done enough to use it :-) (Although even if he had to write his own, it probably wouldn't take too long...) > Just a comment on the patch/diff style. I've discovered from my own >

[Pan-users] Re: An "alias" feature for group names

2007-07-22 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: > I've developed a patch for this; there's probably a better way, as I'm not > a C++ hacker, but this seems to work okay. The Gnome bugzilla is down > ATM, so here's the patch in case anyone wants it now: I neglected to mention that this patch

[Pan-users] Re: Gettext errors when compiling 0.131

2007-07-22 Thread Benjamin Esham
David Shochat wrote: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > error: libintl.h: No such file or directory > > This sounds very familiar. I ran into the same problem under DarwinPorts > (now called MacPorts). I came up with a workaround and then Charles > identified the real problem

[Pan-users] Re: Gettext errors when compiling 0.131

2007-07-22 Thread Benjamin Esham
walt wrote: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > > I'm running Mac OS X with Fink...error: libintl.h: No such file... > > My guess is that the Mac team does the same 'dev' thing. I'd look in > either libc-dev or gettext-dev (or the Mac equivalent). I had

[Pan-users] Re: An "alias" feature for group names

2007-07-22 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355041 I've developed a patch for this; there's probably a better way, as I'm not a C++ hacker, but this seems to work okay. The Gnome bugzilla is down ATM, so here's the patch in case anyone wants it now:

[Pan-users] Gettext errors when compiling 0.131

2007-07-19 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm running Mac OS X with Fink, and building Pan 0.131 from source myself. I recently ran debfoster in an attempt to weed out packages I no longer need, and of course Pan will no longer compile. I rebuilt fresh copies of libpcre, gtk+2, and gmime, but when compiling I get this: if g++

[Pan-users] Re: Out of Order messages

2007-07-19 Thread Benjamin Esham
Frank Tabor wrote: > I use a news server, (Supernews), that creates message numbers out of > order. So here lately I've been getting some phantom message counts in > several groups. The group shows New Messages in bold, but as soon as I > select the group, the bold numbers disappear and there ar

[Pan-users] Re: Supplying parameters to applications

2007-07-17 Thread Benjamin Esham
Lionel B wrote: > I'd like to set my preferred browser to Opera. The command to open a url > in a new tab in a running instance of opera is: > > opera --remote 'openURL(URL,new-page)' > > What should I enter in the Pan Preferences/Application/Web Browser field > so that it if I click on a link i

[Pan-users] Re: few questions about new design of Pan

2007-07-16 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: > For the latter, auto-downloading headers (technically overviews, since > it's only /some/ headers, not /all/ of them) and bodies, there's no way to > do it automatically ATM. As explained above, however, the feature has > been heavily requested, and is planned for post 1.0. See h

[Pan-users] Re: 0.131 randomly deletes my preferences and/or groups

2007-07-08 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > I'm using Pan 0.131 on Mac OS X. A couple of times recently, I have > > launched pan to find that my preferences were gone, and one of these > > times my groups had disappeared as well. > > Generally, something li

[Pan-users] Re: An "alias" feature for group names

2007-07-07 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > > When abbreviated names is turned on, expand the last TWO sections, not > > > just the last section. > > > > By the way, is there a feature request ticket for this feature yet? > > IDK if there's on

[Pan-users] Re: An "alias" feature for group names

2007-07-07 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: > * Duncan: > > > When abbreviated names is turned on, expand the last TWO sections, not > > just the last section. > > That's a great idea! I think it would solve my problems quite nicely. By the way, is there a feature request ticket for

[Pan-users] 0.131 randomly deletes my preferences and/or groups

2007-07-05 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm using Pan 0.131 on Mac OS X. A couple of times recently, I have launched pan to find that my preferences were gone, and one of these times my groups had disappeared as well. I don't back up as often as I should, and I decided it was easier to recreate my setup than to use old back

[Pan-users] Re: Automatic selection of the posting profile

2007-07-05 Thread Benjamin Esham
Lionel B wrote: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > I have to use a separate posting profile for each server, as the groups > > that are carried by my ISP aren't carried by Gmane, and vice versa. I > > have to select the correct posting profile with each message I s

[Pan-users] Automatic selection of the posting profile

2007-06-27 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm using Pan with two news servers: my ISP's server and Gmane. I have a mix of groups, some from each server. As a result, I have to use a separate posting profile for each server, as the groups that are carried by my ISP aren't carried by Gmane, and vice versa. I have to select the

[Pan-users] Re: An "alias" feature for group names

2007-06-21 Thread Benjamin Esham
* Duncan: > Benjamin Esham wrote: > > > Would it be possible to implement an "alias" feature, so that each group > > has an alternate name that is shown when "abbreviate group names" is > > turned on? > > Alias might work, but a different

[Pan-users] An "alias" feature for group names

2007-06-21 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hi all, I've recently started to use Gmane to view most of my mailing lists (including this one). I also have "abbreviate group names" turned on. As a result, my group pane shows a number of group names like "g.c.a.p.user", "g.c.g.g.users", "g.c.g.i.user", and so on. Obviously, this isn't very

Re: [Pan-users] po/Makefile bug still there in 0.127 on MacOS X

2007-05-20 Thread Benjamin Esham
Charles Kerr wrote: Benjamin Esham wrote: This problem is still present (pan 0.130, OS X, fink). Is there any chance it could be fixed for future betas or 1.0? This bug is at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430781 . Thanks, Charles! I've cc'ed myself to stay update

Re: [Pan-users] po/Makefile bug still there in 0.127 on MacOS X

2007-05-19 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Apr 13, 2007, at 7:21 AM, David Shochat wrote: I tried building this on MacOS X with MacPorts. I still get the same problem as with 0.126 (and some earlier version) where in po/ Makefile, we have macros GMSGFMT and MSGFMT defined to nothing on lines 47 and 48 respectively, causing make to

[Pan-users] Silly question about make install/uninstall

2007-05-06 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hi all, I'm used to relying on Fink for all of my packaging needs, so compiling pan on my own has raised a couple of newbie questions. In my current setup, I cd to pan's directory, and do ./configure && make && make install. When a new version comes out, I do make uninstall in the old v

[Pan-users] Questions about outgoing message formatting in 0.125

2007-03-01 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm using Pan 0.125, and I have two questions about the formatting of outgoing articles: 1. Does pan automatically wrap my message to a preset width, even if I have the "wrap text" button in the Compose window turned off? If so, what is this width? 2. I've noticed that Pan

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Rules (was: Tools menu in Pan 0.111)

2006-09-08 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: If desired, the options under Behavior, Groups could be here as well (with a couple additional options): For groups: [x] Get new headers on startup [x] Get new headers when entering group [ ] Mark group read when leaving group [ ] Clear cache (message

[Pan-users] Re: Pan 0.110 won't post more than one article

2006-09-04 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: Since I updated to Pan 0.110 I can't seem to post more than one article in a session. This seems to have been fixed in 0.111. Rest assured that if I get the problem again I'll post about it ;-) (Replying to myself yet again…) OK, I'm still gettin

[Pan-users] Re: Pan 0.110 won't post more than one article

2006-09-03 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: Since I updated to Pan 0.110 I can't seem to post more than one article in a session. This seems to have been fixed in 0.111. Rest assured that if I get the problem again I'll post about it ;-) -- Benjamin D. Esham [EMAIL PROTECTED] | AIM: bdesham128

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan 0.110 won't post more than one article

2006-09-03 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: Benjamin Esham wrote: Since I updated to Pan 0.110 I can't seem to post more than one article in a session. I'd therefore tend toward the opinion that it's either your OSX/Fink platform, or something specific to your system. I'd tend to go with the latter

Re: [Pan-users] Can I do this?

2006-09-03 Thread Benjamin Esham
Bruce Bowler wrote: I subscribe to a group where whenever a certain person responds there is NOTHING useful below his posts. I know how to kill fill him, but what I'd like to do is ignore/delete/"mark as read" everyone of his posts and (recursively) all replies to his posts. Is that possib

[Pan-users] Pan 0.110 won't post more than one article

2006-09-03 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, Since I updated to Pan 0.110 I can't seem to post more than one article in a session. I can open Pan, and the first article is posted without error, but when I try to post another Pan just displays the "Posting..." dialog forever and the Tasks window shows no activity for the

Re: [Pan-users] ANN: Pan 0.110 "Beable Beable"

2006-08-27 Thread Benjamin Esham
Charles Kerr wrote: 353042 Preferred Application popups refer to "OS/X" rather than "OS X" 352155 "Show matching articles' Threads" option not applied upon startup 353018 Some phrases are italicised incorrectly, as in "/usr/bin/pan" Thanks a lot Charles! I've been getting some odd behavior

[Pan-users] Re: Quirks with Pan 0.109

2006-08-26 Thread Benjamin Esham
Benjamin Esham wrote: The regex used to find *bolded* and /italicized/ text can be fooled pretty easily; for example, typing /usr/local puts "usr" in italics. FWIW, this is now bug 353018: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353018 Cheers, -- Benjamin D. Esham [EMAIL

[Pan-users] Quirks with Pan 0.109

2006-08-19 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I've been using Pan 0.109 on Mac OS X; the "new Pan" is coming along pretty nicely IMO :-) There are a couple of oddities or minor bugs that I've noticed: The "Show Matching Articles' Threads" preference seems to be preserved between sessions, but it's not actually being applied.

Re: [Pan-users] Mac users showing bold headers?

2006-08-10 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Aug 10, 2006, at 2:33 AM, Jeff Berman wrote: Hi, the flurry of emails about font colors made me realize that no matter which font I choose, I have never seen a bold post in the new version of pan. Have any other OS X users seen unread posts show up as bold? If so, did you do anything special

Re: [Pan-users] Re: Coloring read and unread articles differently

2006-08-09 Thread Benjamin Esham
Duncan wrote: Benjamin Esham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just to clarify… are the unread headers supposed to be underlined? Threads with unread are underlined when collapsed, but there is no underline once these threads are expanded. Read posts with unread replies are underlined wh

Re: [Pan-users] Coloring read and unread articles differently

2006-08-09 Thread Benjamin Esham
Darren wrote: Benjamin Esham wrote: I'll try this, but I'd prefer a solution that doesn't involve hacking the source (since I'll just have to patch again once a newer version is released). Also, unread headers are not underlined for me—they are not displayed any d

Re: [Pan-users] Coloring read and unread articles differently

2006-08-09 Thread Benjamin Esham
Peter B. Steiger wrote: On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 10:53 -0500, Benjamin Esham wrote: I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find it in the archives... how can I make read and unread articles display in different colors? I had to add a line to header-pane.cc: ... I j

Re: [Pan-users] Compiling pan 0.107 on OS X

2006-08-09 Thread Benjamin Esham
On Aug 8, 2006, at 8:33 PM, David Shochat wrote: Benjamin Esham wrote: I'm trying to build Pan 0.107 on Mac OS X; I have fink installed. I'm having trouble getting it compiled. [snip] In file included from e-util.cc:32: /sw/include/glib-2.0/glib/gi18n.h:23:21: error: libintl.

[Pan-users] Coloring read and unread articles differently

2006-08-09 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find it in the archives... how can I make read and unread articles display in different colors? As it is, they're both black for me, and the header list is almost useless. Thanks for any help! -- Benjamin D. Esham [EMAIL

Re: [Pan-users] Ignoring subthreads in old Pan

2006-08-08 Thread Benjamin Esham
Brad Rogers wrote: Benjamin Esham wrote: Is there any way to ignore a subthread—i.e., ignore all posts by a certain author and all replies to such posts, while leaving the rest of the thread intact? By choosing "Plonk Author", rather than "Ignore Thread" you can a

[Pan-users] Compiling pan 0.107 on OS X

2006-08-08 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm trying to build Pan 0.107 on Mac OS X; I have fink installed. I'm having trouble getting it compiled. A little bit of background first... the new betas of Pan aren't packaged for fink, so I have to build it myself. All of Pan's required packages are available through fink, ex

[Pan-users] Ignoring subthreads in old Pan

2006-08-07 Thread Benjamin Esham
Hello all, I'm using Mac OS X and fink Pan 0.14.2 (I can't get the new betas to compile; that's a separate issue). Is there any way to ignore a subthread—i.e., ignore all posts by a certain author and all replies to such posts, while leaving the rest of the thread intact? If I create a