path: root/lisp/gnus/gnus-agent.el

;;; gnus-agent.el --- unplugged support for Gnus

;; Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
;;   2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.

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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(require 'gnus)
(require 'gnus-cache)
(require 'nnmail)
(require 'nnvirtual)
(require 'gnus-sum)
(require 'gnus-score)
(require 'gnus-srvr)
(require 'gnus-util)
(eval-when-compile
  (if (featurep 'xemacs)
      (require 'itimer)
    (require 'timer))
  (require 'cl))

(autoload 'gnus-server-update-server "gnus-srvr")
(autoload 'gnus-agent-customize-category "gnus-cus")

(defcustom gnus-agent-directory (nnheader-concat gnus-directory "agent/")
  "Where the Gnus agent will store its files."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'directory)

(defcustom gnus-agent-plugged-hook nil
  "Hook run when plugging into the network."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'hook)

(defcustom gnus-agent-unplugged-hook nil
  "Hook run when unplugging from the network."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'hook)

(defcustom gnus-agent-fetched-hook nil
  "Hook run when finished fetching articles."
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'hook)

(defcustom gnus-agent-handle-level gnus-level-subscribed
  "Groups on levels higher than this variable will be ignored by the Agent."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'integer)

(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-days 7
  "Read articles older than this will be expired.
If you wish to disable Agent expiring, see `gnus-agent-enable-expiration'."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type '(number :tag "days"))

(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-all nil
  "If non-nil, also expire unread, ticked and dormant articles.
If nil, only read articles will be expired."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'boolean)

(defcustom gnus-agent-group-mode-hook nil
  "Hook run in Agent group minor modes."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'hook)

;; Extracted from gnus-xmas-redefine in order to preserve user settings
(when (featurep 'xemacs)
  (add-hook 'gnus-agent-group-mode-hook 'gnus-xmas-agent-group-menu-add))

(defcustom gnus-agent-summary-mode-hook nil
  "Hook run in Agent summary minor modes."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'hook)

;; Extracted from gnus-xmas-redefine in order to preserve user settings
(when (featurep 'xemacs)
  (add-hook 'gnus-agent-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-xmas-agent-summary-menu-add))

(defcustom gnus-agent-server-mode-hook nil
  "Hook run in Agent summary minor modes."
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'hook)

;; Extracted from gnus-xmas-redefine in order to preserve user settings
(when (featurep 'xemacs)
  (add-hook 'gnus-agent-server-mode-hook 'gnus-xmas-agent-server-menu-add))

(defcustom gnus-agent-confirmation-function 'y-or-n-p
  "Function to confirm when error happens."
  :version "21.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'function)

(defcustom gnus-agent-synchronize-flags nil
  "Indicate if flags are synchronized when you plug in.
If this is `ask' the hook will query the user."
  ;; If the default switches to something else than nil, then the function
  ;; should be fixed not be exceedingly slow.  See 2005-09-20 ChangeLog entry.
  :version "21.1"
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Always" t)
		 (const :tag "Never" nil)
		 (const :tag "Ask" ask))
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-go-online 'ask
  "Indicate if offline servers go online when you plug in.
If this is `ask' the hook will query the user."
  :version "21.3"
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Always" t)
		 (const :tag "Never" nil)
		 (const :tag "Ask" ask))
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-mark-unread-after-downloaded t
  "Indicate whether to mark articles unread after downloaded."
  :version "21.1"
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-download-marks '(download)
  "Marks for downloading."
  :version "21.1"
  :type '(repeat (symbol :tag "Mark"))
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-consider-all-articles nil
  "When non-nil, the agent will let the agent predicate decide
whether articles need to be downloaded or not, for all articles.  When
nil, the default, the agent will only let the predicate decide
whether unread articles are downloaded or not.  If you enable this,
groups with large active ranges may open slower and you may also want
to look into the agent expiry settings to block the expiration of
read articles as they would just be downloaded again."
  :version "22.1"
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-max-fetch-size 10000000 ;; 10 Mb
  "Chunk size for `gnus-agent-fetch-session'.
The function will split its article fetches into chunks smaller than
this limit."
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'integer)

(defcustom gnus-agent-enable-expiration 'ENABLE
  "The default expiration state for each group.
When set to ENABLE, the default, `gnus-agent-expire' will expire old
contents from a group's local storage.  This value may be overridden
to disable expiration in specific categories, topics, and groups.  Of
course, you could change gnus-agent-enable-expiration to DISABLE then
enable expiration per categories, topics, and groups."
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type '(radio (const :format "Enable " ENABLE)
                (const :format "Disable " DISABLE)))

(defcustom gnus-agent-expire-unagentized-dirs t
  "*Whether expiration should expire in unagentized directories.
Have gnus-agent-expire scan the directories under
\(gnus-agent-directory) for groups that are no longer agentized.
When found, offer to remove them."
  :version "22.1"
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-auto-agentize-methods '(nntp nnimap)
  "Initially, all servers from these methods are agentized.
The user may remove or add servers using the Server buffer.
See Info node `(gnus)Server Buffer'."
  :version "22.1"
  :type '(repeat symbol)
  :group 'gnus-agent)

(defcustom gnus-agent-queue-mail t
  "Whether and when outgoing mail should be queued by the agent.
When `always', always queue outgoing mail.  When nil, never
queue.  Otherwise, queue if and only if unplugged."
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type '(radio (const :format "Always" always)
		(const :format "Never" nil)
		(const :format "When unplugged" t)))

(defcustom gnus-agent-prompt-send-queue nil
  "If non-nil, `gnus-group-send-queue' will prompt if called when
unplugged."
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type 'boolean)

(defcustom gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format 1
  "Indicates whether to use compression(2), versus no
compression(1), when writing agentview files.  The compressed
files do save space but load times are 6-7 times higher.  A group
must be opened then closed for the agentview to be updated using
the new format."
  ;; Wouldn't symbols instead numbers be nicer?  --rsteib
  :version "22.1"
  :group 'gnus-agent
  :type '(radio (const :format "Compressed" 2)
		(const :format "Uncompressed" 1)))

;;; Internal variables

(defvar gnus-agent-history-buffers nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-buffer-alist nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-article-alist nil
  "An assoc list identifying the articles whose headers have been fetched.
If successfully fetched, these headers will be stored in the group's overview
file.  The key of each assoc pair is the article ID, the value of each assoc
pair is a flag indicating whether the identified article has been downloaded
\(gnus-agent-fetch-articles sets the value to the day of the download).
NOTES:
1) The last element of this list can not be expired as some
   routines (for example, get-agent-fetch-headers) use the last
   value to track which articles have had their headers retrieved.
2) The function `gnus-agent-regenerate' may destructively modify the value.")
(defvar gnus-agent-group-alist nil)
(defvar gnus-category-alist nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-current-history nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-overview-buffer nil)
(defvar gnus-category-predicate-cache nil)
(defvar gnus-category-group-cache nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-spam-hashtb nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-file-name nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-send-mail-function nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-file-coding-system 'raw-text)
(defvar gnus-agent-file-loading-cache nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-inhibit-update-total-fetched-for nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-need-update-total-fetched-for nil)

;; Dynamic variables
(defvar gnus-headers)
(defvar gnus-score)

;; Added to support XEmacs
(eval-and-compile
  (unless (fboundp 'directory-files-and-attributes)
    (defun directory-files-and-attributes (directory
					   &optional full match nosort)
      (let (result)
	(dolist (file (directory-files directory full match nosort))
	  (push (cons file (file-attributes file)) result))
	(nreverse result)))))

;;;
;;; Setup
;;;

(defun gnus-open-agent ()
  (setq gnus-agent t)
  (gnus-agent-read-servers)
  (gnus-category-read)
  (gnus-agent-create-buffer)
  (add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-agent-mode)
  (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-agent-mode)
  (add-hook 'gnus-server-mode-hook 'gnus-agent-mode))

(defun gnus-agent-create-buffer ()
  (if (gnus-buffer-live-p gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
      t
    (setq gnus-agent-overview-buffer
	  (gnus-get-buffer-create " *Gnus agent overview*"))
    (with-current-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer
      (mm-enable-multibyte))
    nil))

(gnus-add-shutdown 'gnus-close-agent 'gnus)

(defun gnus-close-agent ()
  (setq gnus-category-predicate-cache nil
	gnus-category-group-cache nil
	gnus-agent-spam-hashtb nil)
  (gnus-kill-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer))

;;;
;;; Utility functions
;;;

(defmacro gnus-agent-with-refreshed-group (group &rest body)
  "Performs the body then updates the group's line in the group
buffer.  Automatically blocks multiple updates due to recursion."
`(prog1 (let ((gnus-agent-inhibit-update-total-fetched-for t)) ,@body)
     (when (and gnus-agent-need-update-total-fetched-for
		(not gnus-agent-inhibit-update-total-fetched-for))
	(save-excursion
	  (set-buffer gnus-group-buffer)
	  (setq gnus-agent-need-update-total-fetched-for nil)
	  (gnus-group-update-group ,group t)))))

(defun gnus-agent-read-file (file)
  "Load FILE and do a `read' there."
  (with-temp-buffer
    (ignore-errors
      (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (read (current-buffer)))))

(defsubst gnus-agent-method ()
  (concat (symbol-name (car gnus-command-method)) "/"
	  (if (equal (cadr gnus-command-method) "")
	      "unnamed"
	    (cadr gnus-command-method))))

(defsubst gnus-agent-directory ()
  "The name of the Gnus agent directory."
  (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory
		   (nnheader-translate-file-chars (gnus-agent-method)) "/"))

(defun gnus-agent-lib-file (file)
  "The full name of the Gnus agent library FILE."
  (expand-file-name file
		    (file-name-as-directory
		     (expand-file-name "agent.lib" (gnus-agent-directory)))))

(defun gnus-agent-cat-set-property (category property value)
  (if value
      (setcdr (or (assq property category)
              (let ((cell (cons property nil)))
                    (setcdr category (cons cell (cdr category)))
                    cell)) value)
    (let ((category category))
      (while (cond ((eq property (caadr category))
                    (setcdr category (cddr category))
                    nil)
                   (t
                    (setq category (cdr category)))))))
  category)

(eval-when-compile
  (defmacro gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor (name prop-name)
    "Define accessor and setter methods for manipulating a list of the form
\(NAME (PROPERTY1 VALUE1) ... (PROPERTY_N VALUE_N)).
Given the call (gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor func PROPERTY1), the list may be
manipulated as follows:
  (func LIST): Returns VALUE1
  (setf (func LIST) NEW_VALUE1): Replaces VALUE1 with NEW_VALUE1."
    `(progn (defmacro ,name (category)
              (list (quote cdr) (list (quote assq)
                                      (quote (quote ,prop-name)) category)))

            (define-setf-method ,name (category)
              (let* ((--category--temp-- (make-symbol "--category--"))
                     (--value--temp-- (make-symbol "--value--")))
                (list (list --category--temp--) ; temporary-variables
                      (list category)		; value-forms
                      (list --value--temp--)	; store-variables
                      (let* ((category --category--temp--) ; store-form
                             (value --value--temp--))
                        (list (quote gnus-agent-cat-set-property)
                              category
                              (quote (quote ,prop-name))
                              value))
                      (list (quote ,name) --category--temp--) ; access-form
                      )))))
  )

(defmacro gnus-agent-cat-name (category)
  `(car ,category))

(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-days-until-old             agent-days-until-old)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-enable-expiration          agent-enable-expiration)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-groups                     agent-groups)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-high-score                 agent-high-score)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-length-when-long           agent-long-article)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-length-when-short          agent-short-article)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-low-score                  agent-low-score)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-predicate                  agent-predicate)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-score-file                 agent-score)
(gnus-agent-cat-defaccessor
 gnus-agent-cat-enable-undownloaded-faces  agent-enable-undownloaded-faces)


;; This form is equivalent to defsetf except that it calls make-symbol
;; whereas defsetf calls gensym (Using gensym creates a run-time
;; dependency on the CL library).

(eval-and-compile
  (define-setf-method gnus-agent-cat-groups (category)
    (let* ((--category--temp-- (make-symbol "--category--"))
	   (--groups--temp-- (make-symbol "--groups--")))
      (list (list --category--temp--)
	    (list category)
	    (list --groups--temp--)
	    (let* ((category --category--temp--)
		   (groups --groups--temp--))
	      (list (quote gnus-agent-set-cat-groups) category groups))
	    (list (quote gnus-agent-cat-groups) --category--temp--))))
  )

(defun gnus-agent-set-cat-groups (category groups)
  (unless (eq groups 'ignore)
    (let ((new-g groups)
          (old-g (gnus-agent-cat-groups category)))
      (cond ((eq new-g old-g)
             ;; gnus-agent-add-group is fiddling with the group
             ;; list. Still, Im done.
             nil
             )
            ((eq new-g (cdr old-g))
             ;; gnus-agent-add-group is fiddling with the group list
             (setcdr (or (assq 'agent-groups category)
                         (let ((cell (cons 'agent-groups nil)))
                           (setcdr category (cons cell (cdr category)))
                           cell)) new-g))
            (t
             (let ((groups groups))
               (while groups
                 (let* ((group        (pop groups))
                        (old-category (gnus-group-category group)))
                   (if (eq category old-category)
                       nil
                     (setf (gnus-agent-cat-groups old-category)
                           (delete group (gnus-agent-cat-groups
                                          old-category))))))
               ;; Purge cache as preceeding loop invalidated it.
               (setq gnus-category-group-cache nil))

             (setcdr (or (assq 'agent-groups category)
                         (let ((cell (cons 'agent-groups nil)))
                           (setcdr category (cons cell (cdr category)))
                           cell)) groups))))))

(defsubst gnus-agent-cat-make (name &optional default-agent-predicate)
  (list name `(agent-predicate . ,(or default-agent-predicate 'false))))

(defun gnus-agent-read-group ()
  "Read a group name in the minibuffer, with completion."
  (let ((def (or (gnus-group-group-name) gnus-newsgroup-name)))
    (when def
      (setq def (gnus-group-decoded-name def)))
    (gnus-group-completing-read (if def
				    (concat "Group Name (" def "): ")
				  "Group Name: ")
				nil nil t nil nil def)))

;;; Fetching setup functions.

(defun gnus-agent-start-fetch ()
  "Initialize data structures for efficient fetching."
  (gnus-agent-create-buffer))

(defun gnus-agent-stop-fetch ()
  "Save all data structures and clean up."
  (setq gnus-agent-spam-hashtb nil)
  (save-excursion
    (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
    (widen)))

(defmacro gnus-agent-with-fetch (&rest forms)
  "Do FORMS safely."
  `(unwind-protect
       (let ((gnus-agent-fetching t))
	 (gnus-agent-start-fetch)
	 ,@forms)
     (gnus-agent-stop-fetch)))

(put 'gnus-agent-with-fetch 'lisp-indent-function 0)
(put 'gnus-agent-with-fetch 'edebug-form-spec '(body))

(defmacro gnus-agent-append-to-list (tail value)
  `(setq ,tail (setcdr ,tail (cons ,value nil))))

(defmacro gnus-agent-message (level &rest args)
  `(if (<= ,level gnus-verbose)
       (message ,@args)))

;;;
;;; Mode infestation
;;;

(defvar gnus-agent-mode-hook nil
  "Hook run when installing agent mode.")

(defvar gnus-agent-mode nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-mode-status '(gnus-agent-mode " Plugged"))

(defun gnus-agent-mode ()
  "Minor mode for providing a agent support in Gnus buffers."
  (let* ((buffer (progn (string-match "^gnus-\\(.*\\)-mode$"
				      (symbol-name major-mode))
			(match-string 1 (symbol-name major-mode))))
	 (mode (intern (format "gnus-agent-%s-mode" buffer))))
    (set (make-local-variable 'gnus-agent-mode) t)
    (set mode nil)
    (set (make-local-variable mode) t)
    ;; Set up the menu.
    (when (gnus-visual-p 'agent-menu 'menu)
      (funcall (intern (format "gnus-agent-%s-make-menu-bar" buffer))))
    (unless (assq 'gnus-agent-mode minor-mode-alist)
      (push gnus-agent-mode-status minor-mode-alist))
    (unless (assq mode minor-mode-map-alist)
      (push (cons mode (symbol-value (intern (format "gnus-agent-%s-mode-map"
						     buffer))))
	    minor-mode-map-alist))
    (when (eq major-mode 'gnus-group-mode)
      (let ((init-plugged gnus-plugged)
            (gnus-agent-go-online nil))
        ;; g-a-t-p does nothing when gnus-plugged isn't changed.
        ;; Therefore, make certain that the current value does not
        ;; match the desired initial value.
        (setq gnus-plugged :unknown)
        (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged init-plugged)))
    (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-mode-hook
		    (intern (format "gnus-agent-%s-mode-hook" buffer)))))

(defvar gnus-agent-group-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(gnus-define-keys gnus-agent-group-mode-map
  "Ju" gnus-agent-fetch-groups
  "Jc" gnus-enter-category-buffer
  "Jj" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged
  "Js" gnus-agent-fetch-session
  "JY" gnus-agent-synchronize-flags
  "JS" gnus-group-send-queue
  "Ja" gnus-agent-add-group
  "Jr" gnus-agent-remove-group
  "Jo" gnus-agent-toggle-group-plugged)

(defun gnus-agent-group-make-menu-bar ()
  (unless (boundp 'gnus-agent-group-menu)
    (easy-menu-define
     gnus-agent-group-menu gnus-agent-group-mode-map ""
     '("Agent"
       ["Toggle plugged" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t]
       ["Toggle group plugged" gnus-agent-toggle-group-plugged t]
       ["List categories" gnus-enter-category-buffer t]
       ["Add (current) group to category" gnus-agent-add-group t]
       ["Remove (current) group from category" gnus-agent-remove-group t]
       ["Send queue" gnus-group-send-queue gnus-plugged]
       ("Fetch"
	["All" gnus-agent-fetch-session gnus-plugged]
	["Group" gnus-agent-fetch-group gnus-plugged])
       ["Synchronize flags" gnus-agent-synchronize-flags t]
       ))))

(defvar gnus-agent-summary-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(gnus-define-keys gnus-agent-summary-mode-map
  "Jj" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged
  "Ju" gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group
  "JS" gnus-agent-fetch-group
  "Js" gnus-agent-summary-fetch-series
  "J#" gnus-agent-mark-article
  "J\M-#" gnus-agent-unmark-article
  "@" gnus-agent-toggle-mark
  "Jc" gnus-agent-catchup)

(defun gnus-agent-summary-make-menu-bar ()
  (unless (boundp 'gnus-agent-summary-menu)
    (easy-menu-define
     gnus-agent-summary-menu gnus-agent-summary-mode-map ""
     '("Agent"
       ["Toggle plugged" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t]
       ["Mark as downloadable" gnus-agent-mark-article t]
       ["Unmark as downloadable" gnus-agent-unmark-article t]
       ["Toggle mark" gnus-agent-toggle-mark t]
       ["Fetch downloadable" gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group t]
       ["Catchup undownloaded" gnus-agent-catchup t]))))

(defvar gnus-agent-server-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(gnus-define-keys gnus-agent-server-mode-map
  "Jj" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged
  "Ja" gnus-agent-add-server
  "Jr" gnus-agent-remove-server)

(defun gnus-agent-server-make-menu-bar ()
  (unless (boundp 'gnus-agent-server-menu)
    (easy-menu-define
     gnus-agent-server-menu gnus-agent-server-mode-map ""
     '("Agent"
       ["Toggle plugged" gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t]
       ["Add" gnus-agent-add-server t]
       ["Remove" gnus-agent-remove-server t]))))

(defun gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string (string mouse-button mouse-func)
  (if (and (fboundp 'propertize)
	   (fboundp 'make-mode-line-mouse-map))
      (propertize string 'local-map
		  (make-mode-line-mouse-map mouse-button mouse-func)
		  'mouse-face
		  (cond ((and (featurep 'xemacs)
			      ;; XEmacs' `facep' only checks for a face
			      ;; object, not for a face name, so it's useless
			      ;; to check with `facep'.
			      (find-face 'modeline))
			 'modeline)
			((facep 'mode-line-highlight) ;; Emacs 22
			 'mode-line-highlight)
			((facep 'mode-line) ;; Emacs 21
			 'mode-line)) )
    string))

(defun gnus-agent-toggle-plugged (set-to)
  "Toggle whether Gnus is unplugged or not."
  (interactive (list (not gnus-plugged)))
  (cond ((eq set-to gnus-plugged)
         nil)
        (set-to
         (setq gnus-plugged set-to)
         (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-plugged-hook)
         (setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status)
                 (gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string " Plugged"
                                                   'mouse-2
                                                   'gnus-agent-toggle-plugged))
         (gnus-agent-go-online gnus-agent-go-online))
        (t
         (gnus-agent-close-connections)
         (setq gnus-plugged set-to)
         (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-unplugged-hook)
         (setcar (cdr gnus-agent-mode-status)
                 (gnus-agent-make-mode-line-string " Unplugged"
                                                   'mouse-2
                                                   'gnus-agent-toggle-plugged))))
  (set-buffer-modified-p t))

(defmacro gnus-agent-while-plugged (&rest body)
  `(let ((original-gnus-plugged gnus-plugged))
    (unwind-protect
        (progn (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged t)
               ,@body)
      (gnus-agent-toggle-plugged original-gnus-plugged))))

(put 'gnus-agent-while-plugged 'lisp-indent-function 0)
(put 'gnus-agent-while-plugged 'edebug-form-spec '(body))

(defun gnus-agent-close-connections ()
  "Close all methods covered by the Gnus agent."
  (let ((methods (gnus-agent-covered-methods)))
    (while methods
      (gnus-close-server (pop methods)))))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-unplugged ()
  "Start Gnus unplugged."
  (interactive)
  (setq gnus-plugged nil)
  (gnus))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-plugged ()
  "Start Gnus plugged."
  (interactive)
  (setq gnus-plugged t)
  (gnus))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-slave-unplugged (&optional arg)
  "Read news as a slave unplugged."
  (interactive "P")
  (setq gnus-plugged nil)
  (gnus arg nil 'slave))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agentize ()
  "Allow Gnus to be an offline newsreader.

The gnus-agentize function is now called internally by gnus when
gnus-agent is set.  If you wish to avoid calling gnus-agentize,
customize gnus-agent to nil.

This will modify the `gnus-setup-news-hook', and
`message-send-mail-real-function' variables, and install the Gnus agent
minor mode in all Gnus buffers."
  (interactive)
  (gnus-open-agent)
  (add-hook 'gnus-setup-news-hook 'gnus-agent-queue-setup)
  (unless gnus-agent-send-mail-function
    (setq gnus-agent-send-mail-function
	  (or message-send-mail-real-function
	      (function (lambda () (funcall message-send-mail-function))))
	  message-send-mail-real-function 'gnus-agent-send-mail))

  ;; If the servers file doesn't exist, auto-agentize some servers and
  ;; save the servers file so this auto-agentizing isn't invoked
  ;; again.
  (unless (file-exists-p (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/servers"))
    (gnus-message 3 "First time agent user, agentizing remote groups...")
    (mapc
     (lambda (server-or-method)
       (let ((method (gnus-server-to-method server-or-method)))
	 (when (memq (car method)
		     gnus-agent-auto-agentize-methods)
	   (push (gnus-method-to-server method)
		 gnus-agent-covered-methods)
	   (setq gnus-agent-method-p-cache nil))))
     (cons gnus-select-method gnus-secondary-select-methods))
    (gnus-agent-write-servers)))

(defun gnus-agent-queue-setup (&optional group-name)
  "Make sure the queue group exists.
Optional arg GROUP-NAME allows to specify another group."
  (unless (gnus-gethash (format "nndraft:%s" (or group-name "queue"))
			gnus-newsrc-hashtb)
    (gnus-request-create-group (or group-name "queue") '(nndraft ""))
    (let ((gnus-level-default-subscribed 1))
      (gnus-subscribe-group (format "nndraft:%s" (or group-name "queue"))
			    nil '(nndraft "")))
    (gnus-group-set-parameter
     (format "nndraft:%s" (or group-name "queue"))
     'gnus-dummy '((gnus-draft-mode)))))

(defun gnus-agent-send-mail ()
  (if (or (not gnus-agent-queue-mail)
	  (and gnus-plugged (not (eq gnus-agent-queue-mail 'always))))
      (funcall gnus-agent-send-mail-function)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (re-search-forward
     (concat "^" (regexp-quote mail-header-separator) "\n"))
    (replace-match "\n")
    (gnus-agent-insert-meta-information 'mail)
    (gnus-request-accept-article "nndraft:queue" nil t t)))

(defun gnus-agent-insert-meta-information (type &optional method)
  "Insert meta-information into the message that says how it's to be posted.
TYPE can be either `mail' or `news'.  If the latter, then METHOD can
be a select method."
  (save-excursion
    (message-remove-header gnus-agent-meta-information-header)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (insert gnus-agent-meta-information-header ": "
	    (symbol-name type) " " (format "%S" method)
	    "\n")
    (forward-char -1)
    (while (search-backward "\n" nil t)
      (replace-match "\\n" t t))))

(defun gnus-agent-restore-gcc ()
  "Restore GCC field from saved header."
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (while (re-search-forward
	    (concat "^" (regexp-quote gnus-agent-gcc-header) ":") nil t)
      (replace-match "Gcc:" 'fixedcase))))

(defun gnus-agent-any-covered-gcc ()
  (save-restriction
    (message-narrow-to-headers)
    (let* ((gcc (mail-fetch-field "gcc" nil t))
	   (methods (and gcc
			 (mapcar 'gnus-inews-group-method
				 (message-unquote-tokens
				  (message-tokenize-header
				   gcc " ,")))))
	   covered)
      (while (and (not covered) methods)
	(setq covered (gnus-agent-method-p (car methods))
	      methods (cdr methods)))
      covered)))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-possibly-save-gcc ()
  "Save GCC if Gnus is unplugged."
  (when (and (not gnus-plugged) (gnus-agent-any-covered-gcc))
    (save-excursion
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (let ((case-fold-search t))
	(while (re-search-forward "^gcc:" nil t)
	  (replace-match (concat gnus-agent-gcc-header ":") 'fixedcase))))))

(defun gnus-agent-possibly-do-gcc ()
  "Do GCC if Gnus is plugged."
  (when (or gnus-plugged (not (gnus-agent-any-covered-gcc)))
    (gnus-inews-do-gcc)))

;;;
;;; Group mode commands
;;;

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-groups (n)
  "Put all new articles in the current groups into the Agent."
  (interactive "P")
  (unless gnus-plugged
    (error "Groups can't be fetched when Gnus is unplugged"))
  (gnus-group-iterate n 'gnus-agent-fetch-group))

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-group (&optional group)
  "Put all new articles in GROUP into the Agent."
  (interactive (list (gnus-group-group-name)))
  (setq group (or group gnus-newsgroup-name))
  (unless group
    (error "No group on the current line"))

  (gnus-agent-while-plugged
    (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
      (gnus-agent-with-fetch
        (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 group gnus-command-method)
        (gnus-message 5 "Fetching %s...done" group)))))

(defun gnus-agent-add-group (category arg)
  "Add the current group to an agent category."
  (interactive
   (list
    (intern
     (completing-read
      "Add to category: "
      (mapcar (lambda (cat) (list (symbol-name (car cat))))
	      gnus-category-alist)
      nil t))
    current-prefix-arg))
  (let ((cat (assq category gnus-category-alist))
	c groups)
    (gnus-group-iterate arg
      (lambda (group)
	(when (gnus-agent-cat-groups (setq c (gnus-group-category group)))
	  (setf (gnus-agent-cat-groups c)
                (delete group (gnus-agent-cat-groups c))))
	(push group groups)))
    (setf (gnus-agent-cat-groups cat)
          (nconc (gnus-agent-cat-groups cat) groups))
    (gnus-category-write)))

(defun gnus-agent-remove-group (arg)
  "Remove the current group from its agent category, if any."
  (interactive "P")
  (let (c)
    (gnus-group-iterate arg
      (lambda (group)
	(when (gnus-agent-cat-groups (setq c (gnus-group-category group)))
	  (setf (gnus-agent-cat-groups c)
                (delete group (gnus-agent-cat-groups c))))))
    (gnus-category-write)))

(defun gnus-agent-synchronize-flags ()
  "Synchronize unplugged flags with servers."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (dolist (gnus-command-method (gnus-agent-covered-methods))
      (when (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "flags"))
	(gnus-agent-synchronize-flags-server gnus-command-method)))))

(defun gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags ()
  "Synchronize flags according to `gnus-agent-synchronize-flags'."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (dolist (gnus-command-method (gnus-agent-covered-methods))
      (when (eq (gnus-server-status gnus-command-method) 'ok)
	(gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags-server gnus-command-method)))))

(defun gnus-agent-synchronize-flags-server (method)
  "Synchronize flags set when unplugged for server."
  (let ((gnus-command-method method)
	(gnus-agent nil))
    (when (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "flags"))
      (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Gnus Agent flag synchronize*"))
      (erase-buffer)
      (nnheader-insert-file-contents (gnus-agent-lib-file "flags"))
      (cond ((null gnus-plugged)
	     (gnus-message
	      1 "You must be plugged to synchronize flags with server %s"
	      (nth 1 gnus-command-method)))
	    ((null (gnus-check-server gnus-command-method))
	     (gnus-message
	      1 "Couldn't open server %s" (nth 1 gnus-command-method)))
	    (t
	     (condition-case err
		 (while t
		   (let ((bgn (point)))
		     (eval (read (current-buffer)))
		     (delete-region bgn (point))))
	       (end-of-file
		(delete-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "flags")))
	       (error
		(let ((file (gnus-agent-lib-file "flags")))
		  (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
				(gnus-agent-lib-file "flags") nil 'silent)
		  (error "Couldn't set flags from file %s due to %s"
			 file (error-message-string err)))))))
      (kill-buffer nil))))

(defun gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags-server (method)
  "Synchronize flags for server according to `gnus-agent-synchronize-flags'."
  (when (and (file-exists-p (gnus-agent-lib-file "flags"))
	     (or (and gnus-agent-synchronize-flags
		      (not (eq gnus-agent-synchronize-flags 'ask)))
		 (and (eq gnus-agent-synchronize-flags 'ask)
		      (gnus-y-or-n-p
		       (format "Synchronize flags on server `%s'? "
			       (cadr method))))))
    (gnus-agent-synchronize-flags-server method)))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-rename-group (old-group new-group)
  "Rename fully-qualified OLD-GROUP as NEW-GROUP.
Always updates the agent, even when disabled, as the old agent
files would corrupt gnus when the agent was next enabled.
Depends upon the caller to determine whether group renaming is
supported."
  (let* ((old-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group old-group))
	 (old-path           (directory-file-name
			      (let (gnus-command-method old-command-method)
				(gnus-agent-group-pathname old-group))))
	 (new-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group new-group))
	 (new-path           (directory-file-name
			      (let (gnus-command-method new-command-method)
				(gnus-agent-group-pathname new-group))))
	 (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
    (gnus-rename-file old-path new-path t)

    (let* ((old-real-group (gnus-group-real-name old-group))
	   (new-real-group (gnus-group-real-name new-group))
	   (old-active (gnus-agent-get-group-info old-command-method old-real-group)))
      (gnus-agent-save-group-info old-command-method old-real-group nil)
      (gnus-agent-save-group-info new-command-method new-real-group old-active)

      (let ((old-local (gnus-agent-get-local old-group
					     old-real-group old-command-method)))
	(gnus-agent-set-local old-group
			      nil nil
			      old-real-group old-command-method)
	(gnus-agent-set-local new-group
			      (car old-local) (cdr old-local)
			      new-real-group new-command-method)))))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-delete-group (group)
  "Delete fully-qualified GROUP.
Always updates the agent, even when disabled, as the old agent
files would corrupt gnus when the agent was next enabled.
Depends upon the caller to determine whether group deletion is
supported."
  (let* ((command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
	 (path           (directory-file-name
			  (let (gnus-command-method command-method)
			    (gnus-agent-group-pathname group))))
	 (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
    (gnus-delete-directory path)

    (let* ((real-group (gnus-group-real-name group)))
      (gnus-agent-save-group-info command-method real-group nil)

      (let ((local (gnus-agent-get-local group
					 real-group command-method)))
	(gnus-agent-set-local group
			      nil nil
			      real-group command-method)))))

;;;
;;; Server mode commands
;;;

(defun gnus-agent-add-server ()
  "Enroll SERVER in the agent program."
  (interactive)
  (let* ((server       (gnus-server-server-name))
         (named-server (gnus-server-named-server))
         (method       (and server
                            (gnus-server-get-method nil server))))
    (unless server
      (error "No server on the current line"))

    (when (gnus-agent-method-p method)
      (error "Server already in the agent program"))

    (push named-server gnus-agent-covered-methods)

    (setq gnus-agent-method-p-cache nil)
    (gnus-server-update-server server)
    (gnus-agent-write-servers)
    (gnus-message 1 "Entered %s into the Agent" server)))

(defun gnus-agent-remove-server ()
  "Remove SERVER from the agent program."
  (interactive)
  (let* ((server       (gnus-server-server-name))
         (named-server (gnus-server-named-server)))
    (unless server
      (error "No server on the current line"))

    (unless (member named-server gnus-agent-covered-methods)
      (error "Server not in the agent program"))

    (setq gnus-agent-covered-methods
          (delete named-server gnus-agent-covered-methods)
          gnus-agent-method-p-cache nil)

    (gnus-server-update-server server)
    (gnus-agent-write-servers)
    (gnus-message 1 "Removed %s from the agent" server)))

(defun gnus-agent-read-servers ()
  "Read the alist of covered servers."
  (setq gnus-agent-covered-methods
        (gnus-agent-read-file
         (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/servers"))
        gnus-agent-method-p-cache nil)

  ;; I am called so early in start-up that I can not validate server
  ;; names.  When that is the case, I skip the validation.  That is
  ;; alright as the gnus startup code calls the validate methods
  ;; directly.
  (if gnus-server-alist
      (gnus-agent-read-servers-validate)))

(defun gnus-agent-read-servers-validate ()
  (mapcar (lambda (server-or-method)
            (let* ((server (if (stringp server-or-method)
                               server-or-method
                             (gnus-method-to-server server-or-method)))
                   (method (gnus-server-to-method server)))
              (if method
                  (unless (member server gnus-agent-covered-methods)
                    (push server gnus-agent-covered-methods)
                    (setq gnus-agent-method-p-cache nil))
                (gnus-message 1 "Ignoring disappeared server `%s'" server))))
          (prog1 gnus-agent-covered-methods
            (setq gnus-agent-covered-methods nil))))

(defun gnus-agent-read-servers-validate-native (native-method)
  (setq gnus-agent-covered-methods
        (mapcar (lambda (method)
                  (if (or (not method)
                          (equal method native-method))
                      "native"
                    method)) gnus-agent-covered-methods)))

(defun gnus-agent-write-servers ()
  "Write the alist of covered servers."
  (gnus-make-directory (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib"))
  (let ((coding-system-for-write nnheader-file-coding-system)
	(file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
    (with-temp-file (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/servers")
      (prin1 gnus-agent-covered-methods
	     (current-buffer)))))

;;;
;;; Summary commands
;;;

(defun gnus-agent-mark-article (n &optional unmark)
  "Mark the next N articles as downloadable.
If N is negative, mark backward instead.  If UNMARK is non-nil, remove
the mark instead.  The difference between N and the actual number of
articles marked is returned."
  (interactive "p")
  (let ((backward (< n 0))
	(n (abs n)))
    (while (and
	    (> n 0)
	    (progn
	      (gnus-summary-set-agent-mark
	       (gnus-summary-article-number) unmark)
	      (zerop (gnus-summary-next-subject (if backward -1 1) nil t))))
      (setq n (1- n)))
    (when (/= 0 n)
      (gnus-message 7 "No more articles"))
    (gnus-summary-recenter)
    (gnus-summary-position-point)
    n))

(defun gnus-agent-unmark-article (n)
  "Remove the downloadable mark from the next N articles.
If N is negative, unmark backward instead.  The difference between N and
the actual number of articles unmarked is returned."
  (interactive "p")
  (gnus-agent-mark-article n t))

(defun gnus-agent-toggle-mark (n)
  "Toggle the downloadable mark from the next N articles.
If N is negative, toggle backward instead.  The difference between N and
the actual number of articles toggled is returned."
  (interactive "p")
  (gnus-agent-mark-article n 'toggle))

(defun gnus-summary-set-agent-mark (article &optional unmark)
  "Mark ARTICLE as downloadable.  If UNMARK is nil, article is marked.
When UNMARK is t, the article is unmarked.  For any other value, the
article's mark is toggled."
  (let ((unmark (cond ((eq nil unmark)
		       nil)
		      ((eq t unmark)
		       t)
		      (t
		       (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)))))
    (when (gnus-summary-goto-subject article nil t)
      (gnus-summary-update-mark
       (if unmark
           (progn
             (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
                   (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
             (gnus-article-mark article))
	 (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
	       (gnus-add-to-sorted-list gnus-newsgroup-downloadable article))
	 gnus-downloadable-mark)
       'unread))))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-get-undownloaded-list ()
  "Construct list of articles that have not been downloaded."
  (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group gnus-newsgroup-name)))
    (when (set (make-local-variable 'gnus-newsgroup-agentized)
               (gnus-agent-method-p gnus-command-method))
      (let* ((alist (gnus-agent-load-alist gnus-newsgroup-name))
             (headers (sort (mapcar (lambda (h)
                                      (mail-header-number h))
                                    gnus-newsgroup-headers) '<))
             (cached (and gnus-use-cache gnus-newsgroup-cached))
             (undownloaded (list nil))
             (tail-undownloaded undownloaded)
             (unfetched (list nil))
             (tail-unfetched unfetched))
	(while (and alist headers)
	  (let ((a (caar alist))
		(h (car headers)))
	    (cond ((< a h)
		   ;; Ignore IDs in the alist that are not being
		   ;; displayed in the summary.
		   (setq alist (cdr alist)))
		  ((> a h)
                   ;; Headers that are not in the alist should be
                   ;; fictious (see nnagent-retrieve-headers); they
                   ;; imply that this article isn't in the agent.
		   (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-undownloaded h)
		   (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unfetched    h)
                   (setq headers (cdr headers)))
		  ((cdar alist)
		   (setq alist (cdr alist))
		   (setq headers (cdr headers))
		   nil                  ; ignore already downloaded
		   )
		  (t
		   (setq alist (cdr alist))
		   (setq headers (cdr headers))

                   ;; This article isn't in the agent.  Check to see
                   ;; if it is in the cache.  If it is, it's been
                   ;; downloaded.
                   (while (and cached (< (car cached) a))
                     (setq cached (cdr cached)))
                   (unless (equal a (car cached))
                     (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-undownloaded a))))))

	(while headers
          (let ((num (pop headers)))
            (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-undownloaded num)
            (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unfetched    num)))

	(setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded (cdr undownloaded)
              gnus-newsgroup-unfetched    (cdr unfetched))))))

(defun gnus-agent-catchup ()
  "Mark as read all unhandled articles.
An article is unhandled if it is neither cached, nor downloaded, nor
downloadable."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (let ((articles gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))
      (when (or gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
                gnus-newsgroup-cached)
        (setq articles (gnus-sorted-ndifference
			(gnus-sorted-ndifference
			 (gnus-copy-sequence articles)
			 gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
			gnus-newsgroup-cached)))

      (while articles
        (gnus-summary-mark-article
         (pop articles) gnus-catchup-mark)))
    (gnus-summary-position-point)))

(defun gnus-agent-summary-fetch-series ()
  (interactive)
  (when gnus-newsgroup-processable
    (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
          (let* ((dl gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)
		 (processable (sort (gnus-copy-sequence gnus-newsgroup-processable) '<))
                 (gnus-newsgroup-downloadable processable))
	    (gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group)

            ;; For each article that I processed that is no longer
            ;; undownloaded, remove its processable mark.

	    (mapc #'gnus-summary-remove-process-mark
		  (gnus-sorted-ndifference gnus-newsgroup-processable gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))

            ;; The preceeding call to (gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group)
            ;; updated the temporary gnus-newsgroup-downloadable to
            ;; remove each article successfully fetched.  Now, I
            ;; update the real gnus-newsgroup-downloadable to only
            ;; include undownloaded articles.
	    (gnus-sorted-ndifference dl (gnus-sorted-ndifference processable gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))))))

(defun gnus-agent-summary-fetch-group (&optional all)
  "Fetch the downloadable articles in the group.
Optional arg ALL, if non-nil, means to fetch all articles."
  (interactive "P")
  (let ((articles
	 (if all gnus-newsgroup-articles
	   gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
	(gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group gnus-newsgroup-name))
        fetched-articles)
    (gnus-agent-while-plugged
      (unless articles
        (error "No articles to download"))
      (gnus-agent-with-fetch
        (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
              (gnus-sorted-ndifference
               gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
               (setq fetched-articles
                     (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
                      gnus-newsgroup-name articles)))))
      (save-excursion
        (dolist (article articles)
          (let ((was-marked-downloadable
                 (memq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable)))
            (cond (gnus-agent-mark-unread-after-downloaded
                   (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
                         (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))

                   (gnus-summary-mark-article article gnus-unread-mark))
                  (was-marked-downloadable
                   (gnus-summary-set-agent-mark article t)))
            (when (gnus-summary-goto-subject article nil t)
              (gnus-summary-update-download-mark article))))))
    fetched-articles))

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-selected-article ()
  "Fetch the current article as it is selected.
This can be added to `gnus-select-article-hook' or
`gnus-mark-article-hook'."
  (let ((gnus-command-method gnus-current-select-method))
    (when (and gnus-plugged (gnus-agent-method-p gnus-command-method))
      (when (gnus-agent-fetch-articles
             gnus-newsgroup-name
	     (list gnus-current-article))
	(setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
	      (delq gnus-current-article gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded))
        (gnus-summary-update-download-mark gnus-current-article)))))

;;;
;;; Internal functions
;;;

(defun gnus-agent-synchronize-group-flags (group actions server)
"Update a plugged group by performing the indicated actions."
  (let* ((gnus-command-method (gnus-server-to-method server))
	 (info
	  ;; This initializer is required as gnus-request-set-mark
	  ;; calls gnus-group-real-name to strip off the host name
	  ;; before calling the backend.  Now that the backend is
	  ;; trying to call gnus-request-set-mark, I have to
	  ;; reconstruct the original group name.
	  (or (gnus-get-info group)
	      (gnus-get-info
	       (setq group (gnus-group-full-name
			    group gnus-command-method))))))
    (gnus-request-set-mark group actions)

    (when info
      (dolist (action actions)
	(let ((range (nth 0 action))
	      (what  (nth 1 action))
	      (marks (nth 2 action)))
	  (dolist (mark marks)
	    (cond ((eq mark 'read)
		   (gnus-info-set-read
		    info
		    (funcall (if (eq what 'add)
				 'gnus-range-add
			       'gnus-remove-from-range)
			     (gnus-info-read info)
			     range))
		   (gnus-get-unread-articles-in-group
		    info
		    (gnus-active (gnus-info-group info))))
		  ((memq mark '(tick))
		   (let ((info-marks (assoc mark (gnus-info-marks info))))
		     (unless info-marks
		       (gnus-info-set-marks info (cons (setq info-marks (list mark)) (gnus-info-marks info))))
		     (setcdr info-marks (funcall (if (eq what 'add)
				  'gnus-range-add
				'gnus-remove-from-range)
			      (cdr info-marks)
			      range))))))))

      ;;Marks can be synchronized at any time by simply toggling from
      ;;unplugged to plugged.  If that is what is happening right now, make
      ;;sure that the group buffer is up to date.
          (when (gnus-buffer-live-p gnus-group-buffer)
            (gnus-group-update-group group t)))
    nil))

(defun gnus-agent-save-active (method)
  (when (gnus-agent-method-p method)
    (let* ((gnus-command-method method)
	   (new (gnus-make-hashtable (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))
	   (file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")))
      (gnus-active-to-gnus-format nil new)
      (gnus-agent-write-active file new)
      (erase-buffer)
      (let ((nnheader-file-coding-system gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
	(nnheader-insert-file-contents file)))))

(defun gnus-agent-write-active (file new)
    (gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory file))
    (let ((nnmail-active-file-coding-system gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
      ;; The hashtable contains real names of groups.  However, do NOT
      ;; add the foreign server prefix as gnus-active-to-gnus-format
      ;; will add it while reading the file.
      (gnus-write-active-file file new nil)))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-possibly-alter-active (group active &optional info)
  "Possibly expand a group's active range to include articles
downloaded into the agent."
  (let* ((gnus-command-method (or gnus-command-method
                                  (gnus-find-method-for-group group))))
    (when (gnus-agent-method-p gnus-command-method)
      (let* ((local (gnus-agent-get-local group))
             (active-min (or (car active) 0))
             (active-max (or (cdr active) 0))
             (agent-min (or (car local) active-min))
             (agent-max (or (cdr local) active-max)))

        (when (< agent-min active-min)
          (setcar active agent-min))

        (when (> agent-max active-max)
          (setcdr active agent-max))

        (when (and info (< agent-max (- active-min 100)))
          ;; I'm expanding the active range by such a large amount
          ;; that there is a gap of more than 100 articles between the
          ;; last article known to the agent and the first article
          ;; currently available on the server.  This gap contains
          ;; articles that have been lost, mark them as read so that
          ;; gnus doesn't waste resources trying to fetch them.

          ;; NOTE: I don't do this for smaller gaps (< 100) as I don't
          ;; want to modify the local file everytime someone restarts
          ;; gnus.  The small gap will cause a tiny performance hit
          ;; when gnus tries, and fails, to retrieve the articles.
          ;; Still that should be smaller than opening a buffer,
          ;; printing this list to the buffer, and then writing it to a
          ;; file.

          (let ((read (gnus-info-read info)))
            (gnus-info-set-read
             info
             (gnus-range-add
              read
              (list (cons (1+ agent-max)
                          (1- active-min))))))

          ;; Lie about the agent's local range for this group to
          ;; disable the set read each time this server is opened.
          ;; NOTE: Opening this group will restore the valid local
          ;; range but it will also expand the local range to
          ;; incompass the new active range.
          (gnus-agent-set-local group agent-min (1- active-min)))))))

(defun gnus-agent-save-group-info (method group active)
  "Update a single group's active range in the agent's copy of the server's active file."
  (when (gnus-agent-method-p method)
    (let* ((gnus-command-method (or method gnus-command-method))
	   (coding-system-for-write nnheader-file-coding-system)
	   (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
	   (file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
	   oactive-min oactive-max)
      (gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory file))
      (with-temp-file file
	;; Emacs got problem to match non-ASCII group in multibyte buffer.
	(mm-disable-multibyte)
	(when (file-exists-p file)
	  (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)

          (goto-char (point-min))
          (when (re-search-forward
                 (concat "^" (regexp-quote group) " ") nil t)
            (save-excursion
              (setq oactive-max (read (current-buffer))	;; max
                    oactive-min (read (current-buffer)))) ;; min
            (gnus-delete-line)))
	(when active
	  (insert (format "%S %d %d y\n" (intern group)
			  (max (or oactive-max (cdr active)) (cdr active))
			  (min (or oactive-min (car active)) (car active))))
	  (goto-char (point-max))
	  (while (search-backward "\\." nil t)
	    (delete-char 1)))))))

(defun gnus-agent-get-group-info (method group)
  "Get a single group's active range in the agent's copy of the server's active file."
  (when (gnus-agent-method-p method)
    (let* ((gnus-command-method (or method gnus-command-method))
	   (coding-system-for-write nnheader-file-coding-system)
	   (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
	   (file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active"))
	   oactive-min oactive-max)
      (gnus-make-directory (file-name-directory file))
      (with-temp-buffer
	;; Emacs got problem to match non-ASCII group in multibyte buffer.
	(mm-disable-multibyte)
	(when (file-exists-p file)
	  (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)

          (goto-char (point-min))
          (when (re-search-forward
                 (concat "^" (regexp-quote group) " ") nil t)
            (save-excursion
              (setq oactive-max (read (current-buffer))	;; max
                    oactive-min (read (current-buffer))) ;; min
	      (cons oactive-min oactive-max))))))))

(defvar gnus-agent-decoded-group-names nil
  "Alist of non-ASCII group names and decoded ones.")

(defun gnus-agent-decoded-group-name (group)
  "Return a decoded group name of GROUP."
  (or (cdr (assoc group gnus-agent-decoded-group-names))
      (if (string-match "[^\000-\177]" group)
	  (let ((decoded (gnus-group-decoded-name group)))
	    (push (cons group decoded) gnus-agent-decoded-group-names)
	    decoded)
	group)))

(defun gnus-agent-group-path (group)
  "Translate GROUP into a file name."

  ;; NOTE: This is what nnmail-group-pathname does as of Apr 2003.
  ;; The two methods must be kept synchronized, which is why
  ;; gnus-agent-group-pathname was added.

  (setq group
        (nnheader-translate-file-chars
         (nnheader-replace-duplicate-chars-in-string
          (nnheader-replace-chars-in-string
           (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-agent-decoded-group-name group))
           ?/ ?_)
          ?. ?_)))
  (if (or nnmail-use-long-file-names
          (file-directory-p (expand-file-name group (gnus-agent-directory))))
      group
    (nnheader-replace-chars-in-string group ?. ?/)))

(defun gnus-agent-group-pathname (group)
  "Translate GROUP into a file name."
  ;; nnagent uses nnmail-group-pathname to read articles while
  ;; unplugged.  The agent must, therefore, use the same directory
  ;; while plugged.
  (nnmail-group-pathname
   (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-agent-decoded-group-name group))
   (if gnus-command-method
       (gnus-agent-directory)
     (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
       (gnus-agent-directory)))))

(defun gnus-agent-get-function (method)
  (if (gnus-online method)
      (car method)
    (require 'nnagent)
    'nnagent))

(defun gnus-agent-covered-methods ()
  "Return the subset of methods that are covered by the agent."
  (delq nil (mapcar #'gnus-server-to-method gnus-agent-covered-methods)))

;;; History functions

(defun gnus-agent-history-buffer ()
  (cdr (assoc (gnus-agent-method) gnus-agent-history-buffers)))

(defun gnus-agent-open-history ()
  (save-excursion
    (push (cons (gnus-agent-method)
		(set-buffer (gnus-get-buffer-create
			     (format " *Gnus agent %s history*"
				     (gnus-agent-method)))))
	  gnus-agent-history-buffers)
    (mm-disable-multibyte) ;; everything is binary
    (erase-buffer)
    (insert "\n")
    (let ((file (gnus-agent-lib-file "history")))
      (when (file-exists-p file)
	(nnheader-insert-file-contents file))
      (set (make-local-variable 'gnus-agent-file-name) file))))

(defun gnus-agent-close-history ()
  (when (gnus-buffer-live-p gnus-agent-current-history)
    (kill-buffer gnus-agent-current-history)
    (setq gnus-agent-history-buffers
	  (delq (assoc (gnus-agent-method) gnus-agent-history-buffers)
		gnus-agent-history-buffers))))

;;;
;;; Fetching
;;;

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-articles (group articles)
  "Fetch ARTICLES from GROUP and put them into the Agent."
  (when articles
    (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
    (let* ((alist   gnus-agent-article-alist)
           (headers (if (< (length articles) 2) nil gnus-newsgroup-headers))
           (selected-sets (list nil))
           (current-set-size 0)
           article
           header-number)
      ;; Check each article
      (while (setq article (pop articles))
        ;; Skip alist entries preceeding this article
        (while (> article (or (caar alist) (1+ article)))
          (setq alist (cdr alist)))

        ;; Prune off articles that we have already fetched.
        (unless (and (eq article (caar alist))
                     (cdar alist))
          ;; Skip headers preceeding this article
          (while (> article
                    (setq header-number
                          (let* ((header (car headers)))
                            (if header
                                (mail-header-number header)
                              (1+ article)))))
            (setq headers (cdr headers)))

          ;; Add this article to the current set
          (setcar selected-sets (cons article (car selected-sets)))

          ;; Update the set size, when the set is too large start a
          ;; new one.  I do this after adding the article as I want at
          ;; least one article in each set.
          (when (< gnus-agent-max-fetch-size
                   (setq current-set-size
			 (+ current-set-size
			    (if (= header-number article)
                                (let ((char-size (mail-header-chars
                                                  (car headers))))
                                  (if (<= char-size 0)
                                      ;; The char size was missing/invalid,
                                      ;; assume a worst-case situation of
                                      ;; 65 char/line.  If the line count
                                      ;; is missing, arbitrarily assume a
                                      ;; size of 1000 characters.
                                    (max (* 65 (mail-header-lines
                                                (car headers)))
                                         1000)
                                    char-size))
			      0))))
            (setcar selected-sets (nreverse (car selected-sets)))
            (setq selected-sets (cons nil selected-sets)
                  current-set-size 0))))

      (when (or (cdr selected-sets) (car selected-sets))
        (let* ((fetched-articles (list nil))
               (tail-fetched-articles fetched-articles)
               (dir (gnus-agent-group-pathname group))
               (date (time-to-days (current-time)))
               (case-fold-search t)
               pos crosses id
	       (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))

          (setcar selected-sets (nreverse (car selected-sets)))
          (setq selected-sets (nreverse selected-sets))

          (gnus-make-directory dir)
          (gnus-message 7 "Fetching articles for %s..." group)

          (unwind-protect
              (while (setq articles (pop selected-sets))
                ;; Fetch the articles from the backend.
                (if (gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-articles group)
                    (setq pos (gnus-retrieve-articles articles group))
                  (with-temp-buffer
                    (let (article)
                      (while (setq article (pop articles))
                        (gnus-message 10 "Fetching article %s for %s..."
                                      article group)
                        (when (or
                               (gnus-backlog-request-article group article
                                                             nntp-server-buffer)
                               (gnus-request-article article group))
                          (goto-char (point-max))
                          (push (cons article (point)) pos)
                          (insert-buffer-substring nntp-server-buffer)))
                      (copy-to-buffer
		       nntp-server-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
                      (setq pos (nreverse pos)))))
                ;; Then save these articles into the Agent.
                (save-excursion
                  (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
                  (while pos
                    (narrow-to-region (cdar pos) (or (cdadr pos) (point-max)))
                    (goto-char (point-min))
                    (unless (eobp) ;; Don't save empty articles.
                      (when (search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
                        (when (search-backward "\nXrefs: " nil t)
                          ;; Handle cross posting.
                          (goto-char (match-end 0)) ; move to end of header name
                          (skip-chars-forward "^ ") ; skip server name
                          (skip-chars-forward " ")
                          (setq crosses nil)
                          (while (looking-at "\\([^: \n]+\\):\\([0-9]+\\) *")
                            (push (cons (buffer-substring (match-beginning 1)
                                                          (match-end 1))
                                        (string-to-number
					 (buffer-substring (match-beginning 2)
							   (match-end 2))))
                                  crosses)
                            (goto-char (match-end 0)))
                          (gnus-agent-crosspost crosses (caar pos) date)))
                      (goto-char (point-min))
                      (if (not (re-search-forward
                                "^Message-ID: *<\\([^>\n]+\\)>" nil t))
                          (setq id "No-Message-ID-in-article")
                        (setq id (buffer-substring
				  (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))))
                      (let ((coding-system-for-write
                             gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
                        (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
                                      (concat dir (number-to-string (caar pos)))
                                      nil 'silent))

                      (gnus-agent-append-to-list
		       tail-fetched-articles (caar pos)))
                    (widen)
                    (setq pos (cdr pos)))))

            (gnus-agent-save-alist group (cdr fetched-articles) date)
	    (gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for group (cdr fetched-articles))

            (gnus-message 7 ""))
          (cdr fetched-articles))))))

(defun gnus-agent-unfetch-articles (group articles)
  "Delete ARTICLES that were fetched from GROUP into the agent."
  (when articles
    (gnus-agent-with-refreshed-group
     group
     (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
     (let* ((alist (cons nil gnus-agent-article-alist))
	    (articles (sort articles #'<))
	    (next-possibility alist)
	    (delete-this (pop articles)))
       (while (and (cdr next-possibility) delete-this)
	 (let ((have-this (caar (cdr next-possibility))))
	   (cond
	    ((< delete-this have-this)
	     (setq delete-this (pop articles)))
	    ((= delete-this have-this)
	     (let ((timestamp (cdar (cdr next-possibility))))
	       (when timestamp
		 (let* ((file-name (concat (gnus-agent-group-pathname group)
					   (number-to-string have-this)))
			(size-file
			 (float (or (and gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb
					 (nth 7 (file-attributes file-name)))
				    0)))
			(file-name-coding-system
			 nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
		   (delete-file file-name)
		   (gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for
		    group (- size-file)))))

	     (setcdr next-possibility (cddr next-possibility)))
	    (t
	     (setq next-possibility (cdr next-possibility))))))
       (setq gnus-agent-article-alist (cdr alist))
       (gnus-agent-save-alist group)))))

(defun gnus-agent-crosspost (crosses article &optional date)
  (setq date (or date t))

  (let (gnus-agent-article-alist group alist beg end)
    (save-excursion
      (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
      (when (nnheader-find-nov-line article)
	(forward-word 1)
	(setq beg (point))
	(setq end (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))))
    (while crosses
      (setq group (caar crosses))
      (unless (setq alist (assoc group gnus-agent-group-alist))
	(push (setq alist (list group (gnus-agent-load-alist (caar crosses))))
	      gnus-agent-group-alist))
      (setcdr alist (cons (cons (cdar crosses) date) (cdr alist)))
      (save-excursion
	(set-buffer (gnus-get-buffer-create (format " *Gnus agent overview %s*"
						    group)))
	(when (= (point-max) (point-min))
	  (push (cons group (current-buffer)) gnus-agent-buffer-alist)
	  (ignore-errors
	   (let ((file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
	     (nnheader-insert-file-contents
	      (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group)))))
	(nnheader-find-nov-line (string-to-number (cdar crosses)))
	(insert (string-to-number (cdar crosses)))
	(insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer beg end)
        (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer))
      (setq crosses (cdr crosses)))))

(defun gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer ()
  (when gnus-newsgroup-name
    (let ((root (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" gnus-newsgroup-name))
          (cnt 0)
          name
	  (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
      (while (file-exists-p
	      (setq name (concat root "~"
				 (int-to-string (setq cnt (1+ cnt))) "~"))))
      (write-region (point-min) (point-max) name nil 'no-msg)
      (gnus-message 1 "Created backup copy of overview in %s." name)))
  t)

(defun gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer (&optional buffer)
  "Check the overview file given for sanity.
In particular, checks that the file is sorted by article number
and that there are no duplicates."
  (let ((prev-num -1)
        (backed-up nil))
    (save-excursion
      (when buffer
	(set-buffer buffer))
      (save-restriction
	(widen)
	(goto-char (point-min))

	(while (< (point) (point-max))
	  (let ((p (point))
		(cur (condition-case nil
			 (read (current-buffer))
		       (error nil))))
	    (cond
	     ((or (not (integerp cur))
		  (not (eq (char-after) ?\t)))
              (or backed-up
                  (setq backed-up (gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer)))
	      (gnus-message 1
			    "Overview buffer contains garbage '%s'."
			    (buffer-substring
			     p (point-at-eol))))
	     ((= cur prev-num)
	      (or backed-up
                  (setq backed-up (gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer)))
              (gnus-message 1
			    "Duplicate overview line for %d" cur)
	      (delete-region p (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
	     ((< cur prev-num)
	      (or backed-up
                  (setq backed-up (gnus-agent-backup-overview-buffer)))
              (gnus-message 1 "Overview buffer not sorted!")
	      (sort-numeric-fields 1 (point-min) (point-max))
	      (goto-char (point-min))
	      (setq prev-num -1))
	     (t
	      (setq prev-num cur)))
	    (forward-line 1)))))))

(defun gnus-agent-flush-server (&optional server-or-method)
  "Flush all agent index files for every subscribed group within
  the given SERVER-OR-METHOD.  When called with nil, the current
  value of gnus-command-method identifies the server."
  (let* ((gnus-command-method (if server-or-method
				  (gnus-server-to-method server-or-method)
				gnus-command-method))
	 (alist gnus-newsrc-alist))
    (while alist
      (let ((entry (pop alist)))
	(when (gnus-methods-equal-p gnus-command-method (gnus-info-method entry))
	  (gnus-agent-flush-group (gnus-info-group entry)))))))	

(defun gnus-agent-flush-group (group)
  "Flush the agent's index files such that the GROUP no longer
appears to have any local content.  The actual content, the
article files, may then be deleted using gnus-agent-expire-group.
If flushing was a mistake, the gnus-agent-regenerate-group method
provides an undo mechanism by reconstructing the index files from
the article files."
  (interactive (list (gnus-agent-read-group)))

  (let* ((gnus-command-method (or gnus-command-method
				  (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
	 (overview (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))
	 (agentview (gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group))
	 (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))

    (if (file-exists-p overview)
	(delete-file overview))
    (if (file-exists-p agentview)
	(delete-file agentview))

    (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for group nil gnus-command-method)
    (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for group t   gnus-command-method)

    ;(gnus-agent-set-local group nil nil)
    ;(gnus-agent-save-local t)
    (gnus-agent-save-group-info nil group nil)))

(defun gnus-agent-flush-cache ()
  "Flush the agent's index files such that the group no longer
appears to have any local content.  The actual content, the
article files, is then deleted using gnus-agent-expire-group. The
gnus-agent-regenerate-group method provides an undo mechanism by
reconstructing the index files from the article files."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (let ((file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
      (while gnus-agent-buffer-alist
	(set-buffer (cdar gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
	(let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
	  (write-region (point-min) (point-max)
			(gnus-agent-article-name ".overview"
						 (caar gnus-agent-buffer-alist))
			nil 'silent))
	(setq gnus-agent-buffer-alist (cdr gnus-agent-buffer-alist)))
      (while gnus-agent-group-alist
	(with-temp-file (gnus-agent-article-name
			 ".agentview" (caar gnus-agent-group-alist))
	  (princ (cdar gnus-agent-group-alist))
	  (insert "\n")
	  (princ 1 (current-buffer))
	  (insert "\n"))
	(setq gnus-agent-group-alist (cdr gnus-agent-group-alist))))))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-find-parameter (group symbol)
  "Search for GROUPs SYMBOL in the group's parameters, the group's
topic parameters, the group's category, or the customizable
variables.  Returns the first non-nil value found."
  (or (gnus-group-find-parameter group symbol t)
      (gnus-group-parameter-value (cdr (gnus-group-category group)) symbol t)
      (symbol-value
       (cdr
        (assq symbol
              '((agent-short-article . gnus-agent-short-article)
                (agent-long-article . gnus-agent-long-article)
                (agent-low-score . gnus-agent-low-score)
                (agent-high-score . gnus-agent-high-score)
                (agent-days-until-old . gnus-agent-expire-days)
                (agent-enable-expiration
                 . gnus-agent-enable-expiration)
                (agent-predicate . gnus-agent-predicate)))))))

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-headers (group &optional force)
  "Fetch interesting headers into the agent.  The group's overview
file will be updated to include the headers while a list of available
article numbers will be returned."
  (let* ((fetch-all (and gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
                         ;; Do not fetch all headers if the predicate
                         ;; implies that we only consider unread articles.
                         (not (gnus-predicate-implies-unread
                               (gnus-agent-find-parameter group
                                                          'agent-predicate)))))
         (articles (if fetch-all
		       (if gnus-newsgroup-maximum-articles
			   (let ((active (gnus-active group)))
			     (gnus-uncompress-range
			      (cons (max (car active)
					 (- (cdr active)
					    gnus-newsgroup-maximum-articles
					    -1))
				    (cdr active))))
			 (gnus-uncompress-range (gnus-active group)))
                     (gnus-list-of-unread-articles group)))
         (gnus-decode-encoded-word-function 'identity)
	 (gnus-decode-encoded-address-function 'identity)
         (file (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))
	 (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))

    (unless fetch-all
      ;; Add articles with marks to the list of article headers we want to
      ;; fetch.  Don't fetch articles solely on the basis of a recent or seen
      ;; mark, but do fetch recent or seen articles if they have other, more
      ;; interesting marks.  (We have to fetch articles with boring marks
      ;; because otherwise the agent will remove their marks.)
      (dolist (arts (gnus-info-marks (gnus-get-info group)))
        (unless (memq (car arts) '(seen recent killed cache))
          (setq articles (gnus-range-add articles (cdr arts)))))
      (setq articles (sort (gnus-uncompress-sequence articles) '<)))

    ;; At this point, I have the list of articles to consider for
    ;; fetching.  This is the list that I'll return to my caller. Some
    ;; of these articles may have already been fetched.  That's OK as
    ;; the fetch article code will filter those out.  Internally, I'll
    ;; filter this list to just those articles whose headers need to
    ;; be fetched.
    (let ((articles articles))
      ;; Remove known articles.
      (when (and (or gnus-agent-cache
                     (not gnus-plugged))
                 (gnus-agent-load-alist group))
        ;; Remove articles marked as downloaded.
        (if fetch-all
            ;; I want to fetch all headers in the active range.
            ;; Therefore, exclude only those headers that are in the
            ;; article alist.
            ;; NOTE: This is probably NOT what I want to do after
            ;; agent expiration in this group.
            (setq articles (gnus-agent-uncached-articles articles group))

          ;; I want to only fetch those headers that have never been
          ;; fetched.  Therefore, exclude all headers that are, or
          ;; WERE, in the article alist.
          (let ((low (1+ (caar (last gnus-agent-article-alist))))
                (high (cdr (gnus-active group))))
            ;; Low can be greater than High when the same group is
            ;; fetched twice in the same session {The first fetch will
            ;; fill the article alist such that (last
            ;; gnus-agent-article-alist) equals (cdr (gnus-active
            ;; group))}.  The addition of one(the 1+ above) then
            ;; forces Low to be greater than High.  When this happens,
            ;; gnus-list-range-intersection returns nil which
            ;; indicates that no headers need to be fetched. -- Kevin
            (setq articles (gnus-list-range-intersection
                            articles (list (cons low high)))))))

      (gnus-message
       10 "gnus-agent-fetch-headers: undownloaded articles are '%s'"
       (gnus-compress-sequence articles t))

      (save-excursion
        (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)

        (if articles
            (progn
              (gnus-message 7 "Fetching headers for %s..." group)

              ;; Fetch them.
              (gnus-make-directory (nnheader-translate-file-chars
                                    (file-name-directory file) t))

              (unless (eq 'nov (gnus-retrieve-headers articles group))
                (nnvirtual-convert-headers))
              (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
              ;; Move these headers to the overview buffer so that
              ;; gnus-agent-braid-nov can merge them with the contents
              ;; of FILE.
              (copy-to-buffer
	       gnus-agent-overview-buffer (point-min) (point-max))
	      ;; NOTE: Call g-a-brand-nov even when the file does not
	      ;; exist.  As a minimum, it will validate the article
	      ;; numbers already in the buffer.
	      (gnus-agent-braid-nov group articles file)
              (let ((coding-system-for-write
                     gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
                (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
                (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))
	      (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for group t)
              (gnus-agent-save-alist group articles nil)
              articles)
          (ignore-errors
            (erase-buffer)
            (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)))))
    articles))

(defsubst gnus-agent-read-article-number ()
  "Reads the article number at point.  Returns nil when a valid article number can not be read."

  ;; It is unfortunate but the read function quietly overflows
  ;; integer.  As a result, I have to use string operations to test
  ;; for overflow BEFORE calling read.
  (when (looking-at "[0-9]+\t")
    (let ((len (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0))))
      (cond ((< len 9)
	     (read (current-buffer)))
	    ((= len 9)
	     ;; Many 9 digit base-10 numbers can be represented in a 27-bit int
	     ;; Back convert from int to string to ensure that this is one of them.
	     (let* ((str1 (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0) (1- (match-end 0))))
		    (num (read (current-buffer)))
		    (str2 (int-to-string num)))
	       (when (equal str1 str2)
		 num)))))))

(defsubst gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (article)
  "Copy the indicated ARTICLE from the overview buffer to the nntp server buffer."
  (let (art b e)
    (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
    (while (and (not (eobp))
		(or (not (setq art (gnus-agent-read-article-number)))
		    (< art article)))
      (forward-line 1))
    (beginning-of-line)
    (if (or (eobp)
	    (not (eq article art)))
	(set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
      (setq b (point))
      (setq e (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
      (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
      (insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer b e))))

(defun gnus-agent-braid-nov (group articles file)
  "Merge agent overview data with given file.
Takes unvalidated headers for ARTICLES from
`gnus-agent-overview-buffer' and validated headers from the given
FILE and places the combined valid headers into
`nntp-server-buffer'.  This function can be used, when file
doesn't exist, to valid the overview buffer."
  (let (start last)
    (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
    (erase-buffer)
    (when (file-exists-p file)
      (nnheader-insert-file-contents file))
    (goto-char (point-max))
    (forward-line -1)

    (unless (or (= (point-min) (point-max))
		(< (setq last (read (current-buffer))) (car articles)))
      ;; Old and new overlap -- We do it the hard way.
      (when (nnheader-find-nov-line (car articles))
        ;; Replacing existing NOV entry
        (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
      (gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (pop articles))

      (ignore-errors
	(while articles
	  (while (let ((art (read (current-buffer))))
		   (cond ((< art (car articles))
			  (forward-line 1)
			  t)
			 ((= art (car articles))
			  (beginning-of-line)
			  (delete-region
			   (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
			  nil)
			 (t
			  (beginning-of-line)
			  nil))))

	  (gnus-agent-copy-nov-line (pop articles)))))

    (goto-char (point-max))

    ;; Append the remaining lines
    (when articles
      (when last
	(set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
	(setq start (point))
	(set-buffer nntp-server-buffer))

      (let ((p (point)))
	(insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer start)
	(goto-char p))

      (setq last (or last -134217728))
      (while (catch 'problems
	       (let (sort art)
		 (while (not (eobp))
		   (setq art (gnus-agent-read-article-number))
		   (cond ((not art)
			  ;; Bad art num - delete this line
			  (beginning-of-line)
			  (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
			 ((< art last)
			  ;; Art num out of order - enable sort
			  (setq sort t)
			  (forward-line 1))
			 ((= art last)
			  ;; Bad repeat of art number - delete this line
			  (beginning-of-line)
			  (delete-region (point) (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))
			 (t
			  ;; Good art num
			  (setq last art)
			  (forward-line 1))))
		 (when sort
		   ;; something is seriously wrong as we simply shouldn't see out-of-order data.
		   ;; First, we'll fix the sort.
		   (sort-numeric-fields 1 (point-min) (point-max))

		   ;; but now we have to consider that we may have duplicate rows...
		   ;; so reset to beginning of file
		   (goto-char (point-min))
		   (setq last -134217728)

		   ;; and throw a code that restarts this scan
		   (throw 'problems t))
		 nil))))))

;; Keeps the compiler from warning about the free variable in
;; gnus-agent-read-agentview.
(defvar gnus-agent-read-agentview)

(defun gnus-agent-load-alist (group)
  "Load the article-state alist for GROUP."
  ;; Bind free variable that's used in `gnus-agent-read-agentview'.
  (let ((gnus-agent-read-agentview group)
	(file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
    (setq gnus-agent-article-alist
          (gnus-cache-file-contents
           (gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group)
           'gnus-agent-file-loading-cache
           'gnus-agent-read-agentview))))

(defun gnus-agent-read-agentview (file)
  "Load FILE and do a `read' there."
  (with-temp-buffer
    (condition-case nil
	(progn
	  (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
	  (goto-char (point-min))
	  (let ((alist (read (current-buffer)))
		(version (condition-case nil (read (current-buffer))
			   (end-of-file 0)))
		changed-version)

	    (cond
	     ((= version 0)
	      (let ((inhibit-quit t)
		    entry)
		(gnus-agent-open-history)
		(set-buffer (gnus-agent-history-buffer))
		(goto-char (point-min))
		(while (not (eobp))
		  (if (and (looking-at
			    "[^\t\n]+\t\\([0-9]+\\)\t\\([^ \n]+\\) \\([0-9]+\\)")
			   (string= (match-string 2)
				    gnus-agent-read-agentview)
			   (setq entry (assoc (string-to-number (match-string 3)) alist)))
		      (setcdr entry (string-to-number (match-string 1))))
		  (forward-line 1))
		(gnus-agent-close-history)
		(setq changed-version t)))
	     ((= version 1)
	      (setq changed-version (not (= 1 gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format))))
	     ((= version 2)
	      (let (state sequence uncomp)
		(while alist
		  (setq state (caar alist)
			sequence (inline (gnus-uncompress-range (cdar alist)))
			alist (cdr alist))
		  (while sequence
		    (push (cons (pop sequence) state) uncomp)))
		(setq alist (sort uncomp 'car-less-than-car)))
	      (setq changed-version (not (= 2 gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format)))))
	    (when changed-version
	      (let ((gnus-agent-article-alist alist))
		(gnus-agent-save-alist gnus-agent-read-agentview)))
	    alist))
      ((end-of-file file-error)
       ;; The agentview file is missing. 
       (condition-case nil
	   ;; If the agent directory exists, attempt to perform a brute-force
	   ;; reconstruction of its contents.
	   (let* (alist
		  (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
		  (file-attributes (directory-files-and-attributes 
				    (gnus-agent-article-name ""
							     gnus-agent-read-agentview) nil "^[0-9]+$" t)))
	     (while file-attributes
	       (let ((fa (pop file-attributes)))
		 (unless (nth 1 fa)
		   (push (cons (string-to-number (nth 0 fa)) (time-to-days (nth 5 fa))) alist))))
	     alist)
	 (file-error nil))))))

(defun gnus-agent-save-alist (group &optional articles state)
  "Save the article-state alist for GROUP."
  (let* ((file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
	 (prev (cons nil gnus-agent-article-alist))
	 (all prev)
	 print-level print-length item article)
    (while (setq article (pop articles))
      (while (and (cdr prev)
                  (< (caadr prev) article))
	(setq prev (cdr prev)))
      (cond
       ((not (cdr prev))
	(setcdr prev (list (cons article state))))
       ((> (caadr prev) article)
	(setcdr prev (cons (cons article state) (cdr prev))))
       ((= (caadr prev) article)
	(setcdr (cadr prev) state)))
      (setq prev (cdr prev)))
    (setq gnus-agent-article-alist (cdr all))

    (gnus-agent-set-local group
                          (caar gnus-agent-article-alist)
                          (caar (last gnus-agent-article-alist)))

    (gnus-make-directory (gnus-agent-article-name "" group))
    (with-temp-file (gnus-agent-article-name ".agentview" group)
      (cond ((eq gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format 1)
             (princ gnus-agent-article-alist (current-buffer)))
            ((eq gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format 2)
             (let ((alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
		   article-id day-of-download comp-list compressed)
	       (while alist
		 (setq article-id (caar alist)
		       day-of-download (cdar alist)
		       comp-list (assq day-of-download compressed)
		       alist (cdr alist))
		 (if comp-list
		     (setcdr comp-list (cons article-id (cdr comp-list)))
		   (push (list day-of-download article-id) compressed)))
	       (setq alist compressed)
	       (while alist
		 (setq comp-list (pop alist))
		 (setcdr comp-list
			 (gnus-compress-sequence (nreverse (cdr comp-list)))))
               (princ compressed (current-buffer)))))
      (insert "\n")
      (princ gnus-agent-article-alist-save-format (current-buffer))
      (insert "\n"))

    (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for group nil)))

(defvar gnus-agent-article-local nil)
(defvar gnus-agent-file-loading-local nil)

(defun gnus-agent-load-local (&optional method)
  "Load the METHOD'S local file.  The local file contains min/max
article counts for each of the method's subscribed groups."
  (let ((gnus-command-method (or method gnus-command-method)))
    (setq gnus-agent-article-local
          (gnus-cache-file-contents
           (gnus-agent-lib-file "local")
           'gnus-agent-file-loading-local
           'gnus-agent-read-and-cache-local))))

(defun gnus-agent-read-and-cache-local (file)
  "Load and read FILE then bind its contents to
gnus-agent-article-local.  If that variable had `dirty' (also known as
modified) original contents, they are first saved to their own file."

  (if (and gnus-agent-article-local
           (symbol-value (intern "+dirty" gnus-agent-article-local)))
      (gnus-agent-save-local))
  (gnus-agent-read-local file))

(defun gnus-agent-read-local (file)
  "Load FILE and do a `read' there."
  (let ((my-obarray (gnus-make-hashtable (count-lines (point-min)
                                                      (point-max))))
        (line 1))
    (with-temp-buffer
      (condition-case nil
	  (let ((nnheader-file-coding-system gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
	    (nnheader-insert-file-contents file))
        (file-error))

      (goto-char (point-min))
      ;; Skip any comments at the beginning of the file (the only place where they may appear)
      (while (= (following-char) ?\;)
        (forward-line 1)
        (setq line (1+ line)))

      (while (not (eobp))
        (condition-case err
            (let (group
                  min
                  max
                  (cur (current-buffer))
		  (obarray my-obarray))
              (setq group (read cur)
                    min (read cur)
                    max (read cur))

              (when (stringp group)
                (setq group (intern group my-obarray)))

              ;; NOTE: The '+ 0' ensure that min and max are both numerics.
              (set group (cons (+ 0 min) (+ 0 max))))
          (error
           (gnus-message 3 "Warning - invalid agent local: %s on line %d: %s"
                         file line (error-message-string err))))
        (forward-line 1)
        (setq line (1+ line))))

    (set (intern "+dirty" my-obarray) nil)
    (set (intern "+method" my-obarray) gnus-command-method)
    my-obarray))

(defun gnus-agent-save-local (&optional force)
  "Save gnus-agent-article-local under it method's agent.lib directory."
  (let ((my-obarray gnus-agent-article-local))
    (when (and my-obarray
               (or force (symbol-value (intern "+dirty" my-obarray))))
      (let* ((gnus-command-method (symbol-value (intern "+method" my-obarray)))
             ;; NOTE: gnus-command-method is used within gnus-agent-lib-file.
             (dest (gnus-agent-lib-file "local")))
        (gnus-make-directory (gnus-agent-lib-file ""))

	(let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system)
	      (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
	  (with-temp-file dest
	    (let ((gnus-command-method (symbol-value (intern "+method" my-obarray)))
		  print-level print-length item article
		  (standard-output (current-buffer)))
	      (mapatoms (lambda (symbol)
			  (cond ((not (boundp symbol))
				 nil)
				((member (symbol-name symbol) '("+dirty" "+method"))
				 nil)
				(t
				 (let ((range (symbol-value symbol)))
				   (when range
				     (prin1 symbol)
				     (princ " ")
				     (princ (car range))
				     (princ " ")
				     (princ (cdr range))
				     (princ "\n"))))))
			my-obarray))))))))

(defun gnus-agent-get-local (group &optional gmane method)
  (let* ((gmane (or gmane (gnus-group-real-name group)))
         (gnus-command-method (or method (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
         (local (gnus-agent-load-local))
         (symb (intern gmane local))
         (minmax (and (boundp symb) (symbol-value symb))))
    (unless minmax
      ;; Bind these so that gnus-agent-load-alist doesn't change the
      ;; current alist (i.e. gnus-agent-article-alist)
      (let* ((gnus-agent-article-alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
             (gnus-agent-file-loading-cache gnus-agent-file-loading-cache)
             (alist (gnus-agent-load-alist group)))
        (when alist
          (setq minmax
                (cons (caar alist)
                      (caar (last alist))))
          (gnus-agent-set-local group (car minmax) (cdr minmax)
                                gmane gnus-command-method local))))
    minmax))

(defun gnus-agent-set-local (group min max &optional gmane method local)
  (let* ((gmane (or gmane (gnus-group-real-name group)))
         (gnus-command-method (or method (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
         (local (or local (gnus-agent-load-local)))
         (symb (intern gmane local))
         (minmax (and (boundp symb) (symbol-value symb))))

    (if (cond ((and minmax
                    (or (not (eq min (car minmax)))
                        (not (eq max (cdr minmax))))
		    min
		    max)
               (setcar minmax min)
               (setcdr minmax max)
               t)
              (minmax
               nil)
              ((and min max)
               (set symb (cons min max))
               t)
	      (t
	       (unintern symb local)))
        (set (intern "+dirty" local) t))))

(defun gnus-agent-article-name (article group)
  (expand-file-name article
		    (file-name-as-directory
                     (gnus-agent-group-pathname group))))

(defun gnus-agent-batch-confirmation (msg)
  "Show error message and return t."
  (gnus-message 1 msg)
  t)

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-batch-fetch ()
  "Start Gnus and fetch session."
  (interactive)
  (gnus)
  (let ((gnus-agent-confirmation-function 'gnus-agent-batch-confirmation))
    (gnus-agent-fetch-session))
  (gnus-group-exit))

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-session ()
  "Fetch all articles and headers that are eligible for fetching."
  (interactive)
  (unless gnus-agent-covered-methods
    (error "No servers are covered by the Gnus agent"))
  (unless gnus-plugged
    (error "Can't fetch articles while Gnus is unplugged"))
  (let ((methods (gnus-agent-covered-methods))
	groups group gnus-command-method)
    (save-excursion
      (while methods
	(setq gnus-command-method (car methods))
	(when (and (or (gnus-server-opened gnus-command-method)
		       (gnus-open-server gnus-command-method))
		   (gnus-online gnus-command-method))
	  (setq groups (gnus-groups-from-server (car methods)))
	  (gnus-agent-with-fetch
	    (while (setq group (pop groups))
	      (when (<= (gnus-group-level group)
			gnus-agent-handle-level)
		(if (or debug-on-error debug-on-quit)
		    (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1
		     group gnus-command-method)
		  (condition-case err
		      (gnus-agent-fetch-group-1
		       group gnus-command-method)
		    (error
		     (unless (funcall gnus-agent-confirmation-function
				      (format "Error %s while fetching session.  Should gnus continue? "
					      (error-message-string err)))
		       (error "Cannot fetch articles into the Gnus agent")))
		    (quit
		     (gnus-agent-regenerate-group group)
		     (unless (funcall gnus-agent-confirmation-function
				      (format
				       "%s while fetching session.  Should gnus continue? "
				       (error-message-string err)))
		       (signal 'quit
			       "Cannot fetch articles into the Gnus agent")))))))))
	(setq methods (cdr methods)))
      (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-agent-fetched-hook)
      (gnus-message 6 "Finished fetching articles into the Gnus agent"))))

(defun gnus-agent-fetch-group-1 (group method)
  "Fetch GROUP."
  (let ((gnus-command-method method)
	(gnus-newsgroup-name group)
	(gnus-newsgroup-dependencies gnus-newsgroup-dependencies)
        (gnus-newsgroup-headers gnus-newsgroup-headers)
	(gnus-newsgroup-scored gnus-newsgroup-scored)
	(gnus-use-cache gnus-use-cache)
	(gnus-summary-expunge-below gnus-summary-expunge-below)
	(gnus-summary-mark-below gnus-summary-mark-below)
	(gnus-orphan-score gnus-orphan-score)
	;; Maybe some other gnus-summary local variables should also
	;; be put here.

        gnus-headers
        gnus-score
        articles arts
	category predicate info marks score-param
	)
    (unless (gnus-check-group group)
      (error "Can't open server for %s" group))

    ;; Fetch headers.
    (when (or gnus-newsgroup-active
              (gnus-active group)
              (gnus-activate-group group))
      (let ((marked-articles gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
        ;; Identify the articles marked for download
        (unless gnus-newsgroup-active
	  ;; The variable gnus-newsgroup-active was selected as I need
	  ;; a gnus-summary local variable that is NOT bound to any
	  ;; value (its global value should default to nil).
          (dolist (mark gnus-agent-download-marks)
            (let ((arts (cdr (assq mark (gnus-info-marks
                                         (setq info (gnus-get-info group)))))))
              (when arts
                (setq marked-articles (nconc (gnus-uncompress-range arts)
                                             marked-articles))
                ))))
        (setq marked-articles (sort marked-articles '<))

        ;; Fetch any new articles from the server
        (setq articles (gnus-agent-fetch-headers group))

        ;; Merge new articles with marked
        (setq articles (sort (append marked-articles articles) '<))

        (when articles
          ;; Parse them and see which articles we want to fetch.
          (setq gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
                (or gnus-newsgroup-dependencies
                    (make-vector (length articles) 0)))
          (setq gnus-newsgroup-headers
                (or gnus-newsgroup-headers
                    (gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover articles nil nil
                                                      group)))
          ;; `gnus-agent-overview-buffer' may be killed for
          ;; timeout reason.  If so, recreate it.
          (gnus-agent-create-buffer)

          ;; Figure out how to select articles in this group
          (setq category (gnus-group-category group))

          (setq predicate
                (gnus-get-predicate
                 (gnus-agent-find-parameter group 'agent-predicate)))

          ;; If the selection predicate requires scoring, score each header
          (unless (memq predicate '(gnus-agent-true gnus-agent-false))
            (let ((score-param
                   (gnus-agent-find-parameter group 'agent-score-file)))
              ;; Translate score-param into real one
              (cond
               ((not score-param))
               ((eq score-param 'file)
                (setq score-param (gnus-all-score-files group)))
               ((stringp (car score-param)))
               (t
                (setq score-param (list (list score-param)))))
              (when score-param
                (gnus-score-headers score-param))))

          (unless (and (eq predicate 'gnus-agent-false)
                       (not marked-articles))
            (let ((arts (list nil)))
              (let ((arts-tail arts)
                    (alist (gnus-agent-load-alist group))
                    (marked-articles marked-articles)
                    (gnus-newsgroup-headers gnus-newsgroup-headers))
                (while (setq gnus-headers (pop gnus-newsgroup-headers))
                  (let ((num (mail-header-number gnus-headers)))
                    ;; Determine if this article is already in the cache
                    (while (and alist
                                (> num (caar alist)))
                      (setq alist (cdr alist)))

                    (unless (and (eq num (caar alist))
                                 (cdar alist))

                      ;; Determine if this article was marked for download.
                      (while (and marked-articles
                                  (> num (car marked-articles)))
                        (setq marked-articles
                              (cdr marked-articles)))

                      ;; When this article is marked, or selected by the
                      ;; predicate, add it to the download list
                      (when (or (eq num (car marked-articles))
                                (let ((gnus-score
                                       (or (cdr
					    (assq num gnus-newsgroup-scored))
                                           gnus-summary-default-score))
                                      (gnus-agent-long-article
                                       (gnus-agent-find-parameter
                                        group 'agent-long-article))
                                      (gnus-agent-short-article
                                       (gnus-agent-find-parameter
                                        group 'agent-short-article))
                                      (gnus-agent-low-score
                                       (gnus-agent-find-parameter
                                        group 'agent-low-score))
                                      (gnus-agent-high-score
                                       (gnus-agent-find-parameter
                                        group 'agent-high-score))
                                      (gnus-agent-expire-days
                                       (gnus-agent-find-parameter
                                        group 'agent-days-until-old)))
                                  (funcall predicate)))
                        (gnus-agent-append-to-list arts-tail num))))))

              (let (fetched-articles)
                ;; Fetch all selected articles
                (setq gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
                      (gnus-sorted-ndifference
		       gnus-newsgroup-undownloaded
		       (setq fetched-articles
			     (if (cdr arts)
				 (gnus-agent-fetch-articles group (cdr arts))
			       nil))))

                (let ((unfetched-articles
		       (gnus-sorted-ndifference (cdr arts) fetched-articles)))
                  (if gnus-newsgroup-active
                      ;; Update the summary buffer
                      (progn
                        (dolist (article marked-articles)
                          (gnus-summary-set-agent-mark article t))
                        (dolist (article fetched-articles)
                          (when gnus-agent-mark-unread-after-downloaded
			    (setq gnus-newsgroup-downloadable
				  (delq article gnus-newsgroup-downloadable))
			    (gnus-summary-mark-article
			     article gnus-unread-mark))
                          (when (gnus-summary-goto-subject article nil t)
                            (gnus-summary-update-download-mark article)))
                        (dolist (article unfetched-articles)
                          (gnus-summary-mark-article
			   article gnus-canceled-mark)))

                    ;; Update the group buffer.

                    ;; When some, or all, of the marked articles came
                    ;; from the download mark.  Remove that mark.  I
                    ;; didn't do this earlier as I only want to remove
                    ;; the marks after the fetch is completed.

                    (dolist (mark gnus-agent-download-marks)
                      (when (eq mark 'download)
                        (let ((marked-arts
			       (assq mark (gnus-info-marks
					   (setq info (gnus-get-info group))))))
                          (when (cdr marked-arts)
                            (setq marks
				  (delq marked-arts (gnus-info-marks info)))
                            (gnus-info-set-marks info marks)))))
                    (let ((read (gnus-info-read
				 (or info (setq info (gnus-get-info group))))))
                      (gnus-info-set-read
		       info (gnus-add-to-range read unfetched-articles)))

                    (gnus-group-update-group group t)
                    (sit-for 0)

                    (gnus-dribble-enter
                     (concat "(gnus-group-set-info '"
                             (gnus-prin1-to-string info)
                             ")"))))))))))))

;;;
;;; Agent Category Mode
;;;

(defvar gnus-category-mode-hook nil
  "Hook run in `gnus-category-mode' buffers.")

(defvar gnus-category-line-format "     %(%20c%): %g\n"
  "Format of category lines.

Valid specifiers include:
%c  Topic name (string)
%g  The number of groups in the topic (integer)

General format specifiers can also be used.  See Info node
`(gnus)Formatting Variables'.")

(defvar gnus-category-mode-line-format "Gnus: %%b"
  "The format specification for the category mode line.")

(defvar gnus-agent-predicate 'false
  "The selection predicate used when no other source is available.")

(defvar gnus-agent-short-article 100
  "Articles that have fewer lines than this are short.")

(defvar gnus-agent-long-article 200
  "Articles that have more lines than this are long.")

(defvar gnus-agent-low-score 0
  "Articles that have a score lower than this have a low score.")

(defvar gnus-agent-high-score 0
  "Articles that have a score higher than this have a high score.")


;;; Internal variables.

(defvar gnus-category-buffer "*Agent Category*")

(defvar gnus-category-line-format-alist
  `((?c gnus-tmp-name ?s)
    (?g gnus-tmp-groups ?d)))

(defvar gnus-category-mode-line-format-alist
  `((?u user-defined ?s)))

(defvar gnus-category-line-format-spec nil)
(defvar gnus-category-mode-line-format-spec nil)

(defvar gnus-category-mode-map nil)
(put 'gnus-category-mode 'mode-class 'special)

(unless gnus-category-mode-map
  (setq gnus-category-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap))
  (suppress-keymap gnus-category-mode-map)

  (gnus-define-keys gnus-category-mode-map
    "q" gnus-category-exit
    "k" gnus-category-kill
    "c" gnus-category-copy
    "a" gnus-category-add
    "e" gnus-agent-customize-category
    "p" gnus-category-edit-predicate
    "g" gnus-category-edit-groups
    "s" gnus-category-edit-score
    "l" gnus-category-list

    "\C-c\C-i" gnus-info-find-node
    "\C-c\C-b" gnus-bug))

(defvar gnus-category-menu-hook nil
  "*Hook run after the creation of the menu.")

(defun gnus-category-make-menu-bar ()
  (gnus-turn-off-edit-menu 'category)
  (unless (boundp 'gnus-category-menu)
    (easy-menu-define
     gnus-category-menu gnus-category-mode-map ""
     '("Categories"
       ["Add" gnus-category-add t]
       ["Kill" gnus-category-kill t]
       ["Copy" gnus-category-copy t]
       ["Edit category" gnus-agent-customize-category t]
       ["Edit predicate" gnus-category-edit-predicate t]
       ["Edit score" gnus-category-edit-score t]
       ["Edit groups" gnus-category-edit-groups t]
       ["Exit" gnus-category-exit t]))

    (gnus-run-hooks 'gnus-category-menu-hook)))

(defun gnus-category-mode ()
  "Major mode for listing and editing agent categories.

All normal editing commands are switched off.
\\<gnus-category-mode-map>
For more in-depth information on this mode, read the manual
\(`\\[gnus-info-find-node]').

The following commands are available:

\\{gnus-category-mode-map}"
  (interactive)
  (when (gnus-visual-p 'category-menu 'menu)
    (gnus-category-make-menu-bar))
  (kill-all-local-variables)
  (gnus-simplify-mode-line)
  (setq major-mode 'gnus-category-mode)
  (setq mode-name "Category")
  (gnus-set-default-directory)
  (setq mode-line-process nil)
  (use-local-map gnus-category-mode-map)
  (buffer-disable-undo)
  (setq truncate-lines t)
  (setq buffer-read-only t)
  (gnus-run-mode-hooks 'gnus-category-mode-hook))

(defalias 'gnus-category-position-point 'gnus-goto-colon)

(defun gnus-category-insert-line (category)
  (let* ((gnus-tmp-name (format "%s" (car category)))
	 (gnus-tmp-groups (length (gnus-agent-cat-groups category))))
    (beginning-of-line)
    (gnus-add-text-properties
     (point)
     (prog1 (1+ (point))
       ;; Insert the text.
       (eval gnus-category-line-format-spec))
     (list 'gnus-category gnus-tmp-name))))

(defun gnus-enter-category-buffer ()
  "Go to the Category buffer."
  (interactive)
  (gnus-category-setup-buffer)
  (gnus-configure-windows 'category)
  (gnus-category-prepare))

(defun gnus-category-setup-buffer ()
  (unless (get-buffer gnus-category-buffer)
    (save-excursion
      (set-buffer (gnus-get-buffer-create gnus-category-buffer))
      (gnus-category-mode))))

(defun gnus-category-prepare ()
  (gnus-set-format 'category-mode)
  (gnus-set-format 'category t)
  (let ((alist gnus-category-alist)
	(buffer-read-only nil))
    (erase-buffer)
    (while alist
      (gnus-category-insert-line (pop alist)))
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (gnus-category-position-point)))

(defun gnus-category-name ()
  (or (intern (get-text-property (point-at-bol) 'gnus-category))
      (error "No category on the current line")))

(defun gnus-category-read ()
  "Read the category alist."
  (setq gnus-category-alist
        (or
         (with-temp-buffer
           (ignore-errors
            (nnheader-insert-file-contents (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/categories"))
            (goto-char (point-min))
            ;; This code isn't temp, it will be needed so long as
            ;; anyone may be migrating from an older version.

            ;; Once we're certain that people will not revert to an
            ;; earlier version, we can take out the old-list code in
            ;; gnus-category-write.
            (let* ((old-list (read (current-buffer)))
                   (new-list (ignore-errors (read (current-buffer)))))
              (if new-list
                  new-list
                ;; Convert from a positional list to an alist.
                (mapcar
                 (lambda (c)
                   (setcdr c
                           (delq nil
                                 (gnus-mapcar
                                  (lambda (valu symb)
                                    (if valu
                                        (cons symb valu)))
                                  (cdr c)
                                  '(agent-predicate agent-score-file agent-groups))))
                   c)
                 old-list)))))
         (list (gnus-agent-cat-make 'default 'short)))))

(defun gnus-category-write ()
  "Write the category alist."
  (setq gnus-category-predicate-cache nil
	gnus-category-group-cache nil)
  (gnus-make-directory (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib"))
  (with-temp-file (nnheader-concat gnus-agent-directory "lib/categories")
    ;; This prin1 is temporary.  It exists so that people can revert
    ;; to an earlier version of gnus-agent.
    (prin1 (mapcar (lambda (c)
              (list (car c)
                    (cdr (assoc 'agent-predicate c))
                    (cdr (assoc 'agent-score-file c))
                    (cdr (assoc 'agent-groups c))))
                   gnus-category-alist)
           (current-buffer))
    (newline)
    (prin1 gnus-category-alist (current-buffer))))

(defun gnus-category-edit-predicate (category)
  "Edit the predicate for CATEGORY."
  (interactive (list (gnus-category-name)))
  (let ((info (assq category gnus-category-alist)))
    (gnus-edit-form
     (gnus-agent-cat-predicate info)
     (format "Editing the select predicate for category %s" category)
     `(lambda (predicate)
        ;; Avoid run-time execution of setf form
        ;; (setf (gnus-agent-cat-predicate (assq ',category gnus-category-alist))
        ;;       predicate)
        ;; use its expansion instead:
        (gnus-agent-cat-set-property (assq ',category gnus-category-alist)
                                     'agent-predicate predicate)

	(gnus-category-write)
	(gnus-category-list)))))

(defun gnus-category-edit-score (category)
  "Edit the score expression for CATEGORY."
  (interactive (list (gnus-category-name)))
  (let ((info (assq category gnus-category-alist)))
    (gnus-edit-form
     (gnus-agent-cat-score-file info)
     (format "Editing the score expression for category %s" category)
     `(lambda (score-file)
        ;; Avoid run-time execution of setf form
        ;; (setf (gnus-agent-cat-score-file (assq ',category gnus-category-alist))
        ;;       score-file)
        ;; use its expansion instead:
        (gnus-agent-cat-set-property (assq ',category gnus-category-alist)
                                     'agent-score-file score-file)

	(gnus-category-write)
	(gnus-category-list)))))

(defun gnus-category-edit-groups (category)
  "Edit the group list for CATEGORY."
  (interactive (list (gnus-category-name)))
  (let ((info (assq category gnus-category-alist)))
    (gnus-edit-form
     (gnus-agent-cat-groups info)
     (format "Editing the group list for category %s" category)
     `(lambda (groups)
        ;; Avoid run-time execution of setf form
        ;; (setf (gnus-agent-cat-groups (assq ',category gnus-category-alist))
        ;;       groups)
        ;; use its expansion instead:
        (gnus-agent-set-cat-groups (assq ',category gnus-category-alist)
                                   groups)

	(gnus-category-write)
	(gnus-category-list)))))

(defun gnus-category-kill (category)
  "Kill the current category."
  (interactive (list (gnus-category-name)))
  (let ((info (assq category gnus-category-alist))
	(buffer-read-only nil))
    (gnus-delete-line)
    (setq gnus-category-alist (delq info gnus-category-alist))
    (gnus-category-write)))

(defun gnus-category-copy (category to)
  "Copy the current category."
  (interactive (list (gnus-category-name) (intern (read-string "New name: "))))
  (let ((info (assq category gnus-category-alist)))
    (push (let ((newcat (gnus-copy-sequence info)))
            (setf (gnus-agent-cat-name newcat) to)
            (setf (gnus-agent-cat-groups newcat) nil)
            newcat)
	  gnus-category-alist)
    (gnus-category-write)
    (gnus-category-list)))

(defun gnus-category-add (category)
  "Create a new category."
  (interactive "SCategory name: ")
  (when (assq category gnus-category-alist)
    (error "Category %s already exists" category))
  (push (gnus-agent-cat-make category)
	gnus-category-alist)
  (gnus-category-write)
  (gnus-category-list))

(defun gnus-category-list ()
  "List all categories."
  (interactive)
  (gnus-category-prepare))

(defun gnus-category-exit ()
  "Return to the group buffer."
  (interactive)
  (kill-buffer (current-buffer))
  (gnus-configure-windows 'group t))

;; To avoid having 8-bit characters in the source file.
(defvar gnus-category-not (list '! 'not (intern (format "%c" 172))))

(defvar gnus-category-predicate-alist
  '((spam . gnus-agent-spam-p)
    (short . gnus-agent-short-p)
    (long . gnus-agent-long-p)
    (low . gnus-agent-low-scored-p)
    (high . gnus-agent-high-scored-p)
    (read . gnus-agent-read-p)
    (true . gnus-agent-true)
    (false . gnus-agent-false))
  "Mapping from short score predicate symbols to predicate functions.")

(defun gnus-agent-spam-p ()
  "Say whether an article is spam or not."
  (unless gnus-agent-spam-hashtb
    (setq gnus-agent-spam-hashtb (gnus-make-hashtable 1000)))
  (if (not (equal (mail-header-references gnus-headers) ""))
      nil
    (let ((string (gnus-simplify-subject (mail-header-subject gnus-headers))))
      (prog1
	  (gnus-gethash string gnus-agent-spam-hashtb)
	(gnus-sethash string t gnus-agent-spam-hashtb)))))

(defun gnus-agent-short-p ()
  "Say whether an article is short or not."
  (< (mail-header-lines gnus-headers) gnus-agent-short-article))

(defun gnus-agent-long-p ()
  "Say whether an article is long or not."
  (> (mail-header-lines gnus-headers) gnus-agent-long-article))

(defun gnus-agent-low-scored-p ()
  "Say whether an article has a low score or not."
  (< gnus-score gnus-agent-low-score))

(defun gnus-agent-high-scored-p ()
  "Say whether an article has a high score or not."
  (> gnus-score gnus-agent-high-score))

(defun gnus-agent-read-p ()
  "Say whether an article is read or not."
  (gnus-member-of-range (mail-header-number gnus-headers)
			(gnus-info-read (gnus-get-info gnus-newsgroup-name))))

(defun gnus-category-make-function (predicate)
  "Make a function from PREDICATE."
  (let ((func (gnus-category-make-function-1 predicate)))
    (if (and (= (length func) 1)
	     (symbolp (car func)))
	(car func)
      (gnus-byte-compile `(lambda () ,func)))))

(defun gnus-agent-true ()
  "Return t."
  t)

(defun gnus-agent-false ()
  "Return nil."
  nil)

(defun gnus-category-make-function-1 (predicate)
  "Make a function from PREDICATE."
  (cond
   ;; Functions are just returned as is.
   ((or (symbolp predicate)
	(functionp predicate))
    `(,(or (cdr (assq predicate gnus-category-predicate-alist))
	   predicate)))
   ;; More complex predicate.
   ((consp predicate)
    `(,(cond
	((memq (car predicate) '(& and))
	 'and)
	((memq (car predicate) '(| or))
	 'or)
	((memq (car predicate) gnus-category-not)
	 'not))
      ,@(mapcar 'gnus-category-make-function-1 (cdr predicate))))
   (t
    (error "Unknown predicate type: %s" predicate))))

(defun gnus-get-predicate (predicate)
  "Return the function implementing PREDICATE."
  (or (cdr (assoc predicate gnus-category-predicate-cache))
      (let ((func (gnus-category-make-function predicate)))
	(setq gnus-category-predicate-cache
	      (nconc gnus-category-predicate-cache
		     (list (cons predicate func))))
	func)))

(defun gnus-predicate-implies-unread (predicate)
  "Say whether PREDICATE implies unread articles only.
It is okay to miss some cases, but there must be no false positives.
That is, if this predicate returns true, then indeed the predicate must
return only unread articles."
  (eq t (gnus-function-implies-unread-1
         (gnus-category-make-function-1 predicate))))

(defun gnus-function-implies-unread-1 (function)
  "Recursively evaluate a predicate function to determine whether it can select
any read articles.  Returns t if the function is known to never
return read articles, nil when it is known to always return read
articles, and t_nil when the function may return both read and unread
articles."
  (let ((func (car function))
        (args (mapcar 'gnus-function-implies-unread-1 (cdr function))))
    (cond ((eq func 'and)
           (cond ((memq t args) ; if any argument returns only unread articles
                  ;; then that argument constrains the result to only unread articles.
                  t)
                 ((memq 't_nil args) ; if any argument is indeterminate
                  ;; then the result is indeterminate
                  't_nil)))
          ((eq func 'or)
           (cond ((memq nil args) ; if any argument returns read articles
                  ;; then that argument ensures that the results includes read articles.
                  nil)
                 ((memq 't_nil args) ; if any argument is indeterminate
                  ;; then that argument ensures that the results are indeterminate
                  't_nil)
                 (t ; if all arguments return only unread articles
                  ;; then the result returns only unread articles
                  t)))
          ((eq func 'not)
           (cond ((eq (car args) 't_nil) ; if the argument is indeterminate
                  ; then the result is indeterminate
                  (car args))
                 (t ; otherwise
                  ; toggle the result to be the opposite of the argument
                  (not (car args)))))
          ((eq func 'gnus-agent-read-p)
           nil) ; The read predicate NEVER returns unread articles
          ((eq func 'gnus-agent-false)
           t) ; The false predicate returns t as the empty set excludes all read articles
          ((eq func 'gnus-agent-true)
           nil) ; The true predicate ALWAYS returns read articles
          ((catch 'found-match
             (let ((alist gnus-category-predicate-alist))
               (while alist
                 (if (eq func (cdar alist))
                     (throw 'found-match t)
                   (setq alist (cdr alist))))))
           't_nil) ; All other predicates return read and unread articles
          (t
           (error "Unknown predicate function: %s" function)))))

(defun gnus-group-category (group)
  "Return the category GROUP belongs to."
  (unless gnus-category-group-cache
    (setq gnus-category-group-cache (gnus-make-hashtable 1000))
    (let ((cs gnus-category-alist)
	  groups cat)
      (while (setq cat (pop cs))
	(setq groups (gnus-agent-cat-groups cat))
	(while groups
	  (gnus-sethash (pop groups) cat gnus-category-group-cache)))))
  (or (gnus-gethash group gnus-category-group-cache)
      (assq 'default gnus-category-alist)))

(defun gnus-agent-expire-group (group &optional articles force)
  "Expire all old articles in GROUP.
If you want to force expiring of certain articles, this function can
take ARTICLES, and FORCE parameters as well.

The articles on which the expiration process runs are selected as follows:
  if ARTICLES is null, all read and unmarked articles.
  if ARTICLES is t, all articles.
  if ARTICLES is a list, just those articles.
FORCE is equivalent to setting the expiration predicates to true."
  (interactive (list (gnus-agent-read-group)))

  (if (not group)
      (gnus-agent-expire articles group force)
    (let ( ;; Bind gnus-agent-expire-stats to enable tracking of
	  ;; expiration statistics of this single group
          (gnus-agent-expire-stats (list 0 0 0.0)))
      (if (or (not (eq articles t))
              (yes-or-no-p
               (concat "Are you sure that you want to "
                       "expire all articles in " group "? ")))
          (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
                (overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
                orig)
            (unwind-protect
                (let ((active-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")))
                  (when (file-exists-p active-file)
                    (with-temp-buffer
                      (nnheader-insert-file-contents active-file)
                      (gnus-active-to-gnus-format
                       gnus-command-method
                       (setq orig (gnus-make-hashtable
                                   (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))))
                    (save-excursion
                      (gnus-agent-expire-group-1
                       group overview (gnus-gethash-safe group orig)
                       articles force))))
              (kill-buffer overview))))
      (gnus-message 4 (gnus-agent-expire-done-message)))))

(defun gnus-agent-expire-group-1 (group overview active articles force)
  ;; Internal function - requires caller to have set
  ;; gnus-command-method, initialized overview buffer, and to have
  ;; provided a non-nil active

  (let ((dir (gnus-agent-group-pathname group))
	(file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
	(decoded (gnus-agent-decoded-group-name group)))
    (gnus-agent-with-refreshed-group
     group
     (when (boundp 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs)
       (set 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs
	    (cons dir
		  (symbol-value 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs))))

     (if (and (not force)
	      (eq 'DISABLE (gnus-agent-find-parameter group
						      'agent-enable-expiration)))
	 (gnus-message 5 "Expiry skipping over %s" decoded)
       (gnus-message 5 "Expiring articles in %s" decoded)
       (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
       (let* ((bytes-freed 0)
	      (size-files-deleted 0.0)
	      (files-deleted 0)
	      (nov-entries-deleted 0)
	      (info (gnus-get-info group))
	      (alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
	      (day (- (time-to-days (current-time))
		      (gnus-agent-find-parameter group 'agent-days-until-old)))
	      (specials (if (and alist
				 (not force))
			    ;; This could be a bit of a problem.  I need to
			    ;; keep the last article to avoid refetching
			    ;; headers when using nntp in the backend.  At
			    ;; the same time, if someone uses a backend
			    ;; that supports article moving then I may have
			    ;; to remove the last article to complete the
			    ;; move.  Right now, I'm going to assume that
			    ;; FORCE overrides specials.
			    (list (caar (last alist)))))
	      (unreads ;; Articles that are excluded from the
	       ;; expiration process
	       (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
		      ;; All articles are marked read by global decree
		      nil)
		     ((eq articles t)
		      ;; All articles are marked read by function
		      ;; parameter
		      nil)
		     ((not articles)
		      ;; Unread articles are marked protected from
		      ;; expiration Don't call
		      ;; gnus-list-of-unread-articles as it returns
		      ;; articles that have not been fetched into the
		      ;; agent.
		      (ignore-errors
			(gnus-agent-unread-articles group)))
		     (t
		      ;; All articles EXCEPT those named by the caller
		      ;; are protected from expiration
		      (gnus-sorted-difference
		       (gnus-uncompress-range
			(cons (caar alist)
			      (caar (last alist))))
		       (sort articles '<)))))
	      (marked ;; More articles that are excluded from the
	       ;; expiration process
	       (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
		      ;; All articles are unmarked by global decree
		      nil)
		     ((eq articles t)
		      ;; All articles are unmarked by function
		      ;; parameter
		      nil)
		     (articles
		      ;; All articles may as well be unmarked as the
		      ;; unreads list already names the articles we are
		      ;; going to keep
		      nil)
		     (t
		      ;; Ticked and/or dormant articles are excluded
		      ;; from expiration
		      (nconc
		       (gnus-uncompress-range
			(cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks info))))
		       (gnus-uncompress-range
			(cdr (assq 'dormant
				   (gnus-info-marks info))))))))
	      (nov-file (concat dir ".overview"))
	      (cnt 0)
	      (completed -1)
	      dlist
	      type)

	 ;; The normal article alist contains elements that look like
	 ;; (article# .  fetch_date) I need to combine other
	 ;; information with this list.  For example, a flag indicating
	 ;; that a particular article MUST BE KEPT.  To do this, I'm
	 ;; going to transform the elements to look like (article#
	 ;; fetch_date keep_flag NOV_entry_position) Later, I'll reverse
	 ;; the process to generate the expired article alist.

	 ;; Convert the alist elements to (article# fetch_date nil
	 ;; nil).
	 (setq dlist (mapcar (lambda (e)
			       (list (car e) (cdr e) nil nil)) alist))

	 ;; Convert the keep lists to elements that look like (article#
	 ;; nil keep_flag nil) then append it to the expanded dlist
	 ;; These statements are sorted by ascending precidence of the
	 ;; keep_flag.
	 (setq dlist (nconc dlist
			    (mapcar (lambda (e)
				      (list e nil 'unread  nil))
				    unreads)))
	 (setq dlist (nconc dlist
			    (mapcar (lambda (e)
				      (list e nil 'marked  nil))
				    marked)))
	 (setq dlist (nconc dlist
			    (mapcar (lambda (e)
				      (list e nil 'special nil))
				    specials)))

	 (set-buffer overview)
	 (erase-buffer)
	 (buffer-disable-undo)
	 (when (file-exists-p nov-file)
	   (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview...")
	   (nnheader-insert-file-contents nov-file)
	   (goto-char (point-min))
	
	   (let (p)
	     (while (< (setq p (point)) (point-max))
	       (condition-case nil
		   ;; If I successfully read an integer (the plus zero
		   ;; ensures a numeric type), append the position
		   ;; to the list
		   (push (list (+ 0 (read (current-buffer))) nil nil
			       p)
			 dlist)
		 (error
		  (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-expire: read error \
occurred when reading expression at %s in %s.  Skipping to next \
line." (point) nov-file)))
	       ;; Whether I succeeded, or failed, it doesn't matter.
	       ;; Move to the next line then try again.
	       (forward-line 1)))

	   (gnus-message
	    7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview... Done"))
	 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)

	 ;; At this point, all of the information is in dlist.  The
	 ;; only problem is that much of it is spread across multiple
	 ;; entries.  Sort then MERGE!!
	 (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... ")
	 ;; If two entries have the same article-number then sort by
	 ;; ascending keep_flag.
	 (let ((special 0)
	       (marked 1)
	       (unread 2))
	   (setq dlist
		 (sort dlist
		       (lambda (a b)
			 (cond ((< (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
				t)
			       ((> (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
				nil)
			       (t
				(let ((a (or (symbol-value (nth 2 a))
					     3))
				      (b (or (symbol-value (nth 2 b))
					     3)))
				  (<= a b))))))))
	 (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... Done")
	 (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... ")
	 (let ((dlist dlist))
	   (while (cdr dlist)		; I'm not at the end-of-list
	     (if (eq (caar dlist) (caadr dlist))
		 (let ((first (cdr (car dlist)))
		       (secnd (cdr (cadr dlist))))
		   (setcar first (or (car first)
				     (car secnd))) ; fetch_date
		   (setq first (cdr first)
			 secnd (cdr secnd))
		   (setcar first (or (car first)
				     (car secnd))) ; Keep_flag
		   (setq first (cdr first)
			 secnd (cdr secnd))
		   (setcar first (or (car first)
				     (car secnd))) ; NOV_entry_position

		   (setcdr dlist (cddr dlist)))
	       (setq dlist (cdr dlist)))))

	 ;; Check the order of the entry positions.  They should be in
	 ;; ascending order.  If they aren't, the positions must be
	 ;; converted to markers.
	 (when (catch 'sort-results
		 (let ((dlist dlist)
		       (prev-pos -1)
		       pos)
		   (while dlist
		     (if (setq pos (nth 3 (pop dlist)))
			 (if (< pos prev-pos)
			     (throw 'sort-results 'unsorted)
			   (setq prev-pos pos))))))
	   (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Unsorted overview; inserting markers to compensate.")
	   (mapc (lambda (entry)
		     (let ((pos (nth 3 entry)))
		       (if pos
			   (setf (nth 3 entry)
				 (set-marker (make-marker)
					     pos)))))
		   dlist))

	 (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... Done")

	 (let* ((len (float (length dlist)))
		(alist (list nil))
		(tail-alist alist)
		(position-offset 0)
		)

	   (while dlist
	     (let ((new-completed (truncate (* 100.0
					       (/ (setq cnt (1+ cnt))
						  len))))
		   message-log-max)
	       (when (> new-completed completed)
		 (setq completed new-completed)
		 (gnus-message 7 "%3d%% completed..."  completed)))
	     (let* ((entry          (car dlist))
		    (article-number (nth 0 entry))
		    (fetch-date     (nth 1 entry))
		    (keep           (nth 2 entry))
		    (marker         (nth 3 entry)))

	       (cond
		;; Kept articles are unread, marked, or special.
		(keep
		 (gnus-agent-message 10
				     "gnus-agent-expire: %s:%d: Kept %s article%s."
				     decoded article-number keep (if fetch-date " and file" ""))
		 (when fetch-date
		   (unless (file-exists-p
			    (concat dir (number-to-string
					 article-number)))
		     (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
		     (gnus-agent-message 3 "gnus-agent-expire cleared \
download flag on %s:%d as the cached article file is missing."
					 decoded (caar dlist)))
		   (unless marker
		     (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-expire detected a \
missing NOV entry.  Run gnus-agent-regenerate-group to restore it.")))
		 (gnus-agent-append-to-list
		  tail-alist
		  (cons article-number fetch-date)))

		;; The following articles are READ, UNMARKED, and
		;; ORDINARY.  See if they can be EXPIRED!!!
		((setq type
		       (cond
			((not (integerp fetch-date))
			 'read)	;; never fetched article (may expire
			;; right now)
			((not (file-exists-p
			       (concat dir (number-to-string
					    article-number))))
			 (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
			 'externally-expired) ;; Can't find the cached
			;; article.  Handle case
			;; as though this article
			;; was never fetched.

			;; We now have the arrival day, so we see
			;; whether it's old enough to be expired.
			((< fetch-date day)
			 'expired)
			(force
			 'forced)))

		 ;; I found some reason to expire this entry.

		 (let ((actions nil))
		   (when (memq type '(forced expired))
		     (ignore-errors	; Just being paranoid.
		       (let* ((file-name (nnheader-concat dir (number-to-string
							       article-number)))
			      (size (float (nth 7 (file-attributes file-name)))))
			 (incf bytes-freed size)
			 (incf size-files-deleted size)
			 (incf files-deleted)
			 (delete-file file-name))
		       (push "expired cached article" actions))
		     (setf (nth 1 entry) nil)
		     )

		   (when marker
		     (push "NOV entry removed" actions)

		     (goto-char (if (markerp marker)
				    marker
				  (- marker position-offset)))

		     (incf nov-entries-deleted)

		     (let* ((from (point-at-bol))
			    (to (progn (forward-line 1) (point)))
			    (freed (- to from)))
		       (incf bytes-freed freed)
		       (incf position-offset freed)
		       (delete-region from to)))

		   ;; If considering all articles is set, I can only
		   ;; expire article IDs that are no longer in the
		   ;; active range (That is, articles that preceed the
		   ;; first article in the new alist).
		   (if (and gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
			    (>= article-number (car active)))
		       ;; I have to keep this ID in the alist
		       (gnus-agent-append-to-list
			tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date))
		     (push (format "Removed %s article number from \
article alist" type) actions))

		   (when actions
		     (gnus-agent-message 8 "gnus-agent-expire: %s:%d: %s"
					 decoded article-number
					 (mapconcat 'identity actions ", ")))))
		(t
		 (gnus-agent-message
		  10 "gnus-agent-expire: %s:%d: Article kept as \
expiration tests failed." decoded article-number)
		 (gnus-agent-append-to-list
		  tail-alist (cons article-number fetch-date)))
		)

	       ;; Remove markers as I intend to reuse this buffer again.
	       (when (and marker
			  (markerp marker))
		 (set-marker marker nil))

	       (setq dlist (cdr dlist))))

	   (setq alist (cdr alist))

	   (let ((inhibit-quit t))
	     (unless (equal alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
	       (setq gnus-agent-article-alist alist)
	       (gnus-agent-save-alist group))

	     (when (buffer-modified-p)
	       (let ((coding-system-for-write
		      gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
		 (gnus-make-directory dir)
		 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) nov-file nil
			       'silent)
		 ;; clear the modified flag as that I'm not confused by
		 ;; its status on the next pass through this routine.
		 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
		 (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for group t)))

	     (when (eq articles t)
	       (gnus-summary-update-info))))

	 (when (boundp 'gnus-agent-expire-stats)
	   (let ((stats (symbol-value 'gnus-agent-expire-stats)))
	     (incf (nth 2 stats) bytes-freed)
	     (incf (nth 1 stats) files-deleted)
	     (incf (nth 0 stats) nov-entries-deleted)))

	 (gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for group (- size-files-deleted)))))))

(defun gnus-agent-expire (&optional articles group force)
  "Expire all old articles.
If you want to force expiring of certain articles, this function can
take ARTICLES, GROUP and FORCE parameters as well.

The articles on which the expiration process runs are selected as follows:
  if ARTICLES is null, all read and unmarked articles.
  if ARTICLES is t, all articles.
  if ARTICLES is a list, just those articles.
Setting GROUP will limit expiration to that group.
FORCE is equivalent to setting the expiration predicates to true."
  (interactive)

  (if group
      (gnus-agent-expire-group group articles force)
    (if (or (not (eq articles t))
            (yes-or-no-p "Are you sure that you want to expire all \
articles in every agentized group? "))
        (let ((methods (gnus-agent-covered-methods))
              ;; Bind gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs to enable tracking
              ;; of agent directories.
              (gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs nil)
              ;; Bind gnus-agent-expire-stats to enable tracking of
              ;; expiration statistics across all groups
              (gnus-agent-expire-stats (list 0 0 0.0))
              gnus-command-method overview orig)
          (setq overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
          (unwind-protect
              (while (setq gnus-command-method (pop methods))
                (let ((active-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")))
                  (when (file-exists-p active-file)
                    (with-temp-buffer
                      (nnheader-insert-file-contents active-file)
                      (gnus-active-to-gnus-format
                       gnus-command-method
                       (setq orig (gnus-make-hashtable
                                   (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))))
                    (dolist (expiring-group (gnus-groups-from-server
                                             gnus-command-method))
                      (let* ((active
                              (gnus-gethash-safe expiring-group orig)))

                        (when active
                          (save-excursion
                            (gnus-agent-expire-group-1
                             expiring-group overview active articles force))))))))
            (kill-buffer overview))
          (gnus-agent-expire-unagentized-dirs)
          (gnus-message 4 (gnus-agent-expire-done-message))))))

(defun gnus-agent-expire-done-message ()
  (if (and (> gnus-verbose 4)
           (boundp 'gnus-agent-expire-stats))
      (let* ((stats (symbol-value 'gnus-agent-expire-stats))
             (size (nth 2 stats))
            (units '(B KB MB GB)))
        (while (and (> size 1024.0)
                    (cdr units))
          (setq size (/ size 1024.0)
                units (cdr units)))

        (format "Expiry recovered %d NOV entries, deleted %d files,\
 and freed %f %s."
                (nth 0 stats)
                (nth 1 stats)
                size (car units)))
    "Expiry...done"))

(defun gnus-agent-expire-unagentized-dirs ()
  (when (and gnus-agent-expire-unagentized-dirs
             (boundp 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs))
    (let* ((keep (gnus-make-hashtable))
	   ;; Formally bind gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs so that the
	   ;; compiler will not complain about free references.
	   (gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs
	    (symbol-value 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs))
           dir
	   (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))

      (gnus-sethash gnus-agent-directory t keep)
      (while gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs
	(setq dir (pop gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs))
	(when (and (stringp dir)
		   (file-directory-p dir))
	  (while (not (gnus-gethash dir keep))
	    (gnus-sethash dir t keep)
	    (setq dir (file-name-directory (directory-file-name dir))))))

      (let* (to-remove
             checker
             (checker
              (function
               (lambda (d)
                 "Given a directory, check it and its subdirectories for
              membership in the keep hash.  If it isn't found, add
              it to to-remove."
                 (let ((files (directory-files d))
                       file)
                   (while (setq file (pop files))
                     (cond ((equal file ".") ; Ignore self
                            nil)
                           ((equal file "..") ; Ignore parent
                            nil)
                           ((equal file ".overview")
                            ;; Directory must contain .overview to be
                            ;; agent's cache of a group.
                            (let ((d (file-name-as-directory d))
                                  r)
                              ;; Search ancestor's for last directory NOT
                              ;; found in keep hash.
                              (while (not (gnus-gethash
                                           (setq d (file-name-directory d)) keep))
                                (setq r d
                                      d (directory-file-name d)))
                              ;; if ANY ancestor was NOT in keep hash and
                              ;; it it's already in to-remove, add it to
                              ;; to-remove.
                              (if (and r
                                       (not (member r to-remove)))
                                  (push r to-remove))))
                           ((file-directory-p (setq file (nnheader-concat d file)))
                            (funcall checker file)))))))))
        (funcall checker (expand-file-name gnus-agent-directory))

        (when (and to-remove
                   (or gnus-expert-user
                       (gnus-y-or-n-p
                        "gnus-agent-expire has identified local directories that are\
 not currently required by any agentized group.  Do you wish to consider\
 deleting them?")))
          (while to-remove
            (let ((dir (pop to-remove)))
              (if (gnus-y-or-n-p (format "Delete %s? " dir))
                  (let* (delete-recursive
			 files f
                         (delete-recursive
                          (function
                           (lambda (f-or-d)
                             (ignore-errors
                               (if (file-directory-p f-or-d)
                                   (condition-case nil
                                       (delete-directory f-or-d)
                                     (file-error
				      (setq files (directory-files f-or-d))
				      (while files
					(setq f (pop files))
					(or (member f '("." ".."))
					    (funcall delete-recursive
						     (nnheader-concat
						      f-or-d f))))
                                      (delete-directory f-or-d)))
                                 (delete-file f-or-d)))))))
                    (funcall delete-recursive dir))))))))))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-batch ()
  "Start Gnus, send queue and fetch session."
  (interactive)
  (let ((init-file-user "")
	(gnus-always-read-dribble-file t))
    (gnus))
  (let ((gnus-agent-confirmation-function 'gnus-agent-batch-confirmation))
    (gnus-group-send-queue)
    (gnus-agent-fetch-session)))

(defun gnus-agent-unread-articles (group)
  (let* ((read (gnus-info-read (gnus-get-info group)))
	 (known (gnus-agent-load-alist group))
	 (unread (list nil))
	 (tail-unread unread))
    (while (and known read)
      (let ((candidate (car (pop known))))
	(while (let* ((range (car read))
		      (min   (if (numberp range) range (car range)))
		      (max   (if (numberp range) range (cdr range))))
		 (cond ((or (not min)
			    (< candidate min))
			(gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unread candidate)
			nil)
		       ((> candidate max)
			(setq read (cdr read))
                        ;; return t so that I always loop one more
                        ;; time.  If I just iterated off the end of
                        ;; read, min will become nil and the current
                        ;; candidate will be added to the unread list.
                        t))))))
    (while known
      (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-unread (car (pop known))))
    (cdr unread)))

(defun gnus-agent-uncached-articles (articles group &optional cached-header)
  "Restrict ARTICLES to numbers already fetched.
Returns a sublist of ARTICLES that excludes those article ids in GROUP
that have already been fetched.
If CACHED-HEADER is nil, articles are only excluded if the article itself
has been fetched."

  ;; Logically equivalent to: (gnus-sorted-difference articles (mapcar
  ;; 'car gnus-agent-article-alist))

  ;; Functionally, I don't need to construct a temp list using mapcar.

  (if (and (or gnus-agent-cache (not gnus-plugged))
           (gnus-agent-load-alist group))
    (let* ((ref gnus-agent-article-alist)
           (arts articles)
           (uncached (list nil))
           (tail-uncached uncached))
      (while (and ref arts)
        (let ((v1 (car arts))
              (v2 (caar ref)))
          (cond ((< v1 v2) ; v1 does not appear in the reference list
		 (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-uncached v1)
                 (setq arts (cdr arts)))
                ((= v1 v2)
                 (unless (or cached-header (cdar ref)) ; v1 is already cached
		   (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-uncached v1))
                 (setq arts (cdr arts))
                 (setq ref (cdr ref)))
                (t ; reference article (v2) preceeds the list being filtered
                 (setq ref (cdr ref))))))
      (while arts
	(gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-uncached (pop arts)))
      (cdr uncached))
    ;; if gnus-agent-load-alist fails, no articles are cached.
    articles))

(defun gnus-agent-retrieve-headers (articles group &optional fetch-old)
  (save-excursion
    (gnus-agent-create-buffer)
    (let ((gnus-decode-encoded-word-function 'identity)
	  (gnus-decode-encoded-address-function 'identity)
	  (file (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))
	  cached-articles uncached-articles
	  (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
      (gnus-make-directory (nnheader-translate-file-chars
			    (file-name-directory file) t))

      ;; Populate temp buffer with known headers
      (when (file-exists-p file)
	(with-current-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer
	  (erase-buffer)
	  (let ((nnheader-file-coding-system
		 gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
	    (nnheader-insert-nov-file file (car articles)))))

      (if (setq uncached-articles (gnus-agent-uncached-articles articles group
                                                                t))
	  (progn
            ;; Populate nntp-server-buffer with uncached headers
	    (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
	    (erase-buffer)
            (cond ((not (eq 'nov (let (gnus-agent) ; Turn off agent
                                   (gnus-retrieve-headers
                                    uncached-articles group fetch-old))))
                   (nnvirtual-convert-headers))
                  ((eq 'nntp (car gnus-current-select-method))
                   ;; The author of gnus-get-newsgroup-headers-xover
                   ;; reports that the XOVER command is commonly
                   ;; unreliable. The problem is that recently
                   ;; posted articles may not be entered into the
                   ;; NOV database in time to respond to my XOVER
                   ;; query.
                   ;;
                   ;; I'm going to use his assumption that the NOV
                   ;; database is updated in order of ascending
                   ;; article ID.  Therefore, a response containing
                   ;; article ID N implies that all articles from 1
                   ;; to N-1 are up-to-date.  Therefore, missing
                   ;; articles in that range have expired.

                   (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
                   (let* ((fetched-articles (list nil))
                          (tail-fetched-articles fetched-articles)
                          (min (cond ((numberp fetch-old)
                                      (max 1 (- (car articles) fetch-old)))
                                     (fetch-old
                                      1)
                                     (t
                                      (car articles))))
                          (max (car (last articles))))

                     ;; Get the list of articles that were fetched
                     (goto-char (point-min))
                     (let ((pm (point-max))
			   art)
                       (while (< (point) pm)
			 (when (setq art (gnus-agent-read-article-number))
                           (gnus-agent-append-to-list tail-fetched-articles art))
                         (forward-line 1)))

                     ;; Clip this list to the headers that will
                     ;; actually be returned
                     (setq fetched-articles (gnus-list-range-intersection
                                             (cdr fetched-articles)
                                             (cons min max)))

                     ;; Clip the uncached articles list to exclude
                     ;; IDs after the last FETCHED header.  The
                     ;; excluded IDs may be fetchable using HEAD.
                     (if (car tail-fetched-articles)
                         (setq uncached-articles
                               (gnus-list-range-intersection
                                uncached-articles
                                (cons (car uncached-articles)
                                      (car tail-fetched-articles)))))

                     ;; Create the list of articles that were
                     ;; "successfully" fetched.  Success, in this
                     ;; case, means that the ID should not be
                     ;; fetched again.  In the case of an expired
                     ;; article, the header will not be fetched.
                     (setq uncached-articles
                           (gnus-sorted-nunion fetched-articles
                                               uncached-articles))
                     )))

            ;; Erase the temp buffer
	    (set-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer)
	    (erase-buffer)

            ;; Copy the nntp-server-buffer to the temp buffer
	    (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
	    (copy-to-buffer gnus-agent-overview-buffer (point-min) (point-max))

	    ;; Merge the temp buffer with the known headers (found on
	    ;; disk in FILE) into the nntp-server-buffer
	    (when uncached-articles
	      (gnus-agent-braid-nov group uncached-articles file))

	    ;; Save the new set of known headers to FILE
	    (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
	    (let ((coding-system-for-write
		   gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
	      (gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)
	      (write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent))

	    (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for group t)

            ;; Update the group's article alist to include the newly
            ;; fetched articles.
	    (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
	    (gnus-agent-save-alist group uncached-articles nil)
            )

        ;; Copy the temp buffer to the nntp-server-buffer
        (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer)
	(erase-buffer)
	(insert-buffer-substring gnus-agent-overview-buffer)))

    (if (and fetch-old
	     (not (numberp fetch-old)))
	t				; Don't remove anything.
      (nnheader-nov-delete-outside-range
       (if fetch-old (max 1 (- (car articles) fetch-old))
	 (car articles))
       (car (last articles)))
      t)

    'nov))

(defun gnus-agent-request-article (article group)
  "Retrieve ARTICLE in GROUP from the agent cache."
  (when (and gnus-agent
             (or gnus-agent-cache
                 (not gnus-plugged))
             (numberp article))
    (let* ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
           (file (gnus-agent-article-name (number-to-string article) group))
           (buffer-read-only nil)
	   (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
      (when (and (file-exists-p file)
                 (> (nth 7 (file-attributes file)) 0))
        (erase-buffer)
        (gnus-kill-all-overlays)
        (let ((coding-system-for-read gnus-cache-coding-system))
          (insert-file-contents file))
        t))))

(defun gnus-agent-regenerate-group (group &optional reread)
  "Regenerate GROUP.
If REREAD is t, all articles in the .overview are marked as unread.
If REREAD is a list, the specified articles will be marked as unread.
In addition, their NOV entries in .overview will be refreshed using
the articles' current headers.
If REREAD is not nil, downloaded articles are marked as unread."
  (interactive
   (list (gnus-agent-read-group)
         (catch 'mark
           (while (let (c
                        (cursor-in-echo-area t)
                        (echo-keystrokes 0))
                    (message "Mark as unread: (n)one / (a)ll / all (d)ownloaded articles? (n) ")
                    (setq c (read-char-exclusive))

                    (cond ((or (eq c ?\r) (eq c ?n) (eq c ?N))
                           (throw 'mark nil))
                          ((or (eq c ?a) (eq c ?A))
                           (throw 'mark t))
                          ((or (eq c ?d) (eq c ?D))
                           (throw 'mark 'some)))
                    (gnus-message 3 "Ignoring unexpected input")
                    (sit-for 1)
                    t)))))
  (when group
    (gnus-message 5 "Regenerating in %s" group)
    (let* ((gnus-command-method (or gnus-command-method
				    (gnus-find-method-for-group group)))
	   (file (gnus-agent-article-name ".overview" group))
	   (dir (file-name-directory file))
	   point
	   (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
	   (downloaded (if (file-exists-p dir)
			   (sort (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (name)
						     (and (not (file-directory-p (nnheader-concat dir name)))
							  (string-to-number name)))
						   (directory-files dir nil "^[0-9]+$" t)))
				 '>)
			 (progn (gnus-make-directory dir) nil)))
	   dl nov-arts
	   alist header
	   regenerated)

      (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
	(if (file-exists-p file)
	    (let ((nnheader-file-coding-system
		   gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
	      (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)))
	(set-buffer-modified-p nil)

	;; Load the article IDs found in the overview file.  As a
	;; side-effect, validate the file contents.
	(let ((load t))
	  (while load
	    (setq load nil)
	    (goto-char (point-min))
	    (while (< (point) (point-max))
	      (cond ((and (looking-at "[0-9]+\t")
			  (<= (- (match-end 0) (match-beginning 0)) 9))
		     (push (read (current-buffer)) nov-arts)
		     (forward-line 1)
		     (let ((l1 (car nov-arts))
			   (l2 (cadr nov-arts)))
		       (cond ((and (listp reread) (memq l1 reread))
			      (gnus-delete-line)
			      (setq nov-arts (cdr nov-arts))
			      (gnus-message 4 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV\
 entry of article %s deleted." l1))
			     ((not l2)
			      nil)
			     ((< l1 l2)
			      (gnus-message 3 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV\
 entries are NOT in ascending order.")
			      ;; Don't sort now as I haven't verified
			      ;; that every line begins with a number
			      (setq load t))
			     ((= l1 l2)
			      (forward-line -1)
			      (gnus-message 4 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV\
 entries contained duplicate of article %s.	 Duplicate deleted." l1)
			      (gnus-delete-line)
			      (setq nov-arts (cdr nov-arts))))))
		    (t
		     (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: NOV\
 entries contained line that did not begin with an article number.  Deleted\
 line.")
		     (gnus-delete-line))))
	    (when load
	      (gnus-message 5 "gnus-agent-regenerate-group: Sorting NOV\
 entries into ascending order.")
	      (sort-numeric-fields 1 (point-min) (point-max))
	      (setq nov-arts nil))))
	(gnus-agent-check-overview-buffer)

	;; Construct a new article alist whose nodes match every header
	;; in the .overview file.  As a side-effect, missing headers are
	;; reconstructed from the downloaded article file.
	(while (or downloaded nov-arts)
	  (cond ((and downloaded
		      (or (not nov-arts)
			  (> (car downloaded) (car nov-arts))))
		 ;; This entry is missing from the overview file
		 (gnus-message 3 "Regenerating NOV %s %d..." group
			       (car downloaded))
		 (let ((file (concat dir (number-to-string (car downloaded)))))
		   (mm-with-unibyte-buffer
		     (nnheader-insert-file-contents file)
		     (nnheader-remove-body)
		     (setq header (nnheader-parse-naked-head)))
		   (mail-header-set-number header (car downloaded))
		   (if nov-arts
		       (let ((key (concat "^" (int-to-string (car nov-arts))
					  "\t")))
			 (or (re-search-backward key nil t)
			     (re-search-forward key))
			 (forward-line 1))
		     (goto-char (point-min)))
		   (nnheader-insert-nov header))
		 (setq nov-arts (cons (car downloaded) nov-arts)))
		((eq (car downloaded) (car nov-arts))
		 ;; This entry in the overview has been downloaded
		 (push (cons (car downloaded)
			     (time-to-days
			      (nth 5 (file-attributes
				      (concat dir (number-to-string
						   (car downloaded))))))) alist)
		 (setq downloaded (cdr downloaded))
		 (setq nov-arts (cdr nov-arts)))
		(t
		 ;; This entry in the overview has not been downloaded
		 (push (cons (car nov-arts) nil) alist)
		 (setq nov-arts (cdr nov-arts)))))

	;; When gnus-agent-consider-all-articles is set,
	;; gnus-agent-regenerate-group should NOT remove article IDs from
	;; the alist.  Those IDs serve as markers to indicate that an
	;; attempt has been made to fetch that article's header.

	;; When gnus-agent-consider-all-articles is NOT set,
	;; gnus-agent-regenerate-group can remove the article ID of every
	;; article (with the exception of the last ID in the list - it's
	;; special) that no longer appears in the overview.  In this
	;; situtation, the last article ID in the list implies that it,
	;; and every article ID preceeding it, have been fetched from the
	;; server.

	(if gnus-agent-consider-all-articles
	    ;; Restore all article IDs that were not found in the overview file.
	    (let* ((n (cons nil alist))
		   (merged n)
		   (o (gnus-agent-load-alist group)))
	      (while o
		(let ((nID (caadr n))
		      (oID (caar o)))
		  (cond ((not nID)
			 (setq n (setcdr n (list (list oID))))
			 (setq o (cdr o)))
			((< oID nID)
			 (setcdr n (cons (list oID) (cdr n)))
			 (setq o (cdr o)))
			((= oID nID)
			 (setq o (cdr o))
			 (setq n (cdr n)))
			(t
			 (setq n (cdr n))))))
	      (setq alist (cdr merged)))
	  ;; Restore the last article ID if it is not already in the new alist
	  (let ((n (last alist))
		(o (last (gnus-agent-load-alist group))))
	    (cond ((not o)
		   nil)
		  ((not n)
		   (push (cons (caar o) nil) alist))
		  ((< (caar n) (caar o))
		   (setcdr n (list (car o)))))))

	(let ((inhibit-quit t))
	  (if (setq regenerated (buffer-modified-p))
	      (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-agent-file-coding-system))
		(write-region (point-min) (point-max) file nil 'silent)))

	  (setq regenerated (or regenerated
				(and reread gnus-agent-article-alist)
				(not (equal alist gnus-agent-article-alist))))

	  (setq gnus-agent-article-alist alist)

	  (when regenerated
	    (gnus-agent-save-alist group)

	    ;; I have to alter the group's active range NOW as
	    ;; gnus-make-ascending-articles-unread will use it to
	    ;; recalculate the number of unread articles in the group

	    (let ((group (gnus-group-real-name group))
		  (group-active (or (gnus-active group)
				    (gnus-activate-group group))))
	      (gnus-agent-possibly-alter-active group group-active)))))

      (when (and reread gnus-agent-article-alist)
	(gnus-agent-synchronize-group-flags
	 group
	 (list (list
		(if (listp reread)
		    reread
		  (delq nil (mapcar (function (lambda (c)
						(cond ((eq reread t)
						       (car c))
						      ((cdr c)
						       (car c)))))
				    gnus-agent-article-alist)))
		'del '(read)))
	 gnus-command-method)

	(when regenerated
	  (gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for group nil)))

      (gnus-message 5 "")
      regenerated)))

;;;###autoload
(defun gnus-agent-regenerate (&optional clean reread)
  "Regenerate all agent covered files.
If CLEAN, obsolete (ignore)."
  (interactive "P")
  (let (regenerated)
    (gnus-message 4 "Regenerating Gnus agent files...")
    (dolist (gnus-command-method (gnus-agent-covered-methods))
        (dolist (group (gnus-groups-from-server gnus-command-method))
          (setq regenerated (or (gnus-agent-regenerate-group group reread)
                                regenerated))))
    (gnus-message 4 "Regenerating Gnus agent files...done")

    regenerated))

(defun gnus-agent-go-online (&optional force)
  "Switch servers into online status."
  (interactive (list t))
  (dolist (server gnus-opened-servers)
    (when (eq (nth 1 server) 'offline)
      (if (if (eq force 'ask)
	      (gnus-y-or-n-p
	       (format "Switch %s:%s into online status? "
		       (caar server) (cadar server)))
	    force)
	  (setcar (nthcdr 1 server) 'close)))))

(defun gnus-agent-toggle-group-plugged (group)
  "Toggle the status of the server of the current group."
  (interactive (list (gnus-group-group-name)))
  (let* ((method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
	 (status (cadr (assoc method gnus-opened-servers))))
    (if (eq status 'offline)
	(gnus-server-set-status method 'closed)
      (gnus-close-server method)
      (gnus-server-set-status method 'offline))
    (message "Turn %s:%s from %s to %s." (car method) (cadr method)
	     (if (eq status 'offline) 'offline 'online)
	     (if (eq status 'offline) 'online 'offline))))

(defun gnus-agent-group-covered-p (group)
  (gnus-agent-method-p (gnus-group-method group)))

(defun gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for
  (group delta &optional method path)
  "Update, or set, the total disk space used by the articles that the
agent has fetched."
  (when gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb
    (gnus-agent-with-refreshed-group
     group
     ;; if null, gnus-agent-group-pathname will calc method.
     (let* ((gnus-command-method method)
	    (path (or path (gnus-agent-group-pathname group)))
	    (entry (or (gnus-gethash path gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb)
		       (gnus-sethash path (make-list 3 0)
				     gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb)))
	    (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system))
       (when (listp delta)
	 (if delta
	     (let ((sum 0.0)
		   file)
	       (while (setq file (pop delta))
		 (incf sum (float (or (nth 7 (file-attributes
					      (nnheader-concat
					       path
					       (if (numberp file)
						   (number-to-string file)
						 file)))) 0))))
	       (setq delta sum))
	   (let ((sum (- (nth 2 entry)))
		 (info (directory-files-and-attributes path nil "^-?[0-9]+$" t))
		 file)
	     (while (setq file (pop info))
	       (incf sum (float (or (nth 8 file) 0))))
	     (setq delta sum))))

       (setq gnus-agent-need-update-total-fetched-for t)
       (incf (nth 2 entry) delta)))))

(defun gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for
  (group agent-over &optional method path)
  "Update, or set, the total disk space used by the .agentview and
.overview files.  These files are calculated separately as they can be
modified."
  (when gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb
    (gnus-agent-with-refreshed-group
     group
     ;; if null, gnus-agent-group-pathname will calc method.
     (let* ((gnus-command-method method)
	    (path (or path (gnus-agent-group-pathname group)))
	    (entry (or (gnus-gethash path gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb)
		       (gnus-sethash path (make-list 3 0)
				     gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb)))
	    (file-name-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system)
	    (size (or (nth 7 (file-attributes
			      (nnheader-concat
			       path (if agent-over
					".overview"
				      ".agentview"))))
		      0)))
       (setq gnus-agent-need-update-total-fetched-for t)
       (setf (nth (if agent-over 1 0) entry) size)))))

(defun gnus-agent-total-fetched-for (group &optional method no-inhibit)
  "Get the total disk space used by the specified GROUP."
  (unless (equal group "dummy.group")
    (unless gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb
      (setq gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb (gnus-make-hashtable 1024)))

    ;; if null, gnus-agent-group-pathname will calc method.
    (let* ((gnus-command-method method)
	   (path (gnus-agent-group-pathname group))
	   (entry (gnus-gethash path gnus-agent-total-fetched-hashtb)))
      (if entry
	  (apply '+ entry)
	(let ((gnus-agent-inhibit-update-total-fetched-for (not no-inhibit)))
	  (+
	   (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for  group nil method path)
	   (gnus-agent-update-view-total-fetched-for  group t   method path)
	   (gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for group nil method path)))))))

(provide 'gnus-agent)

;; arch-tag: b0ba4afc-5229-4cee-ad25-9956daa4e91e
;;; gnus-agent.el ends here