On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 02:13:19PM +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > > Now it comes to the attached emails. In a second (!) step, debbugs-gnu > > is able to retrieve the corresponding emails. In the given example, it > > would call (debbugs-get-bug-log 15081) This returns a list like > > > > (((body . "The body of the message") > > (msg_num . 5) > > (attachments) > > (header . "All header lines of the message"))) > > > > I have just shown one message, of course all messages will be > > retrieved. Alternative, one could retrieve the messages in MBOX format. > > > > Wouldn't it be nice, if we could include the messages as well? Likely > > not by default (it would be expensive to download all messages for, > > let's say, 500 bugs at once). But we could add a kind of link which, > > when followed, could show the messages as well in org-mode. Somehow. > > Since this is possibile, I think my suggestion about GMANE_URL is > redundant. Dealing with this much more detailed information is a matter > of taste I think. For example, some like their TODOs to be clean and > simple, with all the details in headline attachments. Others might like > all the information easily available under the headline formatted as Org > text (text as plain text, email attachments as links). > > I think this requires input from the community. For now as a safe > default you could have each message as a sub-heading of the TODO.
I forgot to add; regarding your comment about retrieving several messages might be expensive, there could be an elisp link or a babel source block that does this on demand. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
