Completing-read on all URLs from existing post including article link?
Gnus does this via `w` (gnus-summary-browse-url) in article buffer.
Does elfeed show more details for a feed? (i mean metadata)
One thing I shifted to gnus (with feedbase) was unified look for feeds and email and more info on `t` (gnus-summary-toggle-header)
IIRC @publicvoit published something about following feeds using Gnus. I used to do that. The sticking point is that Emacs will hang while Gnus waits for a feed that may or may not connect or provide its data. elfeed was better about that, but I missed Gnus' adaptive scoring. I'd written an elfeed adaptive scoring package, but was never thrilled about using a separate package for feeds. So I'm giving Gnus and nnrss and nnatom another try.
Browsing URLs from Gnus Summary buffer https://davemq.github.io/emacs/gnus/url/2026/04/29/visiting-urls-from-gnus-summary.html
Gnus tips for Lantern
In case you are trying out my NNTP-based blog engine [Lantern](https://koldfront.dk/git/lantern/about/) with Gnus, here are some useful parameters to set on your Lantern topic/groups:
Zororg
Dave Marquardt
Adam Sjøgren's blog((message-syntax-checks
'((long-lines . disabled) (quoting-style . disabled)))
(posting-style (eval (auto-fill-mode -1)))
(message-shoot-gnksa-feet '(cancel-messages canlock-verify)))
I also have a hook to change the Content-Type: to text/markdown in the Lantern groups when writing:
(defun asjo-lantern-markdown-hook ()
"Insert default Content-Type in lantern groups"
(let ((group (or gnus-newsgroup-name "")))
(when (string-match "nntp.inav:lantern" group) ; Adjust this!
(message-add-header "Content-Type: text/markdown"))))
(add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'asjo-lantern-markdown-hook)
Another thing that makes it work a little smoother is switching to markdown-mode when the Content-Type of an article is text/markdown, so adding this to your ~/.gnus:
; Display text/markdown:
(require 'markdown-mode)
(defun mm-display-markdown (handle)
(mm-display-inline-fontify handle 'markdown-mode))
(add-to-list 'mm-inline-media-tests '("text/markdown" mm-display-markdown identity))
Have fun!
> ActivityPub has no notion of 'Title' so mastodon posts will all
> appear in the summary as just the date and time, no hint what it
> says until you click it.
If you use gnus, you can do something about this. See below.
> The second point is interface. For me it was trying to use #Emacs
> #Gnus to read early Fediverse, and it wasn't feasible.
It is feasible, just. If you're willing to hack a little, check out my blog post:
https://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/blog/20250812.html
I have an update to one of the functions described there which I will blog about soon (hopefully) but contact me should you wish to see the update sooner.
Jonathan Lamothe
Matthieu
Devin Prater :blind:
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