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Gnus tips for Lantern #lantern #gnus #nntp

In case you are trying out my NNTP-based blog engine Lantern with Gnus, here are some useful parameters to set on your Lantern topic/groups:

((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!