-URL naming
-----------
+URL and anchor naming
+---------------------
### Unstable endpoints
-/$LISTNAME/?r=$GIT_COMMIT -> HTML only
-/$LISTNAME/new.atom -> Atom feed
+/$INBOX/?r=$GIT_COMMIT -> HTML only
+/$INBOX/new.atom -> Atom feed
#### Optional, relies on Search::Xapian
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/t/ -> HTML content of thread
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/t.atom -> Atom feed for thread
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/t.mbox.gz -> gzipped mbox of thread
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/t/ -> HTML content of thread
+ anchors:
+ #u location of $MESSAGE_ID in URL
+ #m<SHA-1> per-message links, where <SHA-1> is of the Message-ID
+ of each message (stable)
+ #s<NUM> relative numeric position of message in thread (unstable)
+
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/t.atom -> Atom feed for thread
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/t.mbox.gz -> gzipped mbox of thread
### Stable endpoints
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/ -> HTML content (short quotes)
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/raw -> raw mbox
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/f/ -> HTML content (full quotes)
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/R/ -> HTML reply instructions
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/ -> HTML content
+ anchors:
+ #r location of the current message in thread skeleton
+ (requires Xapian search)
+ #b start of the message body (linked from thread skeleton)
+
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/raw -> raw mbox
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/#R -> HTML reply instructions
+
+# Covering up a pre-1.0 design mistake:
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/f/ -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/
### Legacy endpoints (may be ambiguous given Message-IDs with similar suffixes)
-/$LISTNAME/m/$MESSAGE_ID/ -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/
-/$LISTNAME/m/$MESSAGE_ID.html -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/
-/$LISTNAME/m/$MESSAGE_ID.txt -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/raw
-/$LISTNAME/f/$MESSAGE_ID.html -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/f/
-/$LISTNAME/f/$MESSAGE_ID.txt [1] -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/raw
+/$INBOX/m/$MESSAGE_ID/ -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/
+/$INBOX/m/$MESSAGE_ID.html -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/
+/$INBOX/m/$MESSAGE_ID.txt -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/raw
+/$INBOX/f/$MESSAGE_ID.html -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/
+/$INBOX/f/$MESSAGE_ID.txt [1] -> 301 to /$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/raw
+
+/$INBOX/atom.xml [2] -> identical to /$INBOX/new.atom
-/$LISTNAME/atom.xml [2] -> identical to /$LISTNAME/new.atom
+Additionally, we support git clone/fetch over HTTP (dumb and smart):
-Additionally, we support "git clone" pointed to http://$HOST/$LISTNAME
+ git clone --mirror http://$HOSTNAME/$INBOX
FIXME: we must refactor/cleanup/add tests for most of our CGI before
adding more endpoints and features.
--------------
Raw HTML and XML should only contain us-ascii characters which render
-to UTF-8.
+to UTF-8. We must not rely on users having the necessary fonts
+installed to render uncommon characters.
Plain text (raw message) endpoints display in the original encoding(s)
of the original email.
We favor <pre>-formatted text since public-inbox is intended as a place
to share and discuss patches and code. Unfortunately, long paragraphs
tends to be less readable with fixed-width serif fonts which GUI
-browsers default to. So perhaps we will add different endpoints for
-variable-width fonts.
+browsers default to.
* No graphics, images, or icons at all. We tolerate, but do not
encourage the use of GUIs.
-* No setting colors or font sizes, power to users to decide those.
+* No setting font sizes, power to users to decide those.
+ We will include and document <span class=?> to support colors
+ for user-supplied CSS.
-* Only one font type (fixed or variable) per page. This is for
- accessibility, we must not blow certain elements out-of-proportion
- when a reader increases font size.
+* Only one font type: fixed. This is for accessibility, we must
+ not blow certain elements out-of-proportion with different
+ fonts on the page when a reader increases font size.
* Bold and underline elements are OK since they should render fine
regardless of chosen font and gracefully degrade if a display does
* We only use CSS for one reason: wrapping pre-formatted text
This is necessary because unfortunate GUI browsers tend to be
- prone to layout widening. w3m is fine here without CSS :)
- No other CSS is allowed, especially with scary things like:
+ prone to layout widening from unwrapped mailers.
+ Do not expect CSS to be enabled, especially with scary things like:
+
+ https://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste
+
+ However, we will try to make it easy for users to supply their
+ own colors via user-side CSS.
+
+CSS classes (for user-supplied CSS)
+-----------------------------------
+span.q - quoted text in email messages
- http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste
+TODO: consider using highlight(1) via libhighlight-perl in Debian,
+ optionally
+...