+PublicInbox::WWW (PSGI interface) design notes
+
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
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/t/ -> HTML content of thread (nested)
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/T/ -> HTML content of thread (flat)
anchors:
#u location of $MESSAGE_ID in URL
#m<SHA-1> per-message links, where <SHA-1> is of the Message-ID
of each message (stable)
#s<NUM> relative numeric position of message in thread (unstable)
+ #i<...> diffstat location for patch emails
+ #Z?<...> per-file diff header location for patch emails
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/t.atom -> Atom feed for thread
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/t.mbox.gz -> gzipped mbox of thread
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/t.atom -> Atom feed for thread
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/t.mbox.gz -> gzipped mbox of thread
### Stable endpoints
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/ -> HTML content
+/$INBOX/$MESSAGE_ID/ -> HTML content
anchors:
#r location of the current message in thread skeleton
(requires Xapian search)
#b start of the message body (linked from thread skeleton)
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID -> 301 to /$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/raw -> raw mbox
-/$LISTNAME/$MESSAGE_ID/R/ -> HTML reply instructions
+/$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/$MESSAGE_ID/f/ -> HTML content
-/$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/$MESSAGE_ID/raw
-/$LISTNAME/atom.xml [2] -> identical to /$LISTNAME/new.atom
+/$INBOX/atom.xml [2] -> identical to /$INBOX/new.atom
Additionally, we support git clone/fetch over HTTP (dumb and smart):
- git clone --mirror http://$HOSTNAME/$LISTNAME
+ git clone --mirror http://$HOSTNAME/$INBOX
FIXME: we must refactor/cleanup/add tests for most of our CGI before
adding more endpoints and features.
* 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, and may support client-supplied CSS
- via cookie.
+ for user-supplied CSS.
* Only one font type: fixed. This is for accessibility, we must
not blow certain elements out-of-proportion with different
* 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 from unwrapped mailers.
- w3m is fine here without CSS :)
- No other CSS is allowed, especially with scary things like:
+ Do not expect CSS to be enabled, especially with scary things like:
- http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste
+ https://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste
However, we will try to make it easy for users to supply their
- own colors and perhaps offer color options over cookies.
+ own colors via user-side CSS.
CSS classes (for user-supplied CSS)
-----------------------------------
-span.q - quoted text in email messages
-...
+
+See examples in contrib/css/ and lib/PublicInbox/WwwText.pm
+(or https://public-inbox.org/meta/_/text/color/ soon)