From 207f1d7aa75ebf4cd695fc1bc735dc98c49cc5f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 21:06:13 +0000
Subject: Added bouncemail option.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=2382
---
 design-notes.html | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'design-notes.html')

diff --git a/design-notes.html b/design-notes.html
index 8a48ba6f..fcc446bf 100644
--- a/design-notes.html
+++ b/design-notes.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr>
 <td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr/index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a>
 <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a>
-<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/01/01 18:49:07 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/02/07 21:06:09 $
 </table>
 <HR>
 <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Design Notes On Fetchmail</H1>
@@ -318,15 +318,15 @@ a lot of fiddly details in the process.  You'll need to do the
 following minimum steps.
 
 <UL>
-<LI>Add a field to represent the control in <code>struct query</code> or
-    <code>struct hostdata</code>.
-
-<LI>Pick a token to declare the option in the .fetchmailrc file.  Add
-    the token to <code>rcfile_l</code>.  
+<LI>Add a field to represent the control in <code>struct run</code>,
+    <code>struct query</code>, or <code>struct hostdata</code>.
 
 <LI>Go to <code>rcfile_y.y</code>.  Add the token to the grammar. Don't
     forget the <code>%token</code> declaration.  
 
+<LI>Pick an actual string to declare the option in the .fetchmailrc file.  Add
+    the token to <code>rcfile_l</code>.  
+
 <LI>Pick a long-form option name, and a one-letter short option if any
     are left.  Go to <code>options.c</code>.  Pick a new <code>LA_</code>
     value.  Hack the <code>longoptions</code> table to set up the
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ following minimum steps.
 <LI>Add code to dump the option value in <code>fetchmail.c:dump_params</code>.
 
 <LI>Add proper <code>FLAG_MERGE</code> actions in fetchmail.c's
-    optmerge() function.
+    optmerge() function.  (If it's a global option, add an override 
+    at the end of load_params.
 
 <LI>Document the option in fetchmail.man.  This will require at least
     two changes; one to the collected table of options, and one full
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ all shaped the design in one way or another.<P>
 <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr>
 <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a>
 <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a>
-<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/01/01 18:49:07 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/02/07 21:06:09 $
 </table>
 
 <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>
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