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bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:48:12 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Severity: serious
The new way in which Rmail treats Babyl files is odd:
emacs -Q
C-u M-x rmail RET some-babyl-file RET
"Replacing BABYL format with mbox format...done"
Before I can read the above message, it is replaced with the next:
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
Now I try to modify the buffer:
1) By adding a label.
a foo RET
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
2) By editing a message.
e
make change to message
C-c C-c
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
3) By deleting a message.
d
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
Why do all of these leave the buffer unmodified? If Emacs crashes now,
I will lose information.
4) By expunging a message.
x
y
Finally, the buffer is marked modified.
Now if I press "s" to save the buffer, it is saved without warning,
clobbering the existing Babyl file. I was expecting a confirmation
prompt.
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd,
Glenn Morris <=
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd, Richard M Stallman, 2009/04/10
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd, Glenn Morris, 2009/04/10
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd, Richard M Stallman, 2009/04/14
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd, Glenn Morris, 2009/04/15
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd, Richard M Stallman, 2009/04/16
- bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd, Glenn Morris, 2009/04/16