gnus-registry text property removal question (was: [bug]Malformed -*- line)

[Ted Zlatanov]

On 27 Sep 2006, address@hidden wrote:

> In article <address@hidden>, CHENG Gao <address@hidden>
>       writes:
>
>> While processing registry temp buffer, the code has 
>> ,----
>> | (set-text-properties (point-min) (point-max) nil)
>> `----
>> I changed it to 
>> ,----
>> | (toggle-auto-composition 0)
>> `----
>
>> I then tried for some time and got registry file rolled for about ten
>> times (I set max registry entries to 25 thus it can roll fast). Seems it
>> works well.
>
> It's just a workaround.  The correct fix is to remove text
> properties from a string before it is printed in a buffer
> that is going to be saved as .gnus.registry.eld, or to fix
> reading (or parsing) routine of that file.

Hello,

I noticed this problem with the gnus-registry before, and I thought
the set-text-properties call would fix it (it's called before the
buffer is written).  This is the code:

        (let ((coding-system-for-write gnus-ding-file-coding-system)
              (standard-output (current-buffer)))
          (gnus-gnus-to-quick-newsrc-format t "gnus registry startup file" 
'gnus-registry-alist)
          (gnus-registry-cache-whitespace file)
          (set-text-properties (point-min) (point-max) nil)
          (save-buffer))

which is run by default when you save (if you customize
gnus-save-startup-file-via-temp-buffer to be nil, the
gnus-with-output-to-file working-file routine is called instead, but
by default it's t).

If this is not the right solution, let me know the proper way to
eliminate text properties before I write the registry file.  It's OK
to remove them on ingress into the registry instead; let me know if
that's better.

I'm asking here because I didn't get a response on the Gnus ding list
when I asked a while ago; perhaps someone here can answer.

Thanks
Ted