From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark Lillibridge Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9964: 23.3; Rmail is no longer able to display a summary buffer with no messages Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:39:53 -0700 Message-ID: Reply-To: mark.lillibridge@hp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1320554428 5002 80.91.229.12 (6 Nov 2011 04:40:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 04:40:28 +0000 (UTC) To: 9964@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 06 05:40:24 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RMuWt-00083u-U2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:40:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50794 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMuWt-0002z4-60 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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just start Rmail on an empty file and hit 'h'. Likewise, C-M-t on a nonempty Rmail file with a pattern that matches no messages. Among other things, this breaks workflow in some cases. For example, if you have an rmail-buffer and its summary open, the later window with focus, and are searching for messages, if you accidentally pick a pattern with no matches, your summary buffer goes away and you are left in a non-rmail-buffer which prevents you from just trying a different pattern. It also breaks the effect of: (defcustom rmail-display-summary nil "If non-nil, Rmail always displays the summary buffer." :group 'rmail-summary :type 'boolean) I tried commenting out the code that checks for new messages, but other things broke so more than a four-line patch will be required. :-( - Mark