Re: error when tty-coding-system is utf-8

[Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu>]

Is gnus-start-date-timer running when your problem occurs?
It runs article-update-date-lapsed which conducts a regexp search
without saving and restoring the match data, as it should.

I believe that the patch below is necessary, _regardless_ of whether
it solves your problem.  Does it?  There may be other similar problems
in gnus or elsewhere.  I could install the patch, if desired.  An
alternative is to automatically restore the match data around _all_
timers, but Richard pointed out that this would lead to
inefficiencies.

===File ~/gnus-art-diff=====================================
*** gnus-art.el	01 Jun 2005 10:13:45 -0500	1.74
--- gnus-art.el	02 Jun 2005 17:21:40 -0500	
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*** 3034,3053 ****
  
  (defun article-update-date-lapsed ()
    "Function to be run from a timer to update the lapsed time line."
!   (let (deactivate-mark)
!     (save-excursion
!       (ignore-errors
! 	(walk-windows
! 	 (lambda (w)
! 	   (set-buffer (window-buffer w))
! 	   (when (eq major-mode 'gnus-article-mode)
! 	     (let ((mark (point-marker)))
! 	       (goto-char (point-min))
! 	       (when (re-search-forward "^X-Sent:" nil t)
! 		 (article-date-lapsed t))
! 	       (goto-char (marker-position mark))
! 	       (move-marker mark nil))))
! 	 nil 'visible)))))
  
  (defun gnus-start-date-timer (&optional n)
    "Start a timer to update the X-Sent header in the article buffers.
--- 3034,3054 ----
  
  (defun article-update-date-lapsed ()
    "Function to be run from a timer to update the lapsed time line."
!   (save-match-data
!     (let (deactivate-mark)
!       (save-excursion
! 	(ignore-errors
! 	 (walk-windows
! 	  (lambda (w)
! 	    (set-buffer (window-buffer w))
! 	    (when (eq major-mode 'gnus-article-mode)
! 	      (let ((mark (point-marker)))
! 		(goto-char (point-min))
! 		(when (re-search-forward "^X-Sent:" nil t)
! 		  (article-date-lapsed t))
! 		(goto-char (marker-position mark))
! 		(move-marker mark nil))))
! 	  nil 'visible))))))
  
  (defun gnus-start-date-timer (&optional n)
    "Start a timer to update the X-Sent header in the article buffers.
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