From: Laurent Langlois <Laurent.Langlois@adacel.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: In Win(/XP), command 'mail' creates empty mail buffer and error "Opening output file: invalid argument...".
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:55:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1955-Thu13Mar2008095550-0500-Laurent.Langlois@adacel.com> (raw)
The Problem
-----------
Calling 'mail' to compose an email, I get:
1- an empty '*mail*' buffer, i.e., no Header lines and no
Separator line ("--text follows this ...") ;
2- the following error message in the mini-buffer:
Opening output file: invalid argument, d:/Laurent/#*mail*#2268xvT#
A Workaround
------------
The following workaround seems to work (I was able to send an email to
myself and if you get this, I was able to send you this bug report.)
I modified the 'mail' function and changed all occurences of "*mail*"
to "-mail-".
Hence, (insert (buffer-name)) inserted: -mail-
Thanks.
--
Laurent Langlois
(modest contributor to FSF)
P.S.: I have been using Emacs for over twenty years now and this is
the very first time that I am sending a bug report.
You guys are doing marvellous work.
Thank you so very very very much !
In GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/gnuwin32/include'
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: ENU
locale-coding-system: cp1252
default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Lisp Interaction
Minor modes in effect:
icomplete-mode: t
display-time-mode: t
encoded-kbd-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
column-number-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent input:
y M-x m a i l <return> C-M-- <C-f8> s e n d <tab> m
<tab> a i <tab> l <tab> M-x m a <backspace> C-g C-h
f m a i l <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2>
C-SPC <M-right> M-w <f7> * s c <tab> <return> C-y <M-left>
<f5> * m a i l * <return> - m a i l - <return> SPC
SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-M-x <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-b
ug>
Recent messages:
Quit [2 times]
Loading help-fns...done
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.
Mark set
Saved text from "(defun mail (&optional noerase to subjec"
Mark set [2 times]
Replaced 12 occurrences
mail
Loading emacsbug...done
Undo!
next reply other threads:[~2008-03-13 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-13 14:55 Laurent Langlois [this message]
2008-03-14 10:01 ` In Win(/XP), command 'mail' creates empty mail buffer and error "Opening output file: invalid argument..." Reiner Steib
2008-03-14 12:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-03-15 1:26 ` Jason Rumney
2008-03-15 11:39 ` Reiner Steib
[not found] <mailman.8850.1205432993.18990.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-03-14 7:56 ` Martin Fischer
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-03-14 19:16 Laurent Langlois
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