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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Brent Busby <brent@jfi.uchicago.edu>
Cc: 21105@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21105: batch article move/copy to groups pompts user too much
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:10:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <871svovh36.fsf@mouse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8xx8tpxtv34.fsf@village.keycorner.org> (Brent Busby's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:38:55 -0600")

Brent Busby <brent@jfi.uchicago.edu> writes:

> The only complaint I can think of now with Gnus' move/copy behavior is
> that usually it seems like there will be a partial string already typed
> for me *after* the prompt when I want to save or move something, and it
> will often not be the default choice that gnus-move-split-methods is
> trying to give me.
>
> Example:  When I type 'B c' to copy this article to a different mail
> group, I get:
>
> Copy this article to (default nnfolder:uchicago): nnimap+jfimail.uchicago.edu:
>                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The highlighted part is *after* the prompt, but I didn't type it.

I think it defaults to the last-entered group prefix, or the current
group prefix...

> It's
> also not the same as the default being suggested my
> gnus-move-split-methods in my configuration, which is being suggested in
> parenthesis in the prompt.  It's offering me a default, and then typing
> for me something completely different that I can now hit enter on
> (defeating my default!).

If you just remove it, the default will be used.

-- 
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      reply	other threads:[~2017-01-27 12:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <8xx8ua9jqj1.fsf@isildur.uchicago.edu>
2017-01-26 19:49 ` bug#21105: batch article move/copy to groups pompts user too much Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-26 20:38   ` Brent Busby
2017-01-27 12:10     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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