From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:22:23 -0400 Message-ID: <87bppv9kbk.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 2941@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1242354761 4327 80.91.229.12 (15 May 2009 02:32:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 02:32:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2941@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Richard M Stallman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 15 04:32:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M4nDt-0001N0-Pm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 May 2009 04:32:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41210 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M4nDt-0005C0-7m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 22:32:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M4nDR-0004mW-Hz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 22:32:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M4nDL-0004f3-Sh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 22:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53358 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M4nDL-0004eq-Ky for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 22:31:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:47909) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M4nDL-00005n-6Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 May 2009 22:31:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4F2Vtrc016243; Thu, 14 May 2009 19:31:56 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n4F2U3W5015007; Thu, 14 May 2009 19:30:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 02:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2941 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2941-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2941.124235413213438 (code B ref 2941); Fri, 15 May 2009 02:30:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2941) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 15 May 2009 02:22:12 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n4F2M9GI013431 for <2941@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Thu, 14 May 2009 19:22:10 -0700 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F2FAB57E24D; Thu, 14 May 2009 22:22:23 -0400 (EDT) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 22:32:04 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:27892 Archived-At: > >> C-u M-x rmail RET foo RET > >> d > >> x > >> y > >> C-x C-s > > > > Could you propose a patch that catches this case? > > I can easily make this do whatever people generally want. > I did not want to change it for one vociferous person, > but I will gladly change to follow the general preference. Please make the change, then---either there should be a second prompt, or the first prompt should be changed in this case to make it clear that the file will be converted. Thank you.