Re: Gnus + Gmail + IMAP

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

Is it possible to get gmail with gnus without lowering security 
protections on a gmail account?  I sure couldn't do it with fetchmail.

On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:04:09
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Gnus + Gmail + IMAP
> 
>> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:10:44 +0200
>> From: Alexander Shukaev <haroogan@gmail.com>
>> Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>>
>> God damn it. I don't know if you remember my post from yesterday where I was
>> talking which hooks to attach `minibuffer-line--update' to in order to update
>> minibuffer line on window and buffer switches properly. The conclusion was
>>
>> (add-hook 'buffer-list-update-hook #'minibuffer-line--update)
>> (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'minibuffer-line--update)
>>
>> By examining the GDB output (which obviously repeats):
>>
>> #1084 0x00000004001f0978 in run_hook_with_args (nargs=1, args=0x7a8d40,
>> funcall=0x4001f0434 <funcall_nil>) at
>> C:/Users/Haroogan/Projects/GitHub/MINGW-packages/mingw-w64-emacs-git/src/emacs/src/eval.c:2529
>> #1085 0x00000004001f04e2 in Frun_hook_with_args (nargs=1, args=0x7a8d40) at
>> C:/Users/Haroogan/Projects/GitHub/MINGW-packages/mingw-w64-emacs-git/src/emacs/src/eval.c:2390
>> #1086 0x00000004001f0a0a in run_hook (hook=-17119289912) at
>> C:/Users/Haroogan/Projects/GitHub/MINGW-packages/mingw-w64-emacs-git/src/emacs/src/eval.c:2543
>> #1087 0x00000004001f049c in Frun_hooks (nargs=1, args=0x7a8e88) at
>> C:/Users/Haroogan/Projects/GitHub/MINGW-packages/mingw-w64-emacs-git/src/emacs/src/eval.c:2372
>>
>> I've somehow recalled those hooks. It turns out that this one
>>
>> (add-hook 'buffer-list-update-hook #'minibuffer-line--update)
>>
>> is seems to be causing the infinite recursion and most importantly only in the
>> case of `M-x gnus RET' as I haven't experienced that before.
>
> Yes, the recursion is clearly visible in the Lisp backtrace.
>
>> What could be the problem here, Eli?
>
> I think this part of the Lisp backtrace should give you a clue:
>
>  "format-time-string" (0x8318d0)
>  "propertize" (0x831b18)
>  "let*" (0x831d68)
>  "eval" (0x831fc8)
>  "format-mode-line" (0x833810)
>  "minibuffer-line--update" (0x833e88)
>  "run-hooks" (0x833fc8)
>  "format-time-string" (0x8356a0)
>  "propertize" (0x8358e8)
>  "let*" (0x835b38)
>  "eval" (0x835d98)
>  "format-mode-line" (0x8375e0)
>  "minibuffer-line--update" (0x837c58)
>  "run-hooks" (0x837d98)
>  "utf-7-imap-post-read-conversion" (0x839ce8)
>  "decode-coding-string" (0x83a380)
>  "utf7-decode" (0x83a8d0)
>  "nnimap-get-groups" (0x83ae40)
>  "nnimap-request-newgroups" (0x83b3b0)
>  "gnus-request-newgroups" (0x83b920)
>  "gnus-ask-server-for-new-groups" (0x83be90)
>
> Somehow, minibuffer-line--update calls format-mode-line, which calls
> format-time-string, which again calls run-hooks, which again calls
> minibuffer-line--update.  Look into your hook and see how this can
> happen.
>
>

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