From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:48:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xd63hdwqv7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
Severity: serious
The new way in which Rmail treats Babyl files is odd:
emacs -Q
C-u M-x rmail RET some-babyl-file RET
"Replacing BABYL format with mbox format...done"
Before I can read the above message, it is replaced with the next:
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
Now I try to modify the buffer:
1) By adding a label.
a foo RET
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
2) By editing a message.
e
make change to message
C-c C-c
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
3) By deleting a message.
d
"Marking buffer unmodified to avoid rewriting Babyl file as mbox file"
Why do all of these leave the buffer unmodified? If Emacs crashes now,
I will lose information.
4) By expunging a message.
x
y
Finally, the buffer is marked modified.
Now if I press "s" to save the buffer, it is saved without warning,
clobbering the existing Babyl file. I was expecting a confirmation
prompt.
next reply other threads:[~2009-04-09 19:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <87ws8epctv.fsf@cyd.mit.edu>
2009-04-09 19:48 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2009-04-10 14:26 ` bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd Richard M Stallman
2009-04-10 17:50 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-11 12:27 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-04-13 1:05 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-13 1:27 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-14 21:15 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-04-14 21:15 ` Richard M Stallman
[not found] ` <stk55lloq7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
2009-04-16 9:18 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-04-16 17:31 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-16 17:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-16 20:31 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-16 21:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-04-17 14:27 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-04-18 1:25 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-19 3:24 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-04-20 18:29 ` Glenn Morris
2009-04-20 23:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-04-18 14:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-05-18 17:05 ` bug#2941: marked as done (rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd) Emacs bug Tracking System
2009-05-05 2:08 bug#2941: rmail's new handling of Babyl files is odd Chong Yidong
2009-05-07 2:03 ` Glenn Morris
2009-05-08 8:03 ` Richard M Stallman
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2009-05-15 2:22 Chong Yidong
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