[7880] in Athena Bugs
Re: Emacs behaviour changed... not reallly a bug, I guess..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Aug 6 00:01:53 1991
From: ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 91 00:01:59 -0400
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ckclark@mit.edu
(From transaction number [7874] in the Athena Bugs discuss meeting:)
>When did Emacs stop saving rmail files when "g"etting new messages returned
>no new messages? I've been relying on that feature....
>- Rhu
On Sun, Jan 17, 1988 at 9:53:57 PM:
Sun Jan 17 21:53:57 1988 Richard Stallman (rms at frosted-flakes)
* rmail.el (rmail-display-labels): Preserve buffer bounds correctly.
Remove extra spaces from the string before displaying it.
* rmail.el (rmail-insert-inbox-text): message only if file exists.
* rmail.el (rmail-get-new-mail): Don't save if was no new mail.
This is a user interface question, and hence is a matter of opinion. I
personally agree with the change rms made, as I would contend that the
previous behavior was in fact a bug that he fixed; however, this is at
the level where it should go in the release notes. A line like the
following will do:
* Typing `g' in rmail mode will no longer save the buffer if there are
no new messages to read.
(I promised Rhu I'd provide a hack for him to get the previous behavior.
I have sent him this hack. If anyone else is interested, send me
e-mail. I suspect there are few people who truly relied on this
behavior.)
-Calvin
