From: Luis Henriques <henrix@camandro.org>
To: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Annoying issue with group not showing new messages
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:38:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210221173828.GA86830@camandro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pn0wkyqk.fsf@dick>
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 07:50:43AM -0500, dick.r.chiang@gmail.com wrote:
> One cannot practically use gnus without stepping through functions. This is
> why mu4e has effectively halted new gnus adoption.
>
> Send yourself a mail to a good inbox. `C-u C-M-x` on
> `nnimap-request-group-scan`. Then `M-g` on the group, and SPC step to see how
> it's supposed to look.
>
> Now do the same for the problematic inbox. Inspect variables and function
> calls with `e variable-or-function-call RET`.
>
> `C-M-x` on `nnimap-request-group-scan` to turn off debugging.
>
> This general strategy holds you in good stead for your entire
> emacs lifetime. Google around for more (onerously longwinded) info.
Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I tried that... and gave
up. I'm not (e)lisp literate so debugging such complex code isn't
something I'm ready to do. And no, I'm not moving to mu4e :-)
Cheers,
--
Luis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-21 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-19 12:06 Luis Henriques
2021-02-19 12:50 ` dick.r.chiang
2021-02-21 17:38 ` Luis Henriques [this message]
2021-02-21 17:59 ` dick.r.chiang
2021-02-21 20:41 ` Bob Newell
2021-02-21 22:29 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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