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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: "Adam Sjøgren" <asjo@koldfront.dk>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Args out of range when quitting search buffer with recent Emacs/Gnus
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:48:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ko1ei6u.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1r5db4n.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> ("Adam =?utf-8?Q?Sj?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=B8gren=22's?= message of "Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:06:32 +0200")

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:


[...]

> Ok, here is what C-h v says:
>
> gnus-newsgroup-selection is a variable defined in ‘gnus-sum.el’.
> Its value is [["nnml:archive.mail-2020" 438 0]]
> Local in buffer *Summary nnselect:nnselect-87sgbldbau.fsf*; global value is nil
>
> Documentation:
> Not documented as a variable.

Allow me to make an impassioned plea for not adding any more
undocumented variables into Gnus! Even a code comment would do -- it
makes bug-hunting so much harder to have to guess what everything is.

>> Then see if you can view any of the articles.
>
> If I press RET on the line in the summary, the article is shown; this
> message is displayed:
>
> Requesting article 438 from group nnml:archive.mail-2020
>
>
> Should I move my archive so it isn't "colocated" with my normal emails,
> or should Gnus handle this odd cornercase?

I think this would be a good idea. Gnus produces enough of its own
"undefined behavior" as it is...


      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-13 16:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-12 18:53 Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 12:43 ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-13 13:11   ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 13:53     ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-13 14:06       ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 14:20         ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-13 14:27           ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 15:51             ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-13 16:13               ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 19:27                 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-09-13 19:45                   ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 20:26                     ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-09-13 20:46                       ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 21:01                         ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-09-13 23:30                           ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-13 23:48                             ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-14 16:02                               ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-14 20:28                                 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2020-09-14 23:27                                   ` Andrew Cohen
2020-09-14 15:47                             ` Adam Sjøgren
2020-09-13 16:48         ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]

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