Re: 'g' on Topic line in group buffer gives error

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:

> Aloha,
>
> Before reporting this as a bug, I'd like to ask if anyone else sees this
> behavior (my gnus startup file has become, um, complex and I sometimes
> make my own trouble).
>
> I use topics in the group buffer, and I fetch mail with 'g'. If the
> cursor is on a line with a group name, no trouble. If the cursor is on a
> topic name or a blank line, I get one of those number-or-marker-p
> errors. My guess is that gnus is trying find out if there are unread
> articles but doesn't have a valid group name. Only a guess.
>
> There are many possible workarounds and I have one in place, but still.
>
> Anyone else see this, or is it just my weird and convoluted setup[1]?

I'm not seeing this, but it certainly sounds like the kind of bug I
might have introduced recently. Are you using Emacs from git master? Can
you do toggle-debug-on-error and send a full backtrace?

Eric