Re: Drafts problem

[Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>]

ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> > > > Signaling: (error "Couldn't activate group nndraft:drafts: Opened server  using directory ~/News/drafts/")
> > > Have you changed the values of nnmh-* or nndir-* ?
> 
> It is a weird problem, but I don't know why.  Could you set a
> breakpoint in nnmh-request-group (it IS nnmh), then try `M-g' on
> nndraft:drafts, and tell me why it returns nil?

OK, I call debug-on-entry and enter nnmh-request-group, then I hit M-g
on the drafts group:

       *: nndraft:drafts

I get this error:

nndraft:drafts error: 

No Backtrace buffer!  nnmh-request-group is not called.



I did some feeble debugging of my own, though.  :)  Dunno wether I'm
on the correct track or not.  Here goes:  I set debug-on-error to t,
then hit M-g on the drafts group.  The error happens but no backtrace
appears.  Then I hit RET on the drafts group and I do get a
backtrace.

It happens within gnus-select-newsgroup("nndraft:drafts" nil nil)

I then try (gnus-activate-group "nndraft:drafts") and yes, it returns
nil.

Following this, I try (gnus-find-method-for-group "nndraft:drafts")
and get (nndraft "").  I proceed to check all elements in the `and'
call:

(gnus-check-server '(nndraft "")) -> t
(gnus-parse-active) -> nil

That means `active' will be nil, and therefore `gnus-activate-group'
will return nil.

(switch-to-buffer nntp-server-buffer) switches me to an empty buffer.

Maybe that is the source of the problem?

Alex.
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