button descriptors must be at least 3 long: ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]

button descriptors must be at least 3 long: ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]

[Francisco Solsona]

	Dear all,

	I'm using 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid¹ and  Pterodactyl Gnus
v0.34 and when I try to enter _any_  group, I get the error on the
subject line. What could be wrong?

¹ Xemacs MIMEutilated.

	A backtrace follows (it's a little bit long, sorry):

Signaling: (error "button descriptors must be at least 3 long" ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts])
  signal(error ("button descriptors must be at least 3 long" ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]))
  check-menu-syntax(("MIME" ["Words" gnus-article-decode-mime-words t] ["Charset" gnus-article-decode-charset t] ["QP" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]))
  check-menu-syntax(("Article" ("Hide" ["All" gnus-article-hide t] ["Headers" gnus-article-hide-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-hide-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-hide-citation t] ["PGP" gnus-article-hide-pgp t] ["Boring headers" gnus-article-hide-boring-headers t]) ("Highlight" ["All" gnus-article-highlight t] ["Headers" gnus-article-highlight-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-highlight-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-highlight-citation t]) ("MIME" ["Words" gnus-article-decode-mime-words t] ["Charset" gnus-article-decode-charset t] ["QP" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]) ("Date" ["Local" gnus-article-date-local t] ["ISO8601" gnus-article-date-iso8601 t] ["UT" gnus-article-date-ut t] ["Original" gnus-article-date-original t] ["Lapsed" gnus-article-date-lapsed t] ["User-defined" gnus-article-date-user t]) ("Washing" ("Remove Blanks" ... ... ... ... ... ...) ["Overstrike" gnus-article-treat-overstrike t] ["Dumb quo
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es" gnus-article-treat-dumbquotes t] ["Emphasis" gnus-article-emphasize t] ["Word wrap" gnus-article-fill-cited-article t] ["CR" gnus-article-remove-cr t] ["Show X-Face" gnus-article-display-x-face t] ["Quoted-Printable" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["UnHTMLize" gnus-article-treat-html t] ["Rot 13" gnus-summary-caesar-message t] ["Unix pipe" gnus-summary-pipe-message t] ["Add buttons" gnus-article-add-buttons t] ["Add buttons to head" gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head t] ["Stop page breaking" gnus-summary-stop-page-breaking t] ["Verbose header" gnus-summary-verbose-headers t] ["Toggle header" gnus-summary-toggle-header t]) ("Output" ["Save in default format" gnus-summary-save-article t] ["Save in file" gnus-summary-save-article-file t] ["Save in Unix mail format" gnus-summary-save-article-mail t] ["Save in MH folder" gnus-summary-save-article-folder t] ["Save in VM folder" gnus-summary-save-article-vm t] ["Save in RMAIL mbox" gnus-summary-save-article-rmail t] ["Save b
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dy in file" gnus-summary-save-article-body-file t] ["Pipe through a filter" gnus-summary-pipe-output t] ["Add to SOUP packet" gnus-soup-add-article t] ["Print" gnus-summary-print-article t]) ("Backend" ["Respool article..." gnus-summary-respool-article t] ["Move article..." gnus-summary-move-article ...] ["Copy article..." gnus-summary-copy-article t] ["Crosspost article..." gnus-summary-crosspost-article ...] ["Import file..." gnus-summary-import-article t] ["Check if posted" gnus-summary-article-posted-p t] ["Edit article" gnus-summary-edit-article ...] ["Delete article" gnus-summary-delete-article ...] ["Query respool" gnus-summary-respool-query t] ["Trace respool" gnus-summary-respool-trace t] ["Delete expirable articles" gnus-summary-expire-articles-now ...]) ("Extract" ["Uudecode" gnus-uu-decode-uu t] ["Uudecode and save" gnus-uu-decode-uu-and-save t] ["Unshar" gnus-uu-decode-unshar t] ["Unshar and save" gnus-uu-decode-unshar-and-save t] ["Save" gnus-uu-decode-save t] [
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Binhex" gnus-uu-decode-binhex t] ["Postscript" gnus-uu-decode-postscript t]) ("Cache" ["Enter article" gnus-cache-enter-article t] ["Remove article" gnus-cache-remove-article t]) ["Select article buffer" gnus-summary-select-article-buffer t] ["Enter digest buffer" gnus-summary-enter-digest-group t] ["Isearch article..." gnus-summary-isearch-article t] ["Beginning of the article" gnus-summary-beginning-of-article t] ["End of the article" gnus-summary-end-of-article t] ["Fetch parent of article" gnus-summary-refer-parent-article t] ["Fetch referenced articles" gnus-summary-refer-references t] ["Fetch current thread" gnus-summary-refer-thread t] ["Fetch article with id..." gnus-summary-refer-article t] ["Redisplay" gnus-summary-show-article t]) nil)
  add-submenu(nil ("Article" ("Hide" ["All" gnus-article-hide t] ["Headers" gnus-article-hide-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-hide-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-hide-citation t] ["PGP" gnus-article-hide-pgp t] ["Boring headers" gnus-article-hide-boring-headers t]) ("Highlight" ["All" gnus-article-highlight t] ["Headers" gnus-article-highlight-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-highlight-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-highlight-citation t]) ("MIME" ["Words" gnus-article-decode-mime-words t] ["Charset" gnus-article-decode-charset t] ["QP" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]) ("Date" ["Local" gnus-article-date-local t] ["ISO8601" gnus-article-date-iso8601 t] ["UT" gnus-article-date-ut t] ["Original" gnus-article-date-original t] ["Lapsed" gnus-article-date-lapsed t] ["User-defined" gnus-article-date-user t]) ("Washing" ("Remove Blanks" ... ... ... ... ... ...) ["Overstrike" gnus-article-treat-overstrike t] ["Dumb quote
 s!
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" gnus-article-treat-dumbquotes t] ["Emphasis" gnus-article-emphasize t] ["Word wrap" gnus-article-fill-cited-article t] ["CR" gnus-article-remove-cr t] ["Show X-Face" gnus-article-display-x-face t] ["Quoted-Printable" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["UnHTMLize" gnus-article-treat-html t] ["Rot 13" gnus-summary-caesar-message t] ["Unix pipe" gnus-summary-pipe-message t] ["Add buttons" gnus-article-add-buttons t] ["Add buttons to head" gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head t] ["Stop page breaking" gnus-summary-stop-page-breaking t] ["Verbose header" gnus-summary-verbose-headers t] ["Toggle header" gnus-summary-toggle-header t]) ("Output" ["Save in default format" gnus-summary-save-article t] ["Save in file" gnus-summary-save-article-file t] ["Save in Unix mail format" gnus-summary-save-article-mail t] ["Save in MH folder" gnus-summary-save-article-folder t] ["Save in VM folder" gnus-summary-save-article-vm t] ["Save in RMAIL mbox" gnus-summary-save-article-rmail t] ["Save bod
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 in file" gnus-summary-save-article-body-file t] ["Pipe through a filter" gnus-summary-pipe-output t] ["Add to SOUP packet" gnus-soup-add-article t] ["Print" gnus-summary-print-article t]) ("Backend" ["Respool article..." gnus-summary-respool-article t] ["Move article..." gnus-summary-move-article ...] ["Copy article..." gnus-summary-copy-article t] ["Crosspost article..." gnus-summary-crosspost-article ...] ["Import file..." gnus-summary-import-article t] ["Check if posted" gnus-summary-article-posted-p t] ["Edit article" gnus-summary-edit-article ...] ["Delete article" gnus-summary-delete-article ...] ["Query respool" gnus-summary-respool-query t] ["Trace respool" gnus-summary-respool-trace t] ["Delete expirable articles" gnus-summary-expire-articles-now ...]) ("Extract" ["Uudecode" gnus-uu-decode-uu t] ["Uudecode and save" gnus-uu-decode-uu-and-save t] ["Unshar" gnus-uu-decode-unshar t] ["Unshar and save" gnus-uu-decode-unshar-and-save t] ["Save" gnus-uu-decode-save t] ["B
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nhex" gnus-uu-decode-binhex t] ["Postscript" gnus-uu-decode-postscript t]) ("Cache" ["Enter article" gnus-cache-enter-article t] ["Remove article" gnus-cache-remove-article t]) ["Select article buffer" gnus-summary-select-article-buffer t] ["Enter digest buffer" gnus-summary-enter-digest-group t] ["Isearch article..." gnus-summary-isearch-article t] ["Beginning of the article" gnus-summary-beginning-of-article t] ["End of the article" gnus-summary-end-of-article t] ["Fetch parent of article" gnus-summary-refer-parent-article t] ["Fetch referenced articles" gnus-summary-refer-references t] ["Fetch current thread" gnus-summary-refer-thread t] ["Fetch article with id..." gnus-summary-refer-article t] ["Redisplay" gnus-summary-show-article t]) nil)
  add-menu(nil "Article" (("Hide" ["All" gnus-article-hide t] ["Headers" gnus-article-hide-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-hide-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-hide-citation t] ["PGP" gnus-article-hide-pgp t] ["Boring headers" gnus-article-hide-boring-headers t]) ("Highlight" ["All" gnus-article-highlight t] ["Headers" gnus-article-highlight-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-highlight-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-highlight-citation t]) ("MIME" ["Words" gnus-article-decode-mime-words t] ["Charset" gnus-article-decode-charset t] ["QP" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]) ("Date" ["Local" gnus-article-date-local t] ["ISO8601" gnus-article-date-iso8601 t] ["UT" gnus-article-date-ut t] ["Original" gnus-article-date-original t] ["Lapsed" gnus-article-date-lapsed t] ["User-defined" gnus-article-date-user t]) ("Washing" ("Remove Blanks" ... ... ... ... ... ...) ["Overstrike" gnus-article-treat-overstrike t] ["Dumb quotes" 
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nus-article-treat-dumbquotes t] ["Emphasis" gnus-article-emphasize t] ["Word wrap" gnus-article-fill-cited-article t] ["CR" gnus-article-remove-cr t] ["Show X-Face" gnus-article-display-x-face t] ["Quoted-Printable" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["UnHTMLize" gnus-article-treat-html t] ["Rot 13" gnus-summary-caesar-message t] ["Unix pipe" gnus-summary-pipe-message t] ["Add buttons" gnus-article-add-buttons t] ["Add buttons to head" gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head t] ["Stop page breaking" gnus-summary-stop-page-breaking t] ["Verbose header" gnus-summary-verbose-headers t] ["Toggle header" gnus-summary-toggle-header t]) ("Output" ["Save in default format" gnus-summary-save-article t] ["Save in file" gnus-summary-save-article-file t] ["Save in Unix mail format" gnus-summary-save-article-mail t] ["Save in MH folder" gnus-summary-save-article-folder t] ["Save in VM folder" gnus-summary-save-article-vm t] ["Save in RMAIL mbox" gnus-summary-save-article-rmail t] ["Save body i
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 file" gnus-summary-save-article-body-file t] ["Pipe through a filter" gnus-summary-pipe-output t] ["Add to SOUP packet" gnus-soup-add-article t] ["Print" gnus-summary-print-article t]) ("Backend" ["Respool article..." gnus-summary-respool-article t] ["Move article..." gnus-summary-move-article ...] ["Copy article..." gnus-summary-copy-article t] ["Crosspost article..." gnus-summary-crosspost-article ...] ["Import file..." gnus-summary-import-article t] ["Check if posted" gnus-summary-article-posted-p t] ["Edit article" gnus-summary-edit-article ...] ["Delete article" gnus-summary-delete-article ...] ["Query respool" gnus-summary-respool-query t] ["Trace respool" gnus-summary-respool-trace t] ["Delete expirable articles" gnus-summary-expire-articles-now ...]) ("Extract" ["Uudecode" gnus-uu-decode-uu t] ["Uudecode and save" gnus-uu-decode-uu-and-save t] ["Unshar" gnus-uu-decode-unshar t] ["Unshar and save" gnus-uu-decode-unshar-and-save t] ["Save" gnus-uu-decode-save t] ["Binh
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x" gnus-uu-decode-binhex t] ["Postscript" gnus-uu-decode-postscript t]) ("Cache" ["Enter article" gnus-cache-enter-article t] ["Remove article" gnus-cache-remove-article t]) ["Select article buffer" gnus-summary-select-article-buffer t] ["Enter digest buffer" gnus-summary-enter-digest-group t] ["Isearch article..." gnus-summary-isearch-article t] ["Beginning of the article" gnus-summary-beginning-of-article t] ["End of the article" gnus-summary-end-of-article t] ["Fetch parent of article" gnus-summary-refer-parent-article t] ["Fetch referenced articles" gnus-summary-refer-references t] ["Fetch current thread" gnus-summary-refer-thread t] ["Fetch article with id..." gnus-summary-refer-article t] ["Redisplay" gnus-summary-show-article t]))
  easy-menu-add(("Article" ("Hide" ["All" gnus-article-hide t] ["Headers" gnus-article-hide-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-hide-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-hide-citation t] ["PGP" gnus-article-hide-pgp t] ["Boring headers" gnus-article-hide-boring-headers t]) ("Highlight" ["All" gnus-article-highlight t] ["Headers" gnus-article-highlight-headers t] ["Signature" gnus-article-highlight-signature t] ["Citation" gnus-article-highlight-citation t]) ("MIME" ["Words" gnus-article-decode-mime-words t] ["Charset" gnus-article-decode-charset t] ["QP" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]) ("Date" ["Local" gnus-article-date-local t] ["ISO8601" gnus-article-date-iso8601 t] ["UT" gnus-article-date-ut t] ["Original" gnus-article-date-original t] ["Lapsed" gnus-article-date-lapsed t] ["User-defined" gnus-article-date-user t]) ("Washing" ("Remove Blanks" ... ... ... ... ... ...) ["Overstrike" gnus-article-treat-overstrike t] ["Dumb quotes"
  !
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gnus-article-treat-dumbquotes t] ["Emphasis" gnus-article-emphasize t] ["Word wrap" gnus-article-fill-cited-article t] ["CR" gnus-article-remove-cr t] ["Show X-Face" gnus-article-display-x-face t] ["Quoted-Printable" gnus-article-de-quoted-unreadable t] ["UnHTMLize" gnus-article-treat-html t] ["Rot 13" gnus-summary-caesar-message t] ["Unix pipe" gnus-summary-pipe-message t] ["Add buttons" gnus-article-add-buttons t] ["Add buttons to head" gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head t] ["Stop page breaking" gnus-summary-stop-page-breaking t] ["Verbose header" gnus-summary-verbose-headers t] ["Toggle header" gnus-summary-toggle-header t]) ("Output" ["Save in default format" gnus-summary-save-article t] ["Save in file" gnus-summary-save-article-file t] ["Save in Unix mail format" gnus-summary-save-article-mail t] ["Save in MH folder" gnus-summary-save-article-folder t] ["Save in VM folder" gnus-summary-save-article-vm t] ["Save in RMAIL mbox" gnus-summary-save-article-rmail t] ["Save body 
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n file" gnus-summary-save-article-body-file t] ["Pipe through a filter" gnus-summary-pipe-output t] ["Add to SOUP packet" gnus-soup-add-article t] ["Print" gnus-summary-print-article t]) ("Backend" ["Respool article..." gnus-summary-respool-article t] ["Move article..." gnus-summary-move-article ...] ["Copy article..." gnus-summary-copy-article t] ["Crosspost article..." gnus-summary-crosspost-article ...] ["Import file..." gnus-summary-import-article t] ["Check if posted" gnus-summary-article-posted-p t] ["Edit article" gnus-summary-edit-article ...] ["Delete article" gnus-summary-delete-article ...] ["Query respool" gnus-summary-respool-query t] ["Trace respool" gnus-summary-respool-trace t] ["Delete expirable articles" gnus-summary-expire-articles-now ...]) ("Extract" ["Uudecode" gnus-uu-decode-uu t] ["Uudecode and save" gnus-uu-decode-uu-and-save t] ["Unshar" gnus-uu-decode-unshar t] ["Unshar and save" gnus-uu-decode-unshar-and-save t] ["Save" gnus-uu-decode-save t] ["Bin
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ex" gnus-uu-decode-binhex t] ["Postscript" gnus-uu-decode-postscript t]) ("Cache" ["Enter article" gnus-cache-enter-article t] ["Remove article" gnus-cache-remove-article t]) ["Select article buffer" gnus-summary-select-article-buffer t] ["Enter digest buffer" gnus-summary-enter-digest-group t] ["Isearch article..." gnus-summary-isearch-article t] ["Beginning of the article" gnus-summary-beginning-of-article t] ["End of the article" gnus-summary-end-of-article t] ["Fetch parent of article" gnus-summary-refer-parent-article t] ["Fetch referenced articles" gnus-summary-refer-references t] ["Fetch current thread" gnus-summary-refer-thread t] ["Fetch article with id..." gnus-summary-refer-article t] ["Redisplay" gnus-summary-show-article t]))
  gnus-xmas-menu-add-1(summary (gnus-summary-misc-menu gnus-summary-kill-menu gnus-summary-article-menu gnus-summary-thread-menu gnus-summary-post-menu))
  gnus-xmas-summary-menu-add()
  run-hooks(gnus-xmas-summary-menu-add)
  apply(run-hooks gnus-xmas-summary-menu-add)
  gnus-run-hooks(gnus-summary-mode-hook)
  gnus-summary-mode("nnml+private:misc")
  gnus-summary-setup-buffer("nnml+private:misc")
  gnus-summary-read-group-1("nnml+private:misc" nil t nil nil nil)
  gnus-summary-read-group("nnml+private:misc" nil t nil nil nil nil)
  gnus-group-read-group(nil t)
  gnus-group-select-group(nil)
  gnus-topic-select-group(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-topic-select-group)

cheers,
Francisco

Re: button descriptors must be at least 3 long: ["View all" gnus-mime-view-all-parts]

[Karl Kleinpaste]

There was a patch posted for this within minutes of 0.34's release.
See gnus-sum.el line 1519 and add a t at the obvious place.