Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Per Abrahamsen]

The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if you
decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the buffer with
`C-x k RET'.  I suggest `C-c C-k' should remove the buffer from the
draft directory, and kill it (after asking for confirmation).

Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> On 30 Jan 1996 12:38:05 +0100, abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per
>>>>> Abrahamsen) said:

  Per> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if
  Per> you decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the
  Per> buffer with `C-x k RET'. [...]

I still do that.  Am I doing something terribly wrong?

        kai
--
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Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Jack Vinson]

>>>>> "PA" == Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:

PA> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if you
PA> decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the buffer with
PA> `C-x k RET'.  I suggest `C-c C-k' should remove the buffer from the
PA> draft directory, and kill it (after asking for confirmation).

I agree.  The old behavior of Gnus and mail was ask about the unfinished
message.  Now, if I do mail/post again, it just opens a new *Mail Gnus* buffer
and sticks the old message in the drafts group.

However, I just tried to edit an old draft that I could read in the Draft
group, but when I did 'S D c' to continue editing a draft it gave me an
error.  And when I just tried it again (to get a backtrace), the message
had disappeared from the Draft group.

I would also like to be warned that there are unfinished/undeleted drafts
sitting in the Draft group when I leave Gnus, in case I forgot to finish
writing a message.

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Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Per Abrahamsen]

>>>>> "KG" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

>>>>> On 30 Jan 1996 12:38:05 +0100, abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per
>>>>> Abrahamsen) said:

Per> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if
Per> you decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the
Per> buffer with `C-x k RET'. [...]

KG> I still do that.  Am I doing something terribly wrong?

No, but you will then have to delete it from the nndraft:drafts group,
unless you `C-c M-d' it first.  And `C-c M-d C-x k RET' is a bit much
to type.

Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Steven L Baur]

>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

>>>>> On 30 Jan 1996 12:38:05 +0100, abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per
>>>>> Abrahamsen) said:

Per> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if
Per> you decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the
Per> buffer with `C-x k RET'. [...]

Kai> I still do that.  Am I doing something terribly wrong?

By doing that you can end up with a lot of unfinished, partially saved,
unuseful draft articles.

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Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Thomas Neumann]

In article  Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com> writes:

> Per> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if
> Per> you decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the
> Per> buffer with `C-x k RET'. [...]
> 
> Kai> I still do that.  Am I doing something terribly wrong?
> 
> By doing that you can end up with a lot of unfinished, partially saved,
> unuseful draft articles.

Maybe I missed it, but so what *is* the correct way to
do it now that the draft groups are in?

-t

Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[David L Jackson]

> From ding-request@ifi.uio.no  Tue Jan 30 05:44:12 1996
> From: abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
> Date: 30 Jan 1996 12:38:05 +0100
> Organization: The Church of Emacs
> 
> 
> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if you
> decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the buffer with
> `C-x k RET'.  I suggest `C-c C-k' should remove the buffer from the
> draft directory, and kill it (after asking for confirmation).
> 

Well thats better than me. I get all mail and postings put in nndrafts
even if I do send them. 

David

Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per Abrahamsen) writes:

> The drafts system is nice, but it has made it more difficult if you
> decide not to post/mail anyway.  I used just to kill the buffer with
> `C-x k RET'.  I suggest `C-c C-k' should remove the buffer from the
> draft directory, and kill it (after asking for confirmation).

Yup.  I've added this to September 0.33.

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Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Stainless Steel Rat]

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>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

>> I suggest `C-c C-k' should remove the buffer from the draft
>> directory, and kill it (after asking for confirmation).

LMI> Yup.  I've added this to September 0.33.

Bad plan.  The GNU Emacs UI specs state that under the C-c keymap
control character sequences are for user definition, not package
definition.  Gnus already breaks this in a number of places, and I think
breaking the UI conventions further is a bad idea.

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<srohrk9j6w.fsf@delphi.ccs.neu.edu> Date: 31 Jan 1996 15:56:55 -0500 Subject:
Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

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Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

[Stainless Steel Rat]

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>>>>> "SSR" == Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@ccs.neu.edu> writes:

SSR> Bad plan.  The GNU Emacs UI specs state that under the C-c keymap
SSR> control character sequences are for user definition, not package
SSR> definition.

I take that back.  It is non-control characters in the C-c keymap that
are for user definition and controlc characers that are for package
definition.

From: ratinox@ccs.neu.edu To: ding@ifi.uio.no Message-ID:
<srn3749it6.fsf@delphi.ccs.neu.edu> Date: 31 Jan 1996 16:05:09 -0500 Subject:
Re: Killing *mail* and *postnews* buffers

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