Re: Not prompting user in gnus-mime-delete-part and

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Sun, Aug 28 2005, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:

>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>
>>> I'd like to have an option in Gnus to get rid of the prompt "Deleting
>>> parts may malfunction or destroy the article; continue?" when deleting
>>> or stripping attachments.
>
>>>>>> In <87r7cfxfma.fsf@uwo.ca>
>>>>>>	Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> wrote:
>
>> I'd suggest just getting rid of that question (which is how this
>> function used to behave).
>
> That message is an excuse to the function not being perfect, and
> there's not much likelihood that it will be completed.
> It will simply not work or really break articles if they have
> complex MIME structure, e.g., the case that a part is in a
> forwarded forwarded message.

Does the `mm-complicated-handles'-check cover all those cases?

> But I also feel that message is noisy, so I agree to get rid of it.
> I think another way is required for saying it is imperfect, though.

We could put a warning into the doc strings and the manual.

>> The user still needs to specify the filename, and that prompt could
>> be changed to read
>> 
>>   Delete MIME part and save to:
>> 
>> The user can hit C-g at this point to abort.

But not for `gnus-mime-delete-part'.  Accidentally pressing `d' on a
MIME part instead in the Summary buffer or the rest of the Article
buffer gives quite different results:
`gnus-summary-mark-as-read-forward' vs. `gnus-mime-delete-part'.

How about using the `gnus-expert-user' approach for
`gnus-mime-delete-part' and getting rid of the prompt completely for
`gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip'?

Bye, Reiner.
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