XEmacs: *Compile-Log* and *Compile-Log-Show*

XEmacs: *Compile-Log* and *Compile-Log-Show*

[xyblor]

When Gnus prepares a summary of a group, I guess it has to compile the
newsrc.eld file, and XEmacs creates two logs of the compilation in
buffers. However, since these are always empty, it's just a nuisance
to have these useless buffers created all the time.

Here's what I added to my init.el to solve the problem:

(defun kill-empty-logs ()
  (dolist (buf (list (get-buffer "*Compile-Log*")
		     (get-buffer "*Compile-Log-Show*")))
    (if (and buf (= (buffer-size buf) 0))
	(kill-buffer buf))))

(add-hook 'gnus-summary-prepare-hook 'kill-empty-logs)

Is this a good solution? Why doesn't Gnus have something like this
built in? Or should it be considered XEmacs' fault for not cleaning up
after itself? Is the situation the same in Gnu Emacs?

Re: XEmacs: *Compile-Log* and *Compile-Log-Show*

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

xyblor <fake@invalid.email> writes:

> Is this a good solution? Why doesn't Gnus have something like this
> built in? Or should it be considered XEmacs' fault for not cleaning up
> after itself? Is the situation the same in Gnu Emacs?

Emacs doesn't seem to make these bogus buffers, but XEmacs does.  I've
now added something similar to your killing function to CVS Gnus.

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