GNU bug report logs - #16273
24.3.50; `report-emacs-bug' puts wrong text in mail-client new msg

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; `report-emacs-bug' puts wrong text in mail-client new msg
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:52:15 -0800 (PST)

This has been happening lately, from time to time.  When I hit
C-c C-c, instead of this text appearing in the mail-client new message
that pops up:

*** E-Mail body has been placed on clipboard, please paste it here! ***

This is the text that appears there (two lines of text):

*** E-Mail body has been placed on clipboard, please paste
id:/THE/DEFAULT/DIRECTORY/

where /THE/DEFAULT/DIRECTORY/ is the absolute file name of the
value of `default-directory', but without volume name (e.g.,
/usr/.../, not d:/usr/.../).

No idea what causes this (mysterious "id:" and truncated first
sentence), but it cannot be too clear to new users.

[Nit: The first line has a comma splice anyway.  The comma should be a
period (two sentences) or a semicolon.]

It seems that the code that is responsible for filling the mail-client
new message is function `mailclient-send-it' in mailclient.el.  I do not
see how it could end up doing what I'm reporting here, but that's what
I see.  Perhaps `mailclient-encode-string-as-url' is the culprit?


In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2013-12-27 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 115778 rgm <at> gnu.org-20131228000456-1797o8z6veuyozs0
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=yes,glyphs
 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib
 CPPFLAGS=-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 16273 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16273: 24.3.50;
 `report-emacs-bug' puts wrong text in mail-client new msg
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 02:38:51 +0100

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> This has been happening lately, from time to time.  When I hit
> C-c C-c, instead of this text appearing in the mail-client new message
> that pops up:
>
> *** E-Mail body has been placed on clipboard, please paste it here! ***
>
> This is the text that appears there (two lines of text):
>
> *** E-Mail body has been placed on clipboard, please paste
> id:/THE/DEFAULT/DIRECTORY/

Are you still seeing this problem?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 16273 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#16273: 24.3.50; `report-emacs-bug' puts wrong text in
 mail-client new msg
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 19:35:09 -0800 (PST)

> Are you still seeing this problem?

Yes, I am - as I said, "from time to time".  It is not clear
when or why it appears sometimes.

It doesn't bother me, so if it doesn't ring a bell for anyone
and no one else cares to look up what code might be coming
up with that "id:" line, then feel free to close it.  You can
Consider the report as FYI/HTH.

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