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23.0.60; write-region fails in pmail

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Richard M Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; write-region fails in pmail
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:18:59 -0500

I use this function to write HTML code from certain messages:

(defun lynx ()
  (interactive)
  (unless (re-search-backward "^From wget <at> gnu.org" nil t)
    (goto-char (point-min)))
  (save-excursion
    (search-forward "/bin/sh")
    (forward-line 3)
    (let ((start (point)))
      (search-forward "!EOF!")
      (beginning-of-line)
      (write-region start (point) "~/foo.html"))))

Instead of writing from the view buffer as it used to,
it now writes from the mbox buffer.  It writes the WHOLE mbox.

I presume this is due to the changes to use an existing hook and its
warts, instead of a feature designed to be simple to use for this job.
I verified that pmail-write-region-annotate was called with arguments
369 87214.

Any attempt to write part of the view buffer into a file
has the same problem.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.17 (mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11)
 of 2009-01-22 on lemote-yeeloong
configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-O0 -g -Wno-pointer-sign' 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Mail

Minor modes in effect:
  gpm-mouse-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
ESC x p m a i l RET C-x k RET ESC x ESC p RET C-x 1 
C-d C-d x C-x C-s ESC x l y n x RET ESC x l y C-g C-x 
= ESC x l y n x RET C-x C-f . m a i l ESC DEL e m a 
c s RET C-s f u n SPC l y n x C-a C-@ C-u C-n C-u C-n 
C-n C-n C-n ESC w C-x 4 m C-u C-n C-u C-y C-u C-p C-e 
ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m a c s SPC b u g RET

Recent messages:
0 new messages read
Expunging deleted messages...done
Saving file /home/rms/PMAIL...
Wrote /home/rms/PMAIL
Wrote /home/rms/foo.html
Quit
Char: T (84, #o124, #x54) point=1 of 87233 (0%) column=0
Wrote /home/rms/foo.html
Mark saved where search started
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Message #10 received at 1997 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: <1997 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1997: 23.0.60; write-region fails in pmail
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:58:26 -0500

> I presume this is due to the changes to use an existing hook and its
> warts, instead of a feature designed to be simple to use for this job.

No, it's just due to people wasting time trying to reinvent the wheel
rather than read the sample code in tar-mode.el.


        Stefan

Message #15 received at 1997-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: 1997-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1997: 23.0.60; write-region fails in pmail
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:17:29 -0500

> No, it's just due to people wasting time trying to reinvent the wheel
> rather than read the sample code in tar-mode.el.

My mistake: I forgot to switch rmail-write-region-annotate back to its
"canonical" form after I finished debugging why it wasn't working.

In other words, the axle was broken, and I fixed it---but I forgot to
put the normal wheels back on.

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