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23.0.91; RMAIL summary not in step with main file

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Message #18 received at 2707 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 2707 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jpff <at> codemist.co.uk
Subject: Re: bug#2707: 23.0.91; RMAIL summary not in step with main file
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:31:12 -0400

Richard M Stallman wrote:

> When DONT-SHOW is non-nil, should rmail-expunge do this, or should the
> caller do it?

Doesn't matter much. rmail-expunge is only used in two places in all
of Emacs (rmail-expunge-and-save and rmail-quit). Both currently
expect it to update any summary, but it's easy to change.

> The reason I am not sure is that the code seems to expect that summary
> manipulation to also do the job of showing the message, and DONT-SHOW
> says not to do that.

The DONT-SHOW argument is new (and undocumented...), so you can make
it do whatever you like.

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