GNU bug report logs - #28843
26.0.90; gnus kills unsaved message buffer

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Message #35 received at 28843 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 28843 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28843: 26.0.90; gnus kills unsaved message buffer
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 15:01:01 +0200

Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz> writes:

> Personally, I think prompting gains us quite a bit. Most importantly, it
> can remind users that an un-dealt-with message exists. Maybe they
> intended to send it, but forgot, or mis-keyed? Or perhaps it contains
> sensitive info that shouldn't be kept? By silently saving (to a
> pretty obscure place) the user may never know about it.

Yeah, that's true.  You've convinced me.  :-)

Do you have a patch to make Gnus prompt at the right time (while it's
still early enough that messages can be sent etc)?

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

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