GNU bug report logs - #31525
26.0.91; rmail

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: sondeen <at> usc.edu
Cc: 31525 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31525: 26.0.91; rmail
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 11:23:41 +0300

> Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 14:31:32 -0700
> From: Jeff Sondeen <sondeen <at> usc.edu>
> 
> 
> Hi, I'm using M-x rmail, but having trouble with the 'set-rmail-inbox-list'
> command. While i can successfully do:
> 
>   (rmail "~/RMAIL.180517")
> 
> and
> 
>   (rmail-summary-get-new-mail "~/mbox")
> 
> when i'm in the emacs window with 'RMAIL major mode' and type: M-x
> set-rmail-inbox-list
> 
> and it prompts:
> 
>   Set mailbox list to (comma-separated list of filenames):
> 
> and i type:
> 
>   ~/mbox
> 
> i get the following error:
> 
>  set-rmail-inbox-list: Wrong type argument: sequencep, 109

I cannot reproduce this, neither in the 26.0.91 pretest nor with the
more recent RC1.

Does this happen in "emacs -Q"?  If not, perhaps your recipe lacks a
few steps that your customizations add to the puzzle?

> Note that the command requires me to be in the window with 'RMAIL
> major mode', not allowing typing it in a window with 'RMAIL Summary
> mode' (minor gripe)

That's by design.  We could perhaps allow this also in the Summary
buffer, but let's first fix the original problem, okay?

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