Subject: Re: bug#8928: 24.0.50; can't open member of tar file in gnus *Article*

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:06:15 +0200

Tom Tromey <[email-masked]> writes:

> Also, if this is impractical, then why buttonize the file names in the
> first place?  I couldn't figure out what these buttons were supposed to
> do; clicking on them just gives an error.

Gnus just calls whatever mode that seems likely, more or less.  So
calling tar mode on the part isn't something that somebody has thought
of happening, most likely, but is just happening as a fallout of the
general code.

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