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bug#36266: 26.1; Problems with sieve-manage
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Eric Abrahamsen |
Subject: |
bug#36266: 26.1; Problems with sieve-manage |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Aug 2019 08:11:50 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On 07/25/19 11:28 AM, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> hartzell@alerce.com writes:
>
>> I asked for help with these on the `help-gnu-emacs` mailing list and
>> Eric suggested that I also report them as bugs so that they don't get
>> lost. Here is the email thread:
>>
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2019-06/msg00185.html
>>
>> g.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> I've been trying to use sieve-manage in GNU Emacs 26.1 on a Mac with
>> dovecot-pigeonhole-0.5.6 on a FreeBSD 12 system.
>>
>> I've run into a few problems:
>>
>> 1. I can start sieve-manage, use the `f` key with the `<new script>`
>> line highlighted, edit a script, and use `C-c C-l` to upload it to
>> the server.
>>
>> The problem is that the script, on the server, is named `<new
>> script>.sieve`, which is awkward.
>>
>> But worse, if/when I restart sieve-manage it offers me two choices,
>> one labeled `<new script>` (which is the button to create a new
>> script) and one which is the existing script which was saved under
>> that same name.
>>
>> I've tried renaming the buffer, but the code has a preference for
>> `sieve-buffer-script-name`.
>>
>> Is there some way to rename the buffer?
>
> I think it's a little weird that `sieve-new-script' (which defaults to
> "<new script>" is a configurable option at all. IMO, there are two
> separate concerns: some placeholder text for the button that's used to
> create a new script (there's no reason to make this configurable), and
> the default name for a newly-created script (the new name should be
> prompted for on a script-by-script basis, and there's no reason to have
> a default at all).
>
> I've attached a simple diff which checks if your new script has the same
> name as `sieve-new-script' and prompts you to rename it. But I think a
> more sensible solution would be to remove the `sieve-new-script' option
> altogether. Then hard-code the "new script" button text, and always
> prompt for a name for a new script.
I'll just do the simpler fix for now...
- bug#36266: 26.1; Problems with sieve-manage,
Eric Abrahamsen <=