Re: attaching a file in dired mode

[Glenn Morris]

Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:

>> When I use  gnus-dired-attach while the cursor is on a
>> file in dired buffer it results in
>
>>        Invalid function:   gnus-setup-message

This is bug 1060.

http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1060

> + ;; Load the `gnus-setup-message' macro that `gnus-dired-attach' uses.
> + (require 'gnus-msg)

For me, this has the problem described in bug #1060:

emacs -Q
C-x d
M-x turn-on-gnus-dired-mode

just sits there showing the Gnus logo (though it does seem to work if
one just kills the logo buffer).


Oh, but I see you installed a different change. This has the other
problem described in bug 1060:

emacs -Q 
C-x d
M-x turn-on-gnus-dired-mode
mark file
C-c C-m C-a

void-variable gnus-article-reply



Note one of the goals of FOR-RELEASE is to "minimize Gnus dependencies
in gnus-dired.el" (see also the comments in gnus-dired: "These are
used only if the user customizes `gnus-dired-mail-mode' to use Message
and/or Gnus"). So it would be nice if gnus-dired did not
unconditionally require other Gnus features.