Hi David, * David Bremner <[email protected]> [2021-09-06; 10:00]: > Gregor Zattler <[email protected]> writes: >> I therefore tried to change `mail-user-agent' via the customization >> interface (clicking the radio button "Other:" and providing >> "notmuch-user-agent" as value) but then I got an error >> message: >> >> custom-variable-mark-to-save: Saving mail-user-agent: Invalid function: >> notmuch-user-agent >> > > This seems like a bug in the defcustom for mail-user-agent (i.e. a bug > in emacs). > I think you will find that > > (setq mail-user-agent 'notmuch-user-agent)
thanks, I will use this. > works. My reading of the documentation (and either my reading or the > docs could be wrong) is that the symbol for a mail-user-agent need not > be a function. Quoting the docstring for define-mail-user-agent > > SYMBOL can be any Lisp symbol. Its function definition and/or > value as a variable do not matter for this usage; we use only certain > properties on its property list, to encode the rest of the arguments. > > Other user agents, e.g. 'gnus-user-agent, 'message-user-agent, and > 'sendmail-user-agent do not seem to have function definition. On the > other hand, it is a bit surprising that no-one noticed a problem with > "Other" mail-user-agent values before now. Actually this is a bit above my lisp knowledge. Do you think your explanation suffices for a bug report against emacs? Ciao; Gregor -- -... --- .-. . -.. ..--.. ...-.- _______________________________________________ notmuch mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
