Re: gnus registry menu problem in emacs 23.1

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:35:33 +0000 Paul Bibbings <paul.bibbings@gmail.com> 
wrote: 

PB> However, with the same article selected as in 2. (above) clicking on the
PB> menu item:
PB>      Gnus | Registry Mark | Important
PB> fails with:
PB>      "Symbol's function definition is void: 
PB>          gnus-registry-set-article-Important-mark"

PB> Is anybody able to help me understand what the problem might be here?
PB> I'm at a loss, being quite new to Emacs and Gnus (though loving it, I
PB> have to say). The menu item seems to be hooked into the correct function
PB> call, but it is somehow believing that it is undefined, whereas the
PB> other tests (above) show that it clearly is, and operates properly.

Try using this in gnus-sum.el around line 2640:

        ("Registry Mark"
         ["Important"     (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-set-article-Important-mark))    t]
         ["Not Important" (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-remove-article-Important-mark)) t]
         ["Personal"      (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-set-article-Personal-mark))     t]
         ["Not Personal"  (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-remove-article-Personal-mark))  t]
         ["Later"         (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-set-article-Later-mark))        t]
         ["Not Later"     (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-remove-article-Later-mark))     t]
         ["Work"          (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-set-article-Work-mark))         t]
         ["Not Work"      (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-remove-article-Work-mark))      t]
         ["To Do"         (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-set-article-To-Do-mark))        t]
         ["Not To Do"     (lambda () (interactive) 
(gnus-registry-remove-article-To-Do-mark))     t])

instead of the version that just calls those functions.  I think it's
happening because the function is not defined when the menu is made, but
I don't know the exact failure mode.

If the above doesn't work, I may have to use `intern'.  Does anyone have
a better idea?  I don't want gnus-sum.el to load the registry because
not everyone wants it, but once this menu is built it's hard to update
it again.

Ted