bug#42823: [PATCH] gnus-unplugged: nnimap (gmail) folder names having spaces not appearing

[Ozhap]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Sep 19 2020, Ozhap wrote:
>
>> +       (insert (format "\"%s\" %d %d y\n"
>> +                       (replace-regexp-in-string
>> +                        "[\\\"]" "\\\\\\&"
>
> You can use %S as the format instead.

Perfect! Thanks. So I'm using this now:

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
index 3429d6560b..c2f0e355bc 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-util.el
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ gnus-write-active-file
       (maphash
        (lambda (group active)
         (when active
-          (insert (format "%s %d %d y\n"
+          (insert (format "%S %d %d y\n"
                           (if full-names
                               group
                             (gnus-group-real-name group))

Forgot to add earlier: The problem didn't occur in 26.3 because the
intern command retired in c1b63af4458e92bad33da0def2b15c206656e2fa
escaped space characters (as well as other symbols).

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Ozhap