On Wednesday, 2025-09-17 15:59:48 -0400, John Stoffel wrote:
> ...
> Can you maybe post the patches you have which aren't in the latest
> release? That might be something for all of us to enjoy using.
The only remaining patch which might be of general interest is:
diff --git a/lisp/vm-reply.el b/lisp/vm-reply.el
--- a/lisp/vm-reply.el
+++ b/lisp/vm-reply.el
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
(if (re-search-forward "[^, \t][ \t]*\n[ \t\n]+[^ \t\n]"
(vm-matched-header-contents-end)
t)
- (error "tale is an idiot, and so are you. :-)"))
+ (error "missing trailing comma in multi-line header"))
(goto-char (vm-matched-header-end))))))
(defun vm-mail-mode-insert-message-id-maybe ()
I applied it because I always found this error message both, derogative
and absolutely vacuous. However, the above patch to function "vm-help-
tale" is of the sort "least effort", and it only works because I have
"vm-tale-is-an-idiot" enabled.
In my opinion error messages should never be suppressed BY DEFAULT, and
this error message in particular should not be suppressed at all. Thus
I would suggest replacing the form
(if vm-tale-is-an-idiot
(vm-help-tale))
in function "vm-mail-send" with the body of function "vm-help-tale" and
then ditching both, function "vm-help-tale" and configuration variable
"vm-tale-is-an-idiot".
Sincerely,
Rainer
