Re: Gnus drafts setup issues

On 03/11/26 10:29 AM, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
> Martin Kjær Jørgensen <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I have problems saving draft emails when composing with gnus/message-mode.
>> When using C-x C-s or C-c C-d Emacs prompts me for a file path to save the
>> email. According to Gnus manual, email drafts should be saved to a directory
>> located at where nndraft-directory points to.
>>
>> nndraft-directory currently points to "/home/mkj/.emacs.d/gnus/mail/".
>>
>> Do I need to setup anything else in particular for drafts to work?
>
> The directory in nndraft-directory, does it exist?

Seems like it, and more. tree output:

.emacs.d/gnus/
└── news
    └── drafts
        ├── drafts
        └── queue

>
> What's the command you execute to start composing the e-mail?
>

After opening (gnus) I type "m" to start composing.

> When you are composing the e-mail, what's the output of
>
> C-h k C-x C-s
>

save-buffer is an interactive and natively compiled function defined
in files.el.gz.

Signature
(save-buffer &optional ARG)

Documentation
Save current buffer in visited file if modified.

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> ?
>
> When you are composing the e-mail, what's the output of
>
> M-x describe-mode

  Major mode message-mode

The major mode is Message mode defined in message.el:

Major mode for editing mail and news to be sent.
Like ‘text-mode’, but with these additional commands:

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>
> ?
>

-- 
/Martin