Re: Gnus drafts setup issues

Martin Kjær Jørgensen <[email protected]> writes:

>>
>>
>> See if there is anything in the drafts directory (should be empty if you
>> don't have drafts).
>>
>
> Draft directory is empty of text files, but does contain another 'drafts'
> directory:
>
> .emacs.d/gnus/
> └── news
>     └── drafts
>         ├── drafts  <-- 
>         └── queue
>
> describe-variable nndraft-directory shows:
>
> nndraft-directory is a variable defined in ‘nndraft.el’.
>
> Its value is "/home/mkj/.emacs.d/gnus/news/drafts/"

The following is something that you could try.  If it works,
then your problem will be resolved, but we will not
necessarily know what the source of the problem is/was.

See (info "(gnus) Drafts"):

  "The draft group is a special group (which is implemented
   as an ‘nndraft’ group, if you absolutely have to know)
   called ‘nndraft:drafts’.  The variable
   ‘nndraft-directory’ says where ‘nndraft’ is to store its
   files.  What makes this group special is that you can't
   tick any articles in it or mark any articles as read--all
   articles in the group are permanently unread.

   If the group doesn't exist, it will be created and you'll
   be subscribed to it.  The only way to make it disappear
   from the Group buffer is to unsubscribe it.  The special
   properties of the draft group comes from a group property
   (*note Group Parameters::), and if lost the group behaves
   like any other group.  This means the commands below will
   not be available.  To restore the special properties of the
   group, the simplest way is to kill the group, using
   ‘C-k’, and restart Gnus.  The group is automatically
   created again with the correct parameters.  The content
   of the group is not lost." 

It is possible that, for reasons unknown, something has
altered the "special properies" of your ‘nndraft’ group
(labeled "nndraft:drafts" in the *Group* buffer).  This
might have a side effect that is causing the problem you are
having.  By deleting it, Gnus ought to restore it, with the
"special properties" reset.

I have deleted this group (typing C-k on the nndraft:drafts
line in the *Group* buffer) and found that Gnus restored it,
as the manual says.

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