Re: vm-delete-empty-folders feature request

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From: Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:13

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jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu (John W. Eaton) writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I have vm-delete-empty-folders set to t because usually I don't want
> empty folders hanging around.  However, I often find myself emptying
> out folders which have corresponding spool files.  Then when I try to
> visit these folders again using file name completion, Emacs sees the
> spool file and completes the entire spool file name, so I end up
> having to delte the ".spool" part of the completed folder name.
> 
> Would it be possible to have vm-delete-empty-folders only delete empty
> folders for which there is no corresponding spool file?

One partial and trivial solution might be to use a naming convention
on your spool folder so that it doesn't complete. E.g., start with the
word spool, such as: spool.inbox

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