whatnow: Simplified and clarified (or fixed?) the situation of failed edits.

If the initial edit fails, no new draft is created, but any existing
re-used draft is preserved. Failures of later edits are ignored and
another prompt is printed.

diff --git a/man/comp.man1 b/man/comp.man1
index 5ea88aa..bc723a9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/comp.man1
+++ b/man/comp.man1
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ comp \- compose a message
 is used to create a new message to be mailed.  It copies a
 message form to the draft being composed and then invokes an editor on
 the draft (unless the
-.B \-edit
+.B \-editor
 switch with an empty string argument is given,
 in which case the initial edit is suppressed).
 .PP

diff --git a/man/whatnow.man1 b/man/whatnow.man1
index 42956c1..a181cca 100644 (file)
--- a/man/whatnow.man1
+++ b/man/whatnow.man1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ or
 after the initial edit.
 .PP
 When started, the editor is started on the draft (unless the
-.B \-edit
+.B \-editor
 switch with an empty string argument is given,
 in which case the initial edit is suppressed).  Then,
 .B whatnow
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ used to direct
 .BR whatnow 's
 actions in complex ways.
 .PP
+If the initial edit fails, no new draft is created, but any
+existing re-used draft is preserved.
+Failures of later edits are ignored and another prompt is printed.
+.PP
 The
 .B \-prompt
 .I string
@@ -160,9 +164,3 @@ send(1)
 
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
-
-.SH BUGS
-If the initial edit fails,
-.B whatnow
-deletes your draft (by renaming
-it with a leading comma); failure of a later edit preserves the draft.

diff --git a/uip/whatnow.c b/uip/whatnow.c
index 08e3be8..f26dcb7 100644 (file)
--- a/uip/whatnow.c
+++ b/uip/whatnow.c
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
        /* start editing the draft, unless editor is the empty string */
        if (*ed) {
                if (editfile(&ed, NULL, drft, use, NULL, msgnam, NULL) <0) {
+                       if (!use) {
+                               unlink(drft);
+                       }
+                       advise(NULL, "Try again.");
                        done(1);
                }
        }
@@ -223,9 +227,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                        /* Call an editor on the draft file */
                        if (*++argp)
                                ed = *argp++;
-                       if (editfile(&ed, argp, drft, NOUSE, NULL,
-                                       msgnam, NULL) == NOTOK)
-                               done(1);
+                       editfile(&ed, argp, drft, NOUSE, NULL, msgnam, NULL);
                        break;
 
                case LISTSW:
@@ -654,21 +656,27 @@ editfile(char **ed, char **arg, char *file, int use, struct msgs *mp,
                vec[vecp] = NULL;
 
                execvp(*ed, vec);
-               fprintf(stderr, "unable to exec ");
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to exec ", invo_name);
                perror(*ed);
                _exit(-1);
 
        default:
                if ((status = pidwait(pid, NOTOK))) {
-                       if (((status & 0xff00) != 0xff00) &&
-                                       (!edsave || (status & 0x00ff))) {
-                               if (!use && (status & 0xff00) && (rename(file, cp = m_backup(file)) != NOTOK)) {
-                                       advise(NULL, "problems with edit--draft left in %s", cp);
-                               } else {
-                                       advise(NULL, "problems with edit--%s preserved", file);
-                               }
+                       if ((status & 0xff00) == 0xff00) {
+                               /* cmd not found or pidwait() failed */
+                               status = -1;
+                               break;
                        }
-                       status = -2;  /* maybe "edsave ? -2 : -1"? */
+                       if (status & 0x00ff) {
+                               /* terminated by signal */
+                               advise(NULL, "%s terminated by signal %d",
+                                               *ed, status & 0x7f);
+                       } else {
+                               /* failure exit */
+                               advise(NULL, "%s exited with return code %d",
+                                               *ed, (status & 0xff00) >> 8);
+                       }
+                       status = -1;
                        break;
                }
 
@@ -696,8 +704,9 @@ editfile(char **ed, char **arg, char *file, int use, struct msgs *mp,
        edsave = getcpy(*ed);
 
        *ed = NULL;
-       if (altmsg)
+       if (altmsg) {
                unlink(linkpath);
+       }
 
        return status;
 }
@@ -760,7 +769,7 @@ sendfile(char **arg, char *file)
                vec[vecp] = NULL;
 
                execvp("send", vec);
-               fprintf(stderr, "unable to exec ");
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to exec ", invo_name);
                perror("send");
                _exit(-1);
 
@@ -803,7 +812,7 @@ refile(char **arg, char *file)
 
        case 0:
                execvp(*vec, vec);
-               fprintf(stderr, "unable to exec ");
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to exec ", invo_name);
                perror(*vec);
                _exit(-1);