[Bug 202010] New: kmail with emacs as external editor: text in emacs doesn't make it into composer (is lost) when emacs is closed

[Ben Barrowes]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202010

           Summary: kmail with emacs as external editor: text in emacs
                    doesn't make it into composer (is lost) when emacs is
                    closed
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Mandriva RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: barrowes at alum.mit.edu


Version:            (using KDE 4.2.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

I choose emacs as the external editor in kmail Settings->Configure
Kmail->Composer by checking the box "use external editor instead of composer".
Fine, after putting "emacs %f" in the "specify editor" box, emacs comes up when
I start typing in the composer window. Also fine. However, after typing my
mail, saving, then closing emacs, none of that text is handed to composer. It
is all lost. 

Doing the same thing with "kwrite %f" works fine, as does nedit. 

emacs, xemacs, gedit all fail in this respect.

I remember trying to figure this out a year or two ago, and I think I remember
finding some information that pointed to the problem being in the way kmail
expects temporary files to be saved. However, I don't seem to be able to find
that information right now.

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