Function: rmail-show-message

rmail-show-message is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in rmail.el.gz.

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(rmail-show-message &optional N NO-SUMMARY)

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Show message number N (prefix argument), counting from start of file.

If summary buffer is currently displayed, update current message there also. N defaults to the current message.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/rmail.el.gz
(defun rmail-show-message (&optional n no-summary)
  "Show message number N (prefix argument), counting from start of file.
If summary buffer is currently displayed, update current message there also.
N defaults to the current message."
  (interactive "p")
  (or (eq major-mode 'rmail-mode)
      (switch-to-buffer rmail-buffer))
  ;; FIXME: Why do we swap the raw data back in?
  (rmail-swap-buffers-maybe)
  (rmail-maybe-set-message-counters)
  (widen)
  (let ((blurb (rmail-show-message-1 n)))
    (or (zerop rmail-total-messages)
	(progn
	  (when mail-mailing-lists
	    (rmail-unknown-mail-followup-to))
	  (if transient-mark-mode (deactivate-mark))
	  ;; If there is a summary buffer, try to move to this message
	  ;; in that buffer.  But don't complain if this message is
	  ;; not mentioned in the summary.  Don't do this at all if we
	  ;; were called on behalf of cursor motion in the summary
	  ;; buffer.
	  (and (rmail-summary-exists) (not no-summary)
	       (let ((curr-msg rmail-current-message))
		 (rmail-select-summary
		  (rmail-summary-goto-msg curr-msg t t))))
	  (with-current-buffer rmail-buffer
	    (rmail-auto-file))))
    (if blurb
	(message blurb))))