1 ;;; gnus-compat.el --- Compatability functions for Gnus
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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25 ;; This package defines and redefines a bunch of functions for Gnus
26 ;; usage. The basic (and somewhat unsound) idea is to make all
27 ;; Emacsen look like the current trunk of Emacs. So it will define
28 ;; functions "missing" in other Emacs instances, and redefine other
29 ;; functions to work like the Emacs trunk versions.
31 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
36 (when (and (not (fboundp 'help-function-arglist))
37 (fboundp 'function-arglist))
38 (defun help-function-arglist (def &optional preserve-names)
39 "Return a formal argument list for the function DEF.
40 PRESERVE-NAMES is ignored."
41 (cdr (car (read-from-string (downcase (function-arglist def)))))))
43 (when (= (length (help-function-arglist 'delete-directory)) 1)
44 (defvar gnus-compat-original-delete-directory
45 (symbol-function 'delete-directory))
46 (defun delete-directory (directory &optional recursive trash)
47 "Delete the directory named DIRECTORY. Does not follow symlinks.
48 If RECURSIVE is non-nil, all files in DIRECTORY are deleted as well.
50 (interactive "DDirectory: ")
52 (funcall gnus-compat-original-delete-directory directory)
53 (dolist (file (directory-files directory t))
54 (unless (member (file-name-nondirectory file) '("." ".."))
55 (if (file-directory-p file)
56 (delete-directory file t)
58 (delete-directory directory))))
60 (provide 'gnus-compat)
62 ;; gnus-compat.el ends here