2001-01-09 Michael Downes <mjd@ams.org>

[gnus] / lisp / gnus-sum.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus-sum.el b/lisp/gnus-sum.el
index 8827f14..c1dd161 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus-sum.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-sum.el
@@ -2977,7 +2977,10 @@ If NO-DISPLAY, don't generate a summary buffer."
              (gnus-group-jump-to-group group)
              (gnus-group-next-unread-group 1))
          (gnus-handle-ephemeral-exit quit-config)))
-      (gnus-message 3 "Can't select group")
+      (let ((grpinfo (gnus-get-info group)))
+        (if (null (gnus-info-read grpinfo))
+            (gnus-message 3 "Group %s contains no messages" group)
+          (gnus-message 3 "Can't select group")))
       nil)
      ;; The user did a `C-g' while prompting for number of articles,
      ;; so we exit this group.