(diary-mail-entries): Don't overwrite user's value

of diary-list-include-blanks, but generate message instead if
there are no entries.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0f03975cdee..bf7a4bceea5 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-08-30  Edward M. Reingold  <reingold@emr.cs.iit.edu>
+
+        * calendar/diary-lib.el (diary-mail-entries): Don't overwrite
+        user's value of diary-list-include-blanks, but generate message
+        instead if there are no entries.
+
 2002-08-30  ARISAWA Akihiro  <ari@mbf.sphere.ne.jp>  (tiny change)
 
         * ps-print.el (ps-lp-system): Fixed typo in `usg-unix-v'.
diff --git a/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el b/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
index 548ec7a1b3d..3b0110278ba 100644
--- a/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/calendar/diary-lib.el
@@ -622,14 +622,15 @@ system.  Alternatively, you can specify a cron entry:
 to run it every morning at 1am."
   (interactive "P")
   (let* ((diary-display-hook 'fancy-diary-display)
-         (diary-list-include-blanks t)
          (text (progn (list-diary-entries (calendar-current-date)
                                           (if ndays ndays diary-mail-days))
                       (set-buffer fancy-diary-buffer)
                       (buffer-substring (point-min) (point-max)))))
     (compose-mail diary-mail-addr
-                  (concat "Diary entries generated "
-                          (calendar-date-string (calendar-current-date))))
+                  (if (string-equal text "")
+                      "No entries found"
+                    (concat "Diary entries generated "
+                            (calendar-date-string (calendar-current-date)))))
     (insert text)
     (funcall (get mail-user-agent 'sendfunc))))