Claws opens with the account creation wizard despite multiple accounts are set. In case some files are corrupt, please tell the user, what to do.
Please correct this summary, it's useless and does not indicate anything about the behaviour you describe.
WARNING **: xml_parse_next_tag(): Can't parse next tag The warnings is risen during startup while parsing an empty folderlist.xml in xml.c:160. mv ~/.claws-mail/folderlist.xml{.bak,} solves the problem. OBSERVED BEHAVIOUR 1. start claws mail 2. colole shows: WARNING **: xml_parse_next_tag(): Can't parse next tag 3. the account creation wizard is shown EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR 1. claws on start finds out, the folderlist.xml (or any other config file) has been corrupted (or empty as in this case) 2. the warning is caught (or prevented by checking in advance) and shows the affected file 2. check for a backup file, restore it and load it 4. show the main window as usual, depending on preferencesa
i didn't say i didn't understand what you were reporting, i was just pointing out that using the text "WARNING **: xml_parse_next_tag(): Can't parse next tag" in no way helps to identify the bug when looking through the list of bugs. Please see http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html
Changes related to this bug have been committed. Please check latest Git and update the bug accordingly. You can also get the patch from: http://git.claws-mail.org/ http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=commitdiff;h=b562b295c97bd2f183d0c67089792cce3be734b0 Author: Paul <paul@claws-mail.org> Date: Tue Aug 27 09:45:42 2013 +0100 fix bug 2979, 'claws fails to load (empty) folderlist.xml and shows account wizard'
Changes related to this bug have been committed. Please check latest Git and update the bug accordingly. You can also get the patch from: http://git.claws-mail.org/ http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=commitdiff;h=bd24c3742d17724a6a54586cc4446a0e2fc34c1a Merge: b98cc26 76c91d8 Author: Colin Leroy <colin@colino.net> Date: Tue Aug 27 13:33:04 2013 +0200 Merge branch 'master' of file:///home/git/claws http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=commitdiff;h=76c91d8cceb7bdcdf8ede508fc1e1b349dcf930a Author: Paul <paul@claws-mail.org> Date: Tue Aug 27 09:45:42 2013 +0100 fix bug 2979, 'claws fails to load (empty) folderlist.xml and shows account wizard' http://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=commitdiff;h=f275669014aa3fc6fc5252996841ed425544e442 Author: Paul <paul@claws-mail.org> Date: Wed Aug 21 07:55:37 2013 +0100 no need to do ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H twice