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Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed |
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Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:44:54 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> > . the file's buffer could be unibyte, in which case you want
>> > insert-file-contents-literally, I think
>> We could try to be more careful in this way, indeed. But AFAIK the only
>> risk here is to flag a file as being changed when it hasn't, which is no
>> worse than what we currently do (i.e. a false alarm), so I'm not sure
>> it's worth the trouble.
> The documentation should state this exemption, lest users expect
> unibyte buffers to get the same treatment.
I don't know for a fact that it doesn't work in the unibyte case, actually.
>> Not sure what there is to document, actually (I do have a NEWS entry for
>> it, OTOH).
> From the ELisp manual:
> -- Function: ask-user-about-supersession-threat filename
> This function is used to ask a user how to proceed after an attempt
> to modify an buffer visiting file FILENAME when the file is newer
> than the buffer text. Emacs detects this because the modification
> time of the file on disk is newer than the last save-time of the
> buffer. This means some other program has probably altered the
> file.
> Some of that will no longer be accurate once we install your changes.
I'll update that,
Stefan
Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Rolf Ade, 2016/08/30
Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Stefan Monnier, 2016/08/30
- Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/08/30
- Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/08/30
- Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Stefan Monnier, 2016/08/30
- Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/08/30
- Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Stefan Monnier, 2016/08/30
Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Stefan Monnier, 2016/08/30
Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/08/30
Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Stefan Monnier, 2016/08/30
Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/08/30