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Re: reverting non-existent file
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Colin Baxter |
Subject: |
Re: reverting non-existent file |
Date: |
Thu, 14 May 2020 19:52:29 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: Colin Baxter <address@hidden> Date: Thu, 14 May 2020
>> 17:13:22 +0100
>>
>> 1. emacs -Q <RET> 2. C-x C-f some-non-existing-file-name <RET>
>> 3. M-x add-file-local-variable-prop-line <RET> 4. coding <RET>
>> 5. iso-2022-jp <RET> 6. Told to revert file for effect to take
>> place. 7. M-x revert-buffer <RET> 8. yes <RET> 9. Told cannot
>> revert nonexistent file.
>>
>> The same effect occurs with other codings, for example utf-16 -
>> but not with utf-8-unix. I'm using emacs-28.0.50.
> I get the error message even if I don't do steps 3 to 6. And that
> is expected, as a non-existent file cannot be reverted. So what
> did you find surprising in this behavior?
> (I'm guessing that your locale uses UTF-8 as its codeset, so the
> new file's buffer has utf-8 encoding from the get-go, and thus
> adding the local variable doesn't change the coding-system, and
> you are not asked to revert the buffer. Which is also expected.)
> Confused.
Not now, thanks. I think I was confused by the response "revert-buffer"
when I knew I'd yet to save it. And yes, my locale is utf-8. Sorry to waste
your time.
Best wishes,
--
Colin Baxter
URL: http://www.Colin-Baxter.com