From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Phil Sainty Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#26871: 25.2; Support revert-buffer for Customize buffers Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 11:42:35 +1200 Message-ID: <0b34c970-4323-64f9-266a-b278581a2a6a@orcon.net.nz> References: <2a545448-43d4-4414-9e45-331fb0c4d2b2@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1494459800 24329 195.159.176.226 (10 May 2017 23:43:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 23:43:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 To: 26871@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 11 01:43:15 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bGD-00068u-8S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 May 2017 01:43:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45203 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bGI-0007jR-UM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bG7-0007jA-0N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:43:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bG2-0003W7-4i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:43:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:34651) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bG2-0003Vs-0h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bG1-0001BZ-NW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:43:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Phil Sainty Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 23:43:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 26871 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 26871-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B26871.14944597654536 (code B ref 26871); Wed, 10 May 2017 23:43:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 26871) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 May 2017 23:42:45 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37328 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bFl-0001B6-HZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:42:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [219.88.242.59] (port=38684 helo=mail.orcon.net.nz) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d8bFj-0001Aw-C7 for 26871@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2017 19:42:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.20.102] ([150.107.172.62]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.orcon.net.nz (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id v4ANgZB9005412 for <26871@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 11 May 2017 11:42:36 +1200 In-Reply-To: <2a545448-43d4-4414-9e45-331fb0c4d2b2@default> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0: No Bayes scoring rules defined, tokens from: outbound) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=150.107.172.62; country=NZ; latitude=-41.0000; longitude=174.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-41.0000,174.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: base:outbound X-Canit-Stats-ID: 01TiLGA8C - 8a341ffe84a5 - 20170511 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:132439 Archived-At: On 11/05/17 11:01, Drew Adams wrote: > https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/32714/105 > shows that at least one user expected existing Customize buffers to > auto-revert. This enhancement request will help in that direction > (not automatic, but that's OK). That question did indeed prompt this, but I've been meaning to raise it for a long time. It can be particularly confusing when the buffer exists but is not displayed, as if you invoke the customize command in that scenario, the behaviour *appears* to be the same as if the buffer had not already existed, but that's not actually the case, and it might be showing you stale data. That's also slightly tangential to the stated feature request, but revert-buffer support again seems like the logical first step.