From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25111: Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:06:34 +0200 Message-ID: <83lgvlcet1.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8360myl7ay.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpfbpual.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83eg1iiffm.fsf@gnu.org> <87pol1kon4.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83bmwlggix.fsf@gnu.org> <878trmxgjh.fsf@russet.org.uk> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1481558995 3620 195.159.176.226 (12 Dec 2016 16:09:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25111@debbugs.gnu.org To: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 12 17:09:41 2016 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 1cGTAb-00070n-L1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:06:01 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59123) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cGT6z-0007YH-2V; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:05:57 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4666 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cGT6y-00046i-Cy; Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:05:56 -0500 In-reply-to: <878trmxgjh.fsf@russet.org.uk> (phillip.lord@russet.org.uk) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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:126916 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) > Cc: 25111@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:11:14 +0000 > > So, instead of this: > > If these functions modify the buffer, they should bind > ‘inhibit-modification-hooks’ to ‘t’ around doing so, to avoid > confusing the internal mechanism that calls these hooks. > > > We could have: > > These functions should avoid unnecessarily modifying the buffer. > Emacs binds 'inhibit-modification-hooks' to `t' during their > evaluation, which means that any modifications will not be signalled > to other hook functions listening for them. > > > Perhaps a better solution would be: > > > These functions should avoid unnecessarily modifying the buffer; see > Change Hooks for further details. > > > Then a new paragraph can be added to the Change Hooks section talking > about the complexity of modifying buffers on these hooks, with > alternatives. > > I am happy to draft something if you wish. Sure, please do. Thanks.