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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>
Cc: 9761@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9761: proposed list-buffers change -- revert buffer if point is in *Buffer List* buffer
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:14:49 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r52e89di.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFXT+ROCaaRtNwc2_UVFtQ0F=3JW0cT0pcbAPCsNFmx7sYL+2A@mail.gmail.com> (Zachary Kanfer's message of "Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:22:43 -0400")

Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com> writes:

> The command list-buffers always puts point at the end of the
> buffer. This patch changes the list-buffers command to simply revert
> the buffer if point is inside the *Buffer List* buffer. Since point is
> kept at the same line, the user can more easily see what changes have
> occurred.

This doesn't seem like a good idea.  It is better for `list-buffers' to
behave as unsurprisingly as possible, i.e. regardless of whether it's
called from a buffer list.

After all, the user can always call revert-buffer if that's what's
desired.






  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-15 17:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-15  4:22 bug#9761: proposed list-buffers change -- revert buffer if point is in *Buffer List* buffer Zachary Kanfer
2011-10-15 10:27 ` martin rudalics
2011-10-15 17:14 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-10-15 18:00   ` Zachary Kanfer
2011-10-16 15:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-10  6:48   ` Zachary Kanfer
2016-02-25  6:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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