From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18: Fine-grained revert-buffer Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:18:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523535496 11353 195.159.176.226 (12 Apr 2018 12:18:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:18:16 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 18@debbugs.gnu.org, Dmitry Gutov To: Toon Claes Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 12 14:18:12 2018 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 1f6bB4-0002nz-W2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:18:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35237 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bDB-0002ph-JH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:20:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57396) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bBx-0001ur-ML for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bBu-0003B3-DB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:19:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bBu-0003Am-A4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bBt-0001rz-UY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:19:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18.15235355097136 (code B ref 18); Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2018 12:18:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47174 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bBN-0001r1-BQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:43371) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6bBL-0001qq-2k for 18@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:18:27 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id w3CCIPxL016101; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:18:25 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 08D7E5FFB4; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:18:25 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Toon Claes's message of "Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:21:15 +0200") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Level: X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0.1 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 3 Rules triggered BODY_START_GREETING=0.1, EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6263=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6263> : inlines <6558> : streams <1783809> : uri <2624245> 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:145137 Archived-At: Hi, > I was digging through some old bugs, in ran into this one. >> It's still significantly coarser than using diff: revert-buffer is >> treated as a single delete+insert, so only the markers before the first >> modification or after the last modification are preserved. > What does M-x diff-buffer-with-file not do what you are trying to > achieve? > Also M-x ediff-current-file might be usable. Not sure I understand the question: neither of those modifies the current buffer, right? Stefan