From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4061: 23.1.50; C-x C-v and saveplace Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:16:58 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87vdkok2vo.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87k50e8k5l.fsf@red-bean.com> Reply-To: Leo , 4061@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252110439 25038 80.91.229.12 (5 Sep 2009 00:27:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 00:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4061@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Karl Fogel Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 05 02:27:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mjj7X-0002XL-Nj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:27:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37281 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mjj7W-0007Bn-Te for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mjj7S-00078i-7G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mjj7N-000740-M7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33762 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mjj7N-00073e-Bx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:49120) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mjj7M-0005Hz-NR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:01 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n850QwUO012971; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:26:58 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n850K5q9011530; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:20:05 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:20:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Leo Original-Sender: "Leo, Shidai Liu" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:20:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4061 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4061-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4061.125210982110927 (code B ref 4061); Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:20:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4061) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Sep 2009 00:17:01 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ppsw-1.csi.cam.ac.uk (ppsw-1.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.131]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n850Gx2O010919 for <4061@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:17:01 -0700 X-Cam-AntiVirus: no malware found X-Cam-SpamDetails: not scanned X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Original-Received: from smaug.linux.pwf.cam.ac.uk ([193.60.95.72]:37624) by ppsw-1.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.151]:587) with esmtpsa (LOGIN:sl392) (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) id 1Mjixf-0006Zu-3N (Exim 4.70) (return-path ); Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:16:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87k50e8k5l.fsf@red-bean.com> (Karl Fogel's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:39:02 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:27:05 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:30810 Archived-At: On 2009-09-04 22:39 +0100, Karl Fogel wrote: > I know what causes this now. saveplace.el works like this: > Now, `save-place-to-alist' checks `buffer-file-name' and (properly) does > nothing if there is no associated file. Since `find-alternate-file' > unsets `buffer-file-name' after renaming the old buffer but before > killing it, that effectively makes `save-place-to-alist' a no-op in the > old buffer. Thank you for looking into it. > > It's not even clear what the most desirable behavior is. For example, > in `find-alternate-file' (without my patch), if the old buffer is > modified, should we still save place before killing it? I think so; or > rather, I think we should do whatever saveplace.el does if one kills a > modified buffer the normal way. I agree with this. -- Leo's Emacs uptime: 2 days, 13 hours, 17 minutes, 9 seconds