* Re: master 8a7db868cc: Add NEWS entry about incompatible sorting command behaviors
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@ 2022-05-04 0:24 ` Po Lu
2022-05-04 7:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Po Lu @ 2022-05-04 0:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> +---
> +** Sorting commands no longer necessarily change modification status.
> +In earlier Emacs versions, commands like 'M-x sort-lines' would always
> +change buffer modification status to "modified", whether they changed
> +something in the buffer or not. This has been changed: The buffer is
> +marked as modified only if the sorting ended up changing the contents
> +of the buffer.
I doubt this is an "incompatible change", it's more of an improvement to
an existing feature.
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* Re: master 8a7db868cc: Add NEWS entry about incompatible sorting command behaviors
2022-05-04 0:24 ` master 8a7db868cc: Add NEWS entry about incompatible sorting command behaviors Po Lu
@ 2022-05-04 7:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2022-05-04 7:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Po Lu; +Cc: emacs-devel
Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
> I doubt this is an "incompatible change", it's more of an improvement to
> an existing feature.
It's marginal, but `M-x sort-lines' has reliably ended up with a buffer
that needs saving for four decades, so you can be sure that somebody's
used that somewhere in their work flow.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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