From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: About `r' and `g' in Package Menu mode Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 14:39:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9ea01273-57a2-4ded-a6fb-5d9579e635c8@default> References: <87txbbzxhw.fsf@gnu.org> <877g87u5yu.fsf@gnu.org> <87wqg73qjz.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1394145615 12395 80.91.229.3 (6 Mar 2014 22:40:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:40:15 +0000 (UTC) To: Xue Fuqiao , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 06 23:40:24 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WLgxi-0007AN-DQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:40:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60984 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLgxh-0002hE-W5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:40:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLgxF-0002Eb-BP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:40:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLgx6-0004Qt-Pg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:39:53 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:18732) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WLgwx-0004PK-Nz; Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:39:35 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s26MdXsR013129 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:39:34 GMT Original-Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s26MdWcD022658 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:39:32 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.5+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s26MdV39008226; Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:39:32 GMT In-Reply-To: <87wqg73qjz.fsf@gnu.org> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96283 Archived-At: > > I think the main difference is that `r' will download the archive > > contents again, whereas `g' only rebuilds the tabulated list of package= s > > that have been downloaded previously. > > > > So use `r' to check if some archive contains updated packages, and use > > `g' for example to revert the install/delete marks you've made in the > > buffer. >=20 > I see. Thanks for your explanation. Now that you understand, maybe check the existing doc and see if you think it makes things clear enough. If you don't think so, consider filing a bug report, to help others too: `M-x report-emacs-bug'.