From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de>
To: Joe Bloggs <who@cares.invalid>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: buffer-name in find-file-hook
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:10:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m27i9eh1r5.fsf@nschum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873ak5qa40.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> (Joe Bloggs's message of "Fri\, 12 Sep 2008 23\:21\:03 +0100")
Joe Bloggs <who@cares.invalid> wrote:
> Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> writes:
>
>> Joe Bloggs <who@cares.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I am writing a function to add to find-file-hook for hiding text
>>> regions saved in a list. I need to know the buffer-name of the opened
>>> file, so that I can compare it with the buffer names of the saved
>>> regions.
>>
>> Why are you using the buffer name? Wouldn't it be better to use
>> something more unique, i.e. the file name?
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Nikolaj Schumacher
>
> I figured that I may want to move the file, but still keep the hidden
> regions.
Unfortunately files of the same name (say "README") will then also share
the same hidden regions. On the other hand, buffers can be renamed or
"uniquified" and lose settings.
Maybe you could generate a hash to catch renamed files.
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-14 21:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-03 14:43 buffer-name in find-file-hook Joe Bloggs
2008-09-03 15:38 ` Joost Kremers
2008-09-03 15:44 ` Joe Bloggs
2008-09-03 17:57 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.18339.1220464668.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-09-12 22:21 ` Joe Bloggs
2008-09-14 21:10 ` Nikolaj Schumacher [this message]
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