From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17970: log-edit creates unwanted ChangeLog buffers Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:46:00 -0400 Message-ID: <3afvi9150n.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <9u61j79ffg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83d2ded4c3.fsf@gnu.org> <83wqblb6ow.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405014438 24592 80.91.229.3 (10 Jul 2014 17:47:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17970@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 10 19:47:11 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1X5IR4-0003qG-DG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:47:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39334 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IR4-0001V3-1z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:47:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49792) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IQz-0001Uc-GE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:47:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IQx-0004PU-2m for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:47:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37662) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IQw-0004PQ-VW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IQw-0003jN-CH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17970 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17970-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17970.140501437314253 (code B ref 17970); Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17970) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2014 17:46:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52461 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IQ4-0003hf-48 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:46:13 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:49030 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IPx-0003h1-Jv for 17970@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:46:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X5IPw-0004wk-Jy; Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:46:00 -0400 X-Spook: genetic SWAT cybercash nuclear SSL Lexis-Nexis SDI IMF X-Ran: O0E,;_)R.77+8FmqKuJYn4snUYXK)-Y4!u,1iq+`hL~1h},jbdO X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:18:05 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91400 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > But this case is actually interesting because for repositories such as > `elpa' which don't use ChangeLogs but do want to use the ChangeLog > conventions in the commit message, a way to do that is to use C-x 4 a to > fill the ChangeLog buffer but you won't want to save this buffer. Sounds like Emacs should provide a better mechanism for this, rather than one that could eg leave unwanted auto-saves around.