From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 23785@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23785: Emacs 25: "Undo" overdoes things.
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:23:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fdny0ew.fsf@russet.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160617174535.GD3316@acm.fritz.box> (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:45:35 +0000")
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> Hello, Eli.
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 08:15:18PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> > Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:02:45 +0000
>> > From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
>> > Summary: `undo' is broken in Emacs 25.
>
>> > In GNU Emacs 25.0.94.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.7)
>> > of 2016-06-07 built on acm
>> > Repository revision: 9d5ccebeba0506f7280662630f0ee85a52c8a327
>> > Configured using:
>> > 'configure --with-tiff=no --with-gif=no --with-gpm'
>
>> > 1. emacs -Q
>> > 2. C-x C-f decls-6.cc ; file is attached.
>> > 3. Move point to BOL 17.
>> > 4. C-o, and insert the line "Type var = init;". Call this line 16½.
>> > 5. M-x revert-buffer.
>> > 6. Move point to "[" on L16, and use C-M-k to delete "[3 * peq]".
>> > 7. C-_. This restores "[3 * peq]" (correctly) but also reinserts line
>> > 16½ (which is a bug).
>
>> Why does this minor issue deserve to declare 'undo' "broken"? Looks
>> like an exaggeration to me.
>
> I don't think it's all that minor an issue. `undo' can no longer be
> depended upon to restore a buffer to its unchanged state.
>
> I've suffered several similar annoyances with `undo' in the emacs-25
> branch.
If you report them, then I will look at them, and I would appreciate if
you do report them. I changed undo in a way that *was* supposed to
change its semantics, and this may have had negative side effects. Or my
changes may have caused unexpected changes in semantics that I did not
intend.
> Each buffer changing command is meant to have its own undo boundary
> (with the exception of self-insert-command and the single character
> deleting command).
The problem in this case seems to be specific to revert-buffer. A much
simpler test case is as follows
1) Open a file with a single line in it
2) Add a new line at the start
3) M-x revert-buffer
Look at buffer-undo-list
*** Before undo changes
(nil
("\n" . -1)
(#<marker at 1 in simple-example.txt> . -1)
(#<marker at 1 in simple-example.txt> . -1)
(#<marker in no buffer> . -1)
nil
(1 . 2)
(t 22372 26717 127527 392000))
*** After undo changes
(("\n" . -1)
(#<marker at 1 in simple-example.txt> . -1)
(#<marker at 1 in simple-example.txt> . -1)
nil
(1 . 2)
(t 22372 26717 127527 392000))
So, the issue seems to be specific to M-x revert-buffer. After my
changes, the list no longer has a undo-boundary as its first element.
Got to be honest, I am surprised that M-x revert-buffer maintains the
undo-list; I'd have expected it to blitz the whole list, but it doesn't.
No idea why, although I suspect that it's the same issue Stefan found
with viper -- undo-boundary no longer gets called after all commands
only those that change the buffer.
I will investigate.
Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-17 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-17 15:02 bug#23785: Emacs 25: "Undo" overdoes things Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-17 17:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-17 17:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-17 20:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-17 21:47 ` Phillip Lord
2016-06-18 4:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-06-18 7:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-18 18:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-06-18 19:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-18 19:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-06-19 22:45 ` bug#23785: Emacs 25: 'Undo' " Phillip Lord
2016-06-20 0:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-06-20 12:47 ` Phillip Lord
2016-06-20 14:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-06-20 15:03 ` Phillip Lord
2016-06-20 15:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-20 17:12 ` Phillip Lord
2016-06-21 13:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21 14:30 ` Phillip Lord
2016-06-21 21:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-06-21 22:08 ` Phillip Lord
2020-09-04 14:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-09-05 13:15 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-21 13:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21 14:29 ` Phillip Lord
2016-06-21 16:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-17 21:23 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
2016-06-18 17:41 ` bug#23785: Emacs 25: "Undo" " Alan Mackenzie
2016-06-17 21:49 ` Óscar Fuentes
2016-06-20 12:33 ` Phillip Lord
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