From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: About `r' and `g' in Package Menu mode
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:41:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv7g86hbao.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 877g87u5yu.fsf@gnu.org
> I think the main difference is that `r' will download the archive
> contents again, whereas `g' only rebuilds the tabulated list of packages
> that have been downloaded previously.
I think this distinction only makes sense when M-x list-packages does not
itself download the archive contents again.
IOW if M-x list-packages downloads the archive contents again, then
revert-buffer (aka `g') should too. And vice-versa.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-07 4:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-06 5:50 About `r' and `g' in Package Menu mode Xue Fuqiao
2014-03-06 7:44 ` Tassilo Horn
2014-03-06 22:33 ` Xue Fuqiao
2014-03-06 22:39 ` Drew Adams
2014-03-07 4:41 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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