From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:01:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbn0b36qc.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83oa4bbq5b.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:34:08 +0300")
> Anyway, the proposed implementation misses a few subtleties, IMO:
Revised patch,
Stefan
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 1290fa4..cdabeda 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ In modes where form feed was treated as a whitespace character,
It now deletes whitespace after the last form feed thus behaving the
same as in modes where the character is not whitespace.
+** No more prompt about changed file when the file's content is unchanged.
+Instead of only checking the modification time, Emacs now also checks
+the file's actual content before prompting the user.
+
\f
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.2
diff --git a/lisp/userlock.el b/lisp/userlock.el
index a0c55fd..2295184 100644
--- a/lisp/userlock.el
+++ b/lisp/userlock.el
@@ -97,6 +97,28 @@ ask-user-about-lock-help
(define-error 'file-supersession nil 'file-error)
+(defun userlock--check-content-unchanged (fn)
+ (with-demoted-errors "Unchanged content check: %S"
+ (save-restriction
+ (widen)
+ (let ((buf (current-buffer))
+ (cs buffer-file-coding-system)
+ (start (point-min))
+ (end (point-max)))
+ ;; FIXME: To avoid a slow `insert-file-contents' on large or
+ ;; remote files, it'd be good to include file size in the
+ ;; "visited-modtime" check.
+ (when (with-temp-buffer
+ (let ((coding-system-for-read cs))
+ (insert-file-contents fn))
+ (when (= (buffer-size) (- end start)) ;Minor optimization.
+ (= 0 (let ((case-fold-search nil))
+ (compare-buffer-substrings
+ buf start end
+ (current-buffer) (point-min) (point-max))))))
+ (set-visited-file-modtime)
+ 'unchanged)))))
+
;;;###autoload
(defun ask-user-about-supersession-threat (fn)
"Ask a user who is about to modify an obsolete buffer what to do.
@@ -106,30 +128,30 @@ ask-user-about-supersession-threat
You can rewrite this to use any criterion you like to choose which one to do.
The buffer in question is current when this function is called."
- (discard-input)
- (save-window-excursion
- (let ((prompt
- (format "%s changed on disk; \
+ (unless (userlock--check-content-unchanged fn)
+ (discard-input)
+ (save-window-excursion
+ (let ((prompt
+ (format "%s changed on disk; \
really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) "
- (file-name-nondirectory fn)))
- (choices '(?y ?n ?r ?? ?\C-h))
- answer)
- (while (null answer)
- (setq answer (read-char-choice prompt choices))
- (cond ((memq answer '(?? ?\C-h))
- (ask-user-about-supersession-help)
- (setq answer nil))
- ((eq answer ?r)
- ;; Ask for confirmation if buffer modified
- (revert-buffer nil (not (buffer-modified-p)))
- (signal 'file-supersession
- (list "File reverted" fn)))
- ((eq answer ?n)
- (signal 'file-supersession
- (list "File changed on disk" fn)))))
- (message
- "File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.")
- (setq buffer-backed-up nil))))
+ (file-name-nondirectory fn))))
+ (while
+ (let ((answer (read-char-choice prompt '(?y ?n ?r ?? ?\C-h))))
+ (cond ((memq answer '(?? ?\C-h))
+ (ask-user-about-supersession-help)
+ 'repeat)
+ ((eq answer ?r)
+ ;; Ask for confirmation if buffer modified
+ (revert-buffer nil (not (buffer-modified-p)))
+ (signal 'file-supersession
+ (list "File reverted" fn)))
+ ((eq answer ?n)
+ (signal 'file-supersession
+ (list "File changed on disk" fn)))
+ (t (null answer)))))
+ (message
+ "File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.")
+ (setq buffer-backed-up nil)))))
(defun ask-user-about-supersession-help ()
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-29 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-29 0:29 Don't complain about changed file when it hasn't changed Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 3:36 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29 3:39 ` Daniel Colascione
2016-08-29 3:43 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29 6:44 ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-29 14:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 16:18 ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-29 17:42 ` Davis Herring
2016-08-29 17:57 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29 19:10 ` Davis Herring
2016-08-29 13:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 9:20 ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-30 15:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 13:40 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-30 15:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 15:23 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-30 15:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 16:38 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-29 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 14:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 15:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 15:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 17:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 17:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 18:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-01 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-02 15:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-02 15:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-02 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-02 15:39 ` Joost Kremers
2016-08-29 16:01 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-08-29 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 0:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-29 17:50 ` Davis Herring
2016-08-29 18:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 19:22 ` Davis Herring
2016-08-30 0:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 7:55 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-08-30 0:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-08-30 1:23 ` Rolf Ade
2016-08-30 15:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-30 15:34 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-08-30 16:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-06 16:29 ` John Wiegley
2016-09-06 17:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-06 17:52 ` John Wiegley
2016-09-06 19:00 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-09-06 21:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-06 21:29 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-06 21:41 ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 21:59 ` Paul Eggert
2016-09-06 22:01 ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 22:07 ` Davis Herring
2016-09-06 22:21 ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 22:46 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-09-07 0:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-09-07 16:49 ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-07 18:41 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-09-07 20:02 ` Karl Fogel
2016-09-06 22:03 ` Karl Fogel
2016-12-24 1:03 ` Rolf Ade
2016-12-25 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-12-26 0:29 ` Rolf Ade
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