bug#4597: Antwort: Re: bug#4587: 23.1; sort-lines and sort-fields always
From:
Roland . Meier
Subject:
bug#4597: Antwort: Re: bug#4587: 23.1; sort-lines and sort-fields always set buffer modified
Date:
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:56 +0200
> Yes, that's generally desirable. But in
the above cases, given the way
> the code currently works, it's fairly inconvenient to do (the code
does
> modify the buffer, it just so happens that the end text is the same
as
> the original text), so it doesn't seem worth the trouble.
Wouldn't it be possible in case of an
unmodified buffer to copy the content of the region at the beginning to
a temporary buffer, compare it to the result afterwards, and if they match
to restore the unmodified status?
I sometimes need to check a list (which
isn't small enough to be checked at a glance) after editing it if it is
still sorted.
Now I write he region before and after
sorting it to separate files and compare them, but I wonder if a powerful
tool like emacs must keep such an obvious annoyance like this...
Thanks!
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Roland Meier
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