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bug#7252: hexl-revert-buffer
From: |
Daiki Ueno |
Subject: |
bug#7252: hexl-revert-buffer |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:15:16 +0900 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
> Actually, I see now that, while your patch is going in the right
> direction, the problem is deeper. E.g. M-x find-file-literally RET
> foo.tar.gz RET does the right thing but M-x revert-buffer RET in it
> ignores the "literally" part and gives you a tar-mode view of the file.
Right, but my personal feeling is that typical users would not expect
such a "literally"-ness of revert-buffer when the file is opened with
M-x find-file-literally, unlike with M-x hexl-find-file.
With M-x find-file-literally user's intension would be to quick look at
the raw content. In that case he might do M-x revert-buffer to "go back
to the normal view of that file" and expect auto-mode conversion.
However, with M-x hexl-find-file user's intension would be to analyze
the file format or edit the raw content. In that case auto-mode
conversion is definitely unwanted.
Perhaps it might be better to bring this up in emacs-devel.
Regards,
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Daiki Ueno