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Re: TODO
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: TODO |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:48:14 -0800 |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> >> Please let me know if anyone is already working on one of these tasks.
> >>
> >> ** make emacsclient accept -nw as a synonym to -t.
> >>
> >> ** Replace some uses of the preprocessor code in Makefile.in with the
> >> equivalent autoconf.
> >>
> >> ** Make "emacs --daemon" start emacs without showing any frame.
> >> Use emacsclient later to open frames.
>
> > AFAIK nobody has publicly announced that is working on any of these.
>
> > Do you have a copyright assignment on file? If not, it would make sense
> > to get started on that as soon as possible, so that it is ready by the
> > time you finish writing the code.
>
>
> >> ** Make vc-checkin avoid reverting the buffer if has not changed after
> >> the checkin. Comparing (md5 BUFFER) to (md5 FILE) should be enough.
>
> > I have a patch for this one.
>
> > But it needs a few more eyes on it from people that know the code
> > involved very well to make sure it is correct and the right thing to do.
> > The patch itself is not too complicated.
>
> BTW, I'd like someone to clarify the goal. I.e. what is it trying
> to fix. It seems that if the file hasn't been changed, the current code
> should at the very least end up not modifying the buffer (since
> insert-file-contents already compares the bytes to find the unchanged
> prefix and suffix). So what is the difference in this case between
> calling revert-buffer and not calling it?
The goal is not to revert the buffer after a checkin. Right now files
are reverted by default after a checkin (because of the possibility that
keyword expansion can change the file?). Not reverting would be good
because it would keep the undo history (you probably remember that
discussion).
[BTW, it's quite possible that my patch is barking at the wrong tree...]
- Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team, (continued)
- Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team, Vijay Rao, 2008/02/23
- Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/23
- Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team, Vijay Rao, 2008/02/24
- Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/24
- Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team, Vijay Rao, 2008/02/24
- TODO [was Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team], Nick Roberts, 2008/02/24
- Re: TODO [was Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team], V.Rao, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO [was Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team], Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO,
Dan Nicolaescu <=
- Re: TODO, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Miles Bader, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Miles Bader, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Miles Bader, 2008/02/26
- Re: TODO, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/27
- Re: TODO, Stefan Monnier, 2008/02/27
- Re: TODO, Richard Stallman, 2008/02/28