Re: TODO

[Dan Nicolaescu]

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).
  > 
  > If the problem is the undo-list, then we can change insert-file-contents
  > to not clear the buffer-undo-list in the case where it did make any
  > changes to the buffer.

Yep, the problem is the undo-list.  Please do that if you think it's
better/easier. (I know nothing about that code, to can't help there... :-()