Re: buffer-swap-text

[Stefan Monnier]

>     Should this function swap the value of buffer-file-coding-system as
>     well?

> We need to address the general question of what C-x C-s should do in a
> buffer where you have done the swap.  I think your question is part of
> that question.

This depends on the use case.  It might be worthwhile to point to
write-region-annotate-functions as a good way to do the save (at least
it's the method used in tar-mode and seems to provide a sane behavior,
even in cases where the user uses write-region or C-x C-w).


        Stefan