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bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file |
Date: |
Sat, 07 Dec 2024 09:43:00 +0200 |
> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 74637@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas
> <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 02:39:20 +0200
>
> Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> Stefan and Andrea, WDYT?
> >
> > Agree with your position.
>
> If before killing the file there would be a check if it was deleted
> is that better? The check would also improve the view-file related
> functions.
Personally, I'm not sure it is much better. First, the file might
have been moved or renamed, not deleted. More generally, it strikes
me as very un-Emacsy to kill a buffer when the user is done with it.
We only do that with temporary buffers created for the purpose of
performing some processing; otherwise we leave the buffers in the
session, leaving it to the user to decide when to kill them. We also
have optional features, like mindnight.el, which are capable of
killing buffers that were not accessed for a long time, and the very
fact that they are optional clearly shows the general attitude of
Emacs: not to kill buffers unless explicitly told so by the user.
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, (continued)
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Björn Bidar, 2024/12/02
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/12/02
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Björn Bidar, 2024/12/03
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/12/03
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Visuwesh, 2024/12/03
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Björn Bidar, 2024/12/03
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Björn Bidar, 2024/12/03
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/12/03
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Andrea Corallo, 2024/12/04
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Björn Bidar, 2024/12/06
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Björn Bidar, 2024/12/07
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Stefan Kangas, 2024/12/15
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Eli Zaretskii, 2024/12/28
- bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file, Sean Whitton, 2024/12/04