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Re: About `r' and `g' in Package Menu mode
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: About `r' and `g' in Package Menu mode |
Date: |
Thu, 06 Mar 2014 23:41:09 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I think the main difference is that `r' will download the archive
> contents again, whereas `g' only rebuilds the tabulated list of packages
> that have been downloaded previously.
I think this distinction only makes sense when M-x list-packages does not
itself download the archive contents again.
IOW if M-x list-packages downloads the archive contents again, then
revert-buffer (aka `g') should too. And vice-versa.
Stefan