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Re: Creating an empty file
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Creating an empty file |
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Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:23:45 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> ...
>> This would probably also apply for an existing file that has been
>> changed on disk, but not in the Emacs buffer. In this case it might
>> possibly make sense to ask the "revert buffer" question before saving.
>> In the case of a non-existing file, there is nothing to revert to,
>> however.
>
> So are you suggesting that when saving a file whose buffer has not
> been changed, that Emacs should compare it to the disk file anyhow?
> I had always (always=for the last 10 seconds) thought that it didn't
> for efficiency reasons.
That would assume that attempting to save an unchanged file is a
frequent operation. I doubt that.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Creating an empty file, Jay Belanger, 2007/01/23
- Re: Creating an empty file, David Kastrup, 2007/01/23
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- Re: Creating an empty file, Romain Francoise, 2007/01/25
- Re: Creating an empty file, Stefan Monnier, 2007/01/25
- Re: Creating an empty file, Richard Stallman, 2007/01/25
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