Re: when nothing happens, buffer still marked as modified

[Michael Heerdegen]

Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> writes:

> Don't you think it is confusing, even incorrect, to have the buffer
> change status when the data hasn't changed from the command?

See Bug#13949 and related.  AFAIR most people agreed that it would be
nice if Emacs behave differently in cases like yours, but it is an
absolutely non-trivial problem, and any solution wouldn't be extensive
and have downsides.

Michael.