GNU bug report logs - #11303
Whitespace mode causes auto-save to malfunction

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kelly Dean <kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com
Subject: bug#11303: Whitespace mode causes auto-save to malfunction
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:06:46 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The OP's recipe includes C-g, which could mean we lack an
> unwind-protect somewhere, and the buffer stays modified due to changes
> in faces.

The C-g isn't necessary to reproduce the issue.

> The fact that changes in faces cause the buffer become eligible for
> auto-saving is not a bug, IMO, it's a feature.

It's pretty annoying when using whitespace-mode -- which changes the
text properties all the time when you move around in the buffer (without
modifying the buffer).  It's not really that much of an issue elsewhere,
where font lock changes usually only happen when you actually edit the
buffer.

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