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>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kelly Dean <kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 11303 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11303: Whitespace mode causes auto-save to malfunction
Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 12:07:57 +0200

Kelly Dean <kellydeanch <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> Notice that Emacs does write the auto-save file
> again, even though the buffer hasn't changed since the last
> auto-save. This is not the correct behavior.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.  The problem wasn't limited to
whitespace mode, but all modes that do font locking.

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