GNU bug report logs - #12507
24.2.50; `bookmark-write-file': use `write-file', not `write-region', to get backups

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:44:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.2.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Karl Fogel <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> gnu.org>, 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:24:50 -0400

>   ;; Don't use write-file; we don't want this buffer to visit it.

After write-file, the buffer is marked as visiting that file, which
affects the behavior of C-x C-f and a lot more (e.g. asks the user
for confirmation if the file was modified by some other process, ...).


        Stefan
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 176 days ago.

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