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24.2.50; find-alternate-file asks redundant questions

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From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.2.50; find-alternate-file asks redundant questions
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:55:51 +0100

Consider this situation:

 1. start emacs with: emacs -Q /tmp/x.txt
 2. insert some text, e.g. an x, so that the buffer is marked as modified
 3. press C-x C-v
 4. in the minibuffer appears the question:
    Find alternate file: /tmp/x.txt
 5. Press return
 6. In the minibuffer appears the question:
    Buffer x.txt is modified; save it first? (yes or no)
 7. Answer no
 8. In the minibuffer appears the question:
    Kill and replace the buffer without saving it? (yes or no)
 9. Answer yes

The question in 8. is annoying given that in 6. the answer was already
"no".  It's also irritating that the answer in 7. has to be "no" while
the answer in 9. needs to be "yes".


In GNU Emacs 24.2.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2012-09-22 on ix
Bzr revision: 110128 cyd <at> gnu.org-20120922032937-yf6yua64ed45tzap
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Configured using:
 `configure '--with-jpeg=no' '--with-gif=no' '--with-tiff=no''

Message #8 received at 12941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Helmut Eller'" <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>, <12941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#12941: 24.2.50; find-alternate-file asks redundant questions
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 06:31:14 -0800

> The question in 8. is annoying given that in 6. the answer was already
> "no".  It's also irritating that the answer in 7. has to be "no" while
> the answer in 9. needs to be "yes".

I believe this is the same as bug #12487, which was fixed by Stefan Monnier on
2012-10-29.

Message #15 received at 12941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 12941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12941: 24.2.50; find-alternate-file asks redundant questions
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:31:41 +0100

On Tue, Nov 20 2012, Drew Adams wrote:

>> The question in 8. is annoying given that in 6. the answer was already
>> "no".  It's also irritating that the answer in 7. has to be "no" while
>> the answer in 9. needs to be "yes".
>
> I believe this is the same as bug #12487, which was fixed by Stefan
> Monnier on 2012-10-29.

Aha.  Sorry, for the noise.

Helmut

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