GNU bug report logs - #13949
24.3.50; `fill-paragraph' should not always put the buffer as modified

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:11:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Merged with 21155

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.4.1, 25.0.50

Fixed in version 26.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>, Jaakov <j_k_v <at> ro.ru>, 13949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13949: 24.4.1; `fill-paragraph' should not always put the buffer as modified
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:59:03 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

>> Emacs thinks that the buffer is modified when actually it isn't,
>
> Emacs correctly tells you that the buffer has been modified.  That the
> buffer's contents now match the file's contents is irrelevant.

It is very relevant for me and, judging by the comments of others on
this and bug report and its duplicates, it is relevant for them too.

The tools must be adapted to the mental model of their users.
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 166 days ago.

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