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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Message #170 received at 13949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>, 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: RE: bug#13949: 24.4.1; `fill-paragraph' should not always put the
 buffer as modified
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 08:15:47 -0700 (PDT)

> >> 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.

Yes, and:

1. Different users have different use cases and different mental
   models.

2. The same user has different mental models, depending on the
   current context.

3. Code too, not just users, needs to be able to detect buffer
   changes.

4. There are different kinds of buffer changes.  It would be
   good to have ways to detect these as such.
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