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: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es>
Cc: 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 18:14:43 +0200

Óscar Fuentes <ofv <at> wanadoo.es> writes:

> Again, the question nobody dares to answer: is there a legit case where
> the user benefits from marking the buffer as modified after applying or
> changing text properties?
>
> From the lack of response so far, I guess that the answer is "no".

Some modes support generating various "rich text" modes based on text
properties.

Those modes are rare, though.  I think we probably could say that those
modes should "do something special" and make Emacs, by default, not care
about text properties for the "buffer changed" thing.

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