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: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Jaakov <j_k_v <at> ro.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 13949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13949: 24.4.1; `fill-paragraph' should not always put the buffer as modified
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:56:00 +0100

Jaakov <j_k_v <at> ro.ru> writes:

> Objection for the following reason:
> - It's a human who types in and deletes a charter.
> - fill-paragraph is not a human, but a routine.

I agree.  Executing one command that has the effect of (1) not changing
the buffer and (2) marking the buffer modified makes no sense to the
user.  It makes sense from the viewpoint of the code, but not from the
viewpoint of the user interface.  It is confusing to the user, that's
not good, so if we could change it, it would be progress, no matter how
this issue is classified in technical terms.

Michael.
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 166 days ago.

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