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24.4.50; When editing externally changed file, Emacs asks too many questions

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From: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 18336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18336: 24.4.50; When editing externally changed file, Emacs asks too many questions
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 17:38:24 +0100

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> It does not make sense at all for Emacs to ask
>>>
>>> smob-convert.sh changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) y
>>>
>>> as a reply to me typing C-x C-s since C-x C-s is _not_ a request to edit
>>> the buffer.  It is a request to save the file _after_ editing the
>>> buffer, and I already discussed the consequences of editing and saving
>>> with Emacs previously.
>
>> Maybe something has changed since you reported this, because I'm
>> seeing the following messages:
>>
>>     (New file)
>>     Saving file /tmp/foo.txt...
>>     Wrote /tmp/foo.txt
>>     foo.txt changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) y
>>     File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.
>>     Saving file /tmp/foo.txt...
>>     foo.txt has changed since visited or saved.  Save anyway? (y or n) y
>>
>> This makes a lot of sense to me.  The prompts are really about two
>> different things, which seems to now be fully clear.
>>
>> Given the above, I don't see any need to do any further changes here.
>> I'll close this bug in a couple of weeks unless there is more to
>> discuss.
>
> I would agree with you that the second question is now more clear, but I
> think the first question shouldn't be asked in this case, since there
> was no edit attempt (as described in the original report).

And it is still the same in that respect.

[Original change behind Emacs' back, the trying to edit buffer]
smobs.cc changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) y
File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.
[So far so good.  Now pressing C-x C-s]
Saving file /usr/local/tmp/lilypond/lily/smobs.cc...
[That message is ok]
smobs.cc changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) y
[That question is ludicrous.  I am saving the file, not editing it.]
File on disk now will become a backup file if you save these changes.
[What does that even mean?  I _am_ saving this file right now.]
Wrote /usr/local/tmp/lilypond/lily/smobs.cc

-- 
David Kastrup

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