GNU bug report logs - #19392
Emacs searches for dabbrevs in archive buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19392: Emacs searches for dabbrevs in archive buffers
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 17:19:06 +0100

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> What is the definition of "archive" for this purpose?

I would say any buffer that has certain major mode, e.g. 'archive-mode' or
'tar-mode'.

> Also, when you visit a .tar.gz file, isn't most of the buffer readable
> text (because Emacs automatically decompresses the archive)?​

Yes, it appears readable, but dabbrev still comes with various "useful"
binary data. Perhaps another approach would be to not search for abbrevs in
hidden text, but I don't know how that is implemented internally and if it
would be easy enough.

Paul

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