GNU bug report logs - #25355
26.0.50; Provide function to non-destructively replace buffer contents

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 12:46:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 25355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25355 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25355: 26.0.50;
 Provide function to non-destructively replace buffer contents
Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 21:05:50 +0300

> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 17:44:27 +0000
> 
> FYI, I've now implemented this based on libmba (http://www.ioplex.com/~miallen/libmba/). Unless there are
> concerns importing part of that library into the Emacs source tree, I'll send a patch.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "importing part of that
library".  Are you going to ask the author to sign legal papers
assigning copyright to the FSF?

P.S. Doesn't GNU Diff have code to do this?  Even dispnew.c has
something similar, see scrolling_window.
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