GNU bug report logs - #28412
26.0.50; Let save-some-buffers accept write-contents-functions

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Message #26 received at 28412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>,
 Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 28412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28412: 26.0.50;
 Let save-some-buffers accept write-contents-functions
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:04:22 +0300

> From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:16:05 +0000
> 
> - I use ggtags.el that creates a hidden (is that the right term for that?) buffer (starting with space) to fontify
> code snippets using the file's major mode.
> - The major mode I use (verilog-mode) sets write-file-functions to a non-nil value.
> 
> So each time I quit emacs, I get a prompt to save that hidden buffer " *Code-Fontify*" (which it didn't earlier, as
> intended).
> 
> Details: https://github.com/leoliu/ggtags/issues/157
> 
> I suggested calling (set-buffer-modified-p nil) in that special buffer. 
> 
> But is that the best way to fix this? Or should save-some-buffers never try to save buffers whose names begin
> with space?

Exempting buffers whose name starts with a space sounds reasonable.
Eric?

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