GNU bug report logs - #64596
30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481 (force-mode-line-update)

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Message #107 received at 64596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 64596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64596: 30.0.50; On FIXME: in src/buffer.c:1481
 (force-mode-line-update)
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 19:43:17 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The actual issue with the above is different: it implies that
> update_mode_lines _always_ indicates that more than a single mode line
> should be updated (which is why we need to "consider all windows").
> But is that actually true, i.e. does every place that assigns non-zero
> to update_mode_lines indeed perform a change which makes it
> _necessary_ to consider non-selected windows?

At least, when the current buffer is only displayed in a single,
selected window, checking every window should not be necessary.

Compare bset_redisplay and bset_update_mode_line.

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