GNU bug report logs - #71264
30.0.50; Dired deletion moves point under auto-revert

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Message #29 received at 71264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: basil <at> contovou.net, 71264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71264: 30.0.50; Dired deletion moves point under auto-revert
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 20:59:34 +0300

> Cc: 71264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 19:19:12 +0200
> From:  Manuel Giraud via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> It seems to me that the 'y-or-n-p' call gives the opportunity of a time
> window for the dired buffer to be reverted.

Yes, of course.  When Emacs waits for keyboard input, the
file-notification events are accepted and acted upon.

> But then, when this revert happen the file "foo" has already
> disappeared so it cannot be found and the point ends up at the BOB.

Can you explain why the disappearance of "foo" causes point to be
positioned at BOB?

> I don't know how to prevent this yet.

I'm not sure I understand why we need to prevent that.

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