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

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Reported by: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil <at> contovou.net>

Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 21:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

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

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From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: basil <at> contovou.net, 71264 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71264: 30.0.50; Dired deletion moves point under auto-revert
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 22:00:47 +0200

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

[...]

>> This I'm not sure and I have to check.  But it seems that dired keeps
>> the information of « what is the current file name » and go there after
>> having reverted the content.  If it is not found, the point stays at
>> BOB.
>
> So how does Dired DTRT when you simply delete a file at point?  Why
> doesn't it go to BOB in that case?

Because the dired buffer is not reverted (it does not re-read the ls
output in this case).  If I'm not mistaken, this takes place in
`dired-remove-entry' which removes the buffer line of the file that was
just deleted.
-- 
Manuel Giraud
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