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31.0.50; doc-view-mode with auto-revert-mode emitting message when it shouldn't

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: jforst.mailman <at> gmail.com, 79145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tsdh <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79145: 31.0.50; doc-view-mode with auto-revert-mode
 emitting message when it shouldn't
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:33:56 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: tsdh <at> gnu.org,  jforst.mailman <at> gmail.com,  79145 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:43:47 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> Hi Eli,
> 
> >> If we want to have a general mechanism, we need a new variable
> >> auto-revert-buffer-in-progress-p which could be consulted by the several
> >> mode-specific revert functions implementations. Or we extend the meaning
> >> of revert-buffer-in-progress-p to the values nil, t, and `auto'. The
> >> latter indicates, that the revert process has been started by
> >> auto-revert.
> >
> > I think I'd prefer the general-mechanism solution.  Would someone like
> > to work on a patch along those lines?
> 
> I could work on the general mechanism. Which variant do you prefer,
> extending revert-buffer-in-progress-p or a new auto-revert-buffer-in-progress-p?

The latter, I think.  It looks simpler, and a new variable cannot
possibly cause any backward incompatibilities.

Thanks.

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