GNU bug report logs - #9171
23.2; revert-buffer ignores revert-without-query

Previous Next

Full log

Message #8 received at 9171 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Steve Throckmorton <arrestee <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9171 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9171: 23.2; revert-buffer ignores revert-without-query
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:02:14 -0500

Steve Throckmorton wrote:

> I set 'revert-without-query' to (".+") so that every file name would
> match.  However, revert-buffer ignored this and continued to confirm
> reversion (unless the buffer had not been modified, as testing later
> revealed).

Sorry for the long delay.

This is the documented behaviour of revert-without-query.

   If the file name matches one of these regular expressions,
   then `revert-buffer' reverts the file without querying
   if the file has changed on disk and you have not edited the buffer.
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You could use

M-: (revert-buffer nil t)

(or a wrapper for that) if you really don't want to be asked, ever.

> I'm not sure why the test for buffer-modified is combined with the
> test against revert-without-query.  It seems to make it difficult to
> get a sensible combination of behaviors.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.