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26.1; generated autoloads includes string properties if buffer is open |
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Wed, 8 Aug 2018 00:09:22 -0700 |
The autoload generation code inserts a form with a string that may or
may not have text properties, depending on if the buffer is already
open.
(if (fboundp 'register-definition-prefixes)
(register-definition-prefixes "foo"
'(#("foo-" 0 4 (fontified nil)))))
(if (fboundp 'register-definition-prefixes)
(register-definition-prefixes "foo" '("foo-")))
This makes autoload generation depend on the odd condition of whether
the file under consideration is already open and fontified.
In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30)
of 2018-07-05 built on juergen
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12000000
Configured using:
'configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib
--localstatedir=/var --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xft --with-modules
'CFLAGS=-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong
-fno-plt' CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now'
Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS NOTIFY
ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS
GTK3 X11 MODULES THREADS LIBSYSTEMD LCMS2
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Re: bug#32395: 26.1; generated autoloads includes string properties if buffer is open |
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Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:10:22 +0300 |
> From: Allen Li <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 02:49:30 -0700
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> > Can you tell more about the use case where you see this? Does this
> > happen when the autoload files in the Emacs tree are generated?
>
> I use update-directory-autoloads to generate autoloads for personal
> Emacs Lisp files. The text changes depending on whether I have a
> buffer open for any of said files, which is annoying as I have the
> autoload file under source version control. If I edit one file and
> update autoloads, it will create a number of unrelated changes in
> version control, depending on whether I have any other files open in
> buffers or not.
>
> I don't see why there is a need to preserve the text properties of the
> package prefix in the autoload file, only when the file for which
> autoloads are being generated is open in a buffer. That seems like
> very silly behavior to me and I would fix it on principle even if it
> were not affecting my work flow.
Thanks, I've pushed your changes to the master branch. If as result
you no longer think of Emacs as being silly, we all win.
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