Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2011-09-07, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > On 2011-09-07, James Vega wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 02:16:59PM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > > > When a buffer is modified by a BufRead autocommand or by a filetype
> > > > plugin, 'modified' is not set.
> > >
> > > This is documented in the text below ":help gzip-example".
> > >
> > > The commands executed for the BufNewFile, BufRead/BufReadPost,
> > > BufWritePost, FileAppendPost and VimLeave events do not set or reset
> > > the changed flag of the buffer. ... If you do want the buffer to be
> > > marked as modified, set the 'modified' option.
> >
> > Odd. I would think it would be the other way around: If an
> > autocommand modifies a buffer and you don't want it marked as
> > modified, set the 'nomodified' option. That would follow the
> > principle of least surprise.
> >
> > I didn't think to look under ":help gzip-example" but I did read
> > ":help 'modified'" a couple of times.
> >
> > I think ":help 'modified'" should include an additional paragraph
> > after item 2:
> >
> > This option is not set when a change is made as the result of a
> > BufNewFile, BufRead/BufReadPost, BufWritePost, FileAppendPost or
> > VimLeave autocommand event.
> >
> > Thanks for the explanation and the pointer.
>
> Here's a patch to options.txt that adds a paragraph explaining when
> 'modified' is not set.
Thanks, I'll include it.
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