Aidan's recent fix (of 2006-10-27) worked, except for the "binary" coding system, if that was determined implicitly. The reason is the handling of buffer-local variables. (First against the wall when the revolution comes.) Aidan, could you have a look at this before I commit? Index: lisp/ChangeLog =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v retrieving revision 1.771 diff -u -r1.771 ChangeLog 2006-11-28 Mike Sperber <mike(a)xemacs.org&gt; * files.el (revert-buffer-internal): Determine the coding system while still in the original buffer, rather than the new one. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla Index: lisp/files.el =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/files.el,v retrieving revision 1.76 diff -u -r1.76 files.el --- lisp/files.el 27 Oct 2006 19:07:33 -0000 1.76 +++ lisp/files.el 28 Nov 2006 16:29:25 -0000 ＠＠ -3512,7 +3512,10 ＠＠ Return nil if identical, and the new buffer if different." (let* ((newbuf (get-buffer-create " *revert*")) - bmin bmax) + bmin bmax + ;; #### b-f-c-s is _not necessarily_ the coding system that + ;; was used to read in the file. See its docstring. + (coding-system buffer-file-coding-system)) (save-excursion (set-buffer newbuf) (with-obsolete-variable '(before-change-function after-change-function) ＠＠ -3522,9 +3525,8 ＠＠ after-change-functions before-change-function before-change-functions - ;; #### b-f-c-s is _not necessarily_ the coding system that - ;; was used to read in the file. See its docstring. - (coding-system-for-read buffer-file-coding-system)) + (coding-system-for-read coding-system) + ) (if revert-buffer-insert-file-contents-function (funcall revert-buffer-insert-file-contents-function file-name nil) _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches