Thanks! However, since rev 1.72 of buffer.c this is not necessary any more. Buffers with names starting and ending with '*' are considered throw away and have BFIGNDIRTY set in bnew().
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:14:32PM +0200, Joachim Nilsson wrote: > Hi guys, > > here's a patch to mg I did a couple of years ago to my fork[1], maybe > it's interesting to other people as well. > > Best regards > /Joachim > > [1]: https://github.com/troglobit/mg > > -- > > From b14456674b9c78fdcabe14d802a9d7315d5a67a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Joachim Nilsson <troglo...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 15:44:40 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] Set ignore-dirty flag on *undo* buffer > > Ignore return value from bclear() and set BFIGNDIRTY flag to always > force a clear of any existing *undo* buffer. > > Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglo...@gmail.com> > --- > undo.c | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/undo.c b/undo.c > index 8630b66..f85278b 100644 > --- a/undo.c > +++ b/undo.c > @@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ undo_dump(int f, int n) > */ > if ((bp = bfind("*undo*", TRUE)) == NULL) > return (FALSE); > - bp->b_flag |= BFREADONLY; > - bclear(bp); > + bp->b_flag |= BFREADONLY | BFIGNDIRTY; > + (void)bclear(bp); > if ((wp = popbuf(bp, WNONE)) == NULL) > return (FALSE); > > -- I'm not entirely sure you are real.
