Re: master e8488bcc9c: Avoid having font locking triggering unnecessary auto-saving

[Stefan Monnier]

Lars Ingebrigtsen [2022-05-09 14:37:00] wrote:
> Hm, this had one unintended consequence, apparently -- in a mode I have
> that inserts image thumbnails (using with-silent-modifications when
> slapping a 'display property over some text), the buffer wasn't updated
> afterwards...  So perhaps this needs a rethink, or (at least)
> documentation.

I'm not completely surprised, to be honest.  The handling of MODIFFs is
surprisingly delicate.  Take a look at the code for
`Frestore_buffer_modified_p` to get an idea.  Setting MODIFF back to
a previous value is something I would not recommend.


        Stefan