'changed on disk; really edit buffer' bug ?

[bessi...@gmail.com]

Hi everybody

Running a recent version of XEmacs on a windows PC, if I attempt to
edit a buffer when the underlying file has changed, i get (correctly,
as usual) the message :

<filename> changed on disk; really edit buffer ? (y, n, r or C-h)

at this point, none of the offered options works for me, it just comes
back with :

Please type y, n, or r; or ? for help

which again will not accept the correct input and just loops until I
abort with C-g. I then revert the buffer and continue working. Any
idea what might be the problem ?

thanks
Tony Wood

[Ralf Fassel]

* bessi...@gmail.com

| <filename> changed on disk; really edit buffer ? (y, n, r or C-h)

--<snip-snip>--

| which again will not accept the correct input and just loops until I
| abort with C-g. I then revert the buffer and continue working. Any
| idea what might be the problem ?

CapsLock, NumLock or ScrollLock on? Try to turn them off...

R'

[bessi...@gmail.com]

On Mar 27, 7:24 pm, Ralf Fassel <ralf...@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> CapsLock, NumLock or ScrollLock on?  Try to turn them off...
>
> R'

Thanks for the response Ralf, yes they are all off, still have the
same problem

[petr...@gmail.com]

I had the same problem with a custom script. What solved the problem was adding

(set-buffer-modified-p nil)

Hope it works for you as well.