2 files changed, 34 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f8bf2d8f1be..ce496808a6b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-08-07  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
+
+        * format.el (format-insert-file): Make sure that at most one undo
+        entry is recorded for the insertion.  Inhibit point-motion and
+        modification hooks around call to insert-file-contents.
+
 2007-08-07  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
         * vc.el (vc-annotate): Select temp-buffer before running vc-exec-after.
diff --git a/lisp/format.el b/lisp/format.el
index d029e3d4683..35e47efadbf 100644
--- a/lisp/format.el
+++ b/lisp/format.el
@@ -429,13 +429,34 @@ a list (ABSOLUTE-FILE-NAME SIZE)."
           (fmt (format-read (format "Read file `%s' in format: "
                                     (file-name-nondirectory file)))))
      (list file fmt)))
-  (let (value size)
-    (let ((format-alist nil))
-      (setq value (insert-file-contents filename nil beg end))
-      (setq size (nth 1 value)))
-    (if format
-        (setq size (format-decode format size)
-              value (list (car value) size)))
+  (let (value size old-undo)
+    ;; Record only one undo entry for the insertion.  Inhibit point-motion and
+    ;; modification hooks as with `insert-file-contents'.
+    (let ((inhibit-point-motion-hooks t)
+          (inhibit-modification-hooks t))
+      ;; Don't bind `buffer-undo-list' to t here to assert that
+      ;; `insert-file-contents' may record whether the buffer was unmodified
+      ;; before.
+      (let ((format-alist nil))
+        (setq value (insert-file-contents filename nil beg end))
+        (setq size (nth 1 value)))
+      (when (consp buffer-undo-list)
+        (let ((head (car buffer-undo-list)))
+          (when (and (consp head)
+                     (equal (car head) (point))
+                     (equal (cdr head) (+ (point) size)))
+            ;; Remove first entry from `buffer-undo-list', we shall insert
+            ;; another one below.
+            (setq old-undo (cdr buffer-undo-list)))))
+      (when format
+        (let ((buffer-undo-list t))
+          (setq size (format-decode format size)
+                value (list (car value) size)))
+        (unless (eq buffer-undo-list t)
+          (setq buffer-undo-list
+                (cons (cons (point) (+ (point) size)) old-undo)))))
+    (unless inhibit-modification-hooks
+      (run-hook-with-args 'after-change-functions (point) (+ (point) size) 0))
     value))
 
 (defun format-read (&optional prompt)