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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: 53280@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53280: 29.0.50; M-x recover-this-file's file list not informative
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:31:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8335lp1e9k.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86lezhmi6m.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> (message from Jean Louis on Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:01:21 +0300)

> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:01:21 +0300
> 
> 
> When doing M-x recover-this-file, I am presented with list of files
> similarly like in Dired listing. If file is 465k and difference small
> with files, then I just see 2 files, one being "#file#" and other
> "file". That list presented as a choice for decision if to recover the
> file or not is not sufficiently informative. It gives me no information
> on why should I recover the file.
> 
> Something more informative would be if Emacs would tell me which file is
> larger.

I don't understand: the Dired-like display does include the sizes of
both files.  It also shows the dates, which could be no less important
factor for making the decision.

> Even better would be if I could be represented an option to quickly see
> the difference between the files.

I agree; patches to that effect are welcome.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-01-15 10:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-15 10:01 bug#53280: 29.0.50; M-x recover-this-file's file list not informative Jean Louis
2022-01-15 10:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-15 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-02-02  1:45   ` Jean Louis

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