From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: <8335lp1e9k.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86lezhmi6m.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30107"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 53280@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 15 11:34:33 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gOG-0007eL-HM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:34:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56974 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gOF-0003wx-IL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:34:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56416) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gNm-0003wV-2p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:34:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46272) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gNl-0007rL-Ov for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gNl-0001ov-NI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:34:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 53280 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 53280-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B53280.16422427946934 (code B ref 53280); Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 53280) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jan 2022 10:33:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39175 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gN0-0001nm-Hb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:33:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55460) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gMv-0001nV-EN for 53280@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:33:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=56164 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gMW-0004hl-8w; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:32:59 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=J+0MgXYkw60YhmrVxtgzhorHXtDX48+aDZ9GgADCrjo=; b=oHcVwXqkrCVU ZRVgXZuSmLYD+7Y1eM2pO2AnlRde5nXbVM7MktB+izue8I0ioCsOeXAtm/DHyH2uE55P9PYABvSDt 3zhybUFqT31UshDsvZNTWrcnOAjZpFUJpF81H0UtBaTwiHbiJURCAxR4yJTbRyvqyjyZ30dZ0S4sv +0NMl5A2jr1ECezZu5wES9QNuagwcTHX6nGtJZVRj7vNGg5rmCoe13CqDMtDUYAb8gihmZk7ukpy+ 6YNq02UM57KRKKasI+FL+J0xy70vaNERedlGP5VOgW/as/dSw/a5bdNMOrtYGKy+hAcgZh8TXg+Tm elri4bmxGc00DBmAlGH38A==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=3614 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8gLe-0000tu-Bp; Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:32:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <86lezhmi6m.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> (message from Jean Louis on Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:01:21 +0300) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:224284 Archived-At: > From: Jean Louis > 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.