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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 49869@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49869: Revert buffer?  Yes/No/Maybe
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:05:44 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83pmutl8iv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87im0la99d.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:45:18 +0300)

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:45:18 +0300
> 
> There is a new short keybinding to revert the current buffer -
> just 3 keys: 'C-x x g'.  But then it asks for a confirmation
> with 4 keys: 'y e s RET' that is even longer than the command keys.
> This defeats the purpose of having the short key sequence.
> Does 'C-x x g' really need a confirmation?

It's quite a drastic measure, so I think it does need a confirmation.
E.g., if the changes you revert exceed the value of undo-limit, you
could really lose your edits.

Since we now have the use-short-answers option, why is it a problem to
have to confirm, if you could make it a single key?





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-04 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-04  8:45 bug#49869: Revert buffer? Yes/No/Maybe Juri Linkov
2021-08-04  9:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-04 10:06   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-04  9:03 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-08-04 12:05 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-08-04 12:22   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-04 12:23     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-04 12:37       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-04 12:53         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-04 13:30           ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-05 10:43           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-05 11:08             ` Gregory Heytings
2021-08-06  9:21               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-10  7:12                 ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-10 14:40                   ` bug#49869: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-08-10 14:41                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-04 20:43   ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-05  5:48     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-05 23:33       ` Juri Linkov
2021-08-06  6:20         ` Eli Zaretskii

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