From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Romain Francoise Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8927: 24.0.50; Flaw in C-x v u Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:32:40 +0200 Organization: orebokech dot com Message-ID: <871uyhym2v.fsf@silenus.orebokech.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309080873 16610 80.91.229.12 (26 Jun 2011 09:34:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:34:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 8927@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 26 11:34:26 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaljV-00075j-Ri for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:34:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38767 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaljV-0008Jx-3v for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:34:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48315) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaliC-0008Bf-Fk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:33:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaliA-0007KB-Pw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:33:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45566) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaliA-0007K5-Hq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qali9-0006m0-UU; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:33:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Romain Francoise Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8927 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8927-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8927.130908077526025 (code B ref 8927); Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8927) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2011 09:32:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qali3-0006lh-Fv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:32:55 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp6-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.6]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qali0-0006lT-RI for 8927@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:32:54 -0400 Original-Received: from silenus.orebokech.com (unknown [82.67.41.165]) by smtp6-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C118822F7; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:32:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by silenus.orebokech.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C61522E00FD; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:32:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Face: }9mYu, e_@+e!`Z-P5kVXa3\_b:hdJ"B)ww[&=b<2=awG:GOIM (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:38:55 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:33:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47490 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > I strongly disagree with this change of a long standing behavior. FWIW, me too. > Showing the diff is an good visual aid in checking that the user indeed > intends to revert that file. It's not that hard to type C-x v u in the > wrong window if one has many windows opened, and the files have similar > names. Yes. And if you use vc-dir, you may not have the file opened at all. Also, it's not true that the diff buffer cannot be scrolled from the yes-or-no prompt as Chong mentioned earlier in this thread, `scroll-other-window' and `scroll-other-window-down' work as expected.