From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49869: Revert buffer? Yes/No/Maybe Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:22:09 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87im0la99d.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83pmutl8iv.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37191"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Juri Linkov , 49869@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 04 14:23:10 2021 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 1mBFvR-0009IH-NV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:23:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52880 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mBFvP-0000iP-M1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35202) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mBFvK-0000hR-1S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59701) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mBFvJ-0004ks-Qp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:23:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mBFvJ-000312-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:23:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49869 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 49869-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49869.162807973311537 (code B ref 49869); Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49869) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Aug 2021 12:22:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43014 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mBFuX-000301-4r for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:22:13 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:35386) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mBFuV-0002zs-13 for 49869@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:22:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1628079729; bh=+a+k2FcIe14KYrY5gJv1X5n+3aKYAcHgRYEgLSlkUQU=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=tJ763LBY64Mhfi9I0pcanwTSEwKBQDCfnB7AuyqLqg0exhHJxbywFLn525mk3hS4B SmD98kXs34tDWEByZZahjvKPihvzBY9Nrkr9+Ps2b2+GipURhI4hlAb7ChL7+XUgGK PEEGr7xi18E+1j3txuOxNU4xgNovIukX5JledQHwFyykr86H+EAGw7RKmskzxWqXYb BjLEkyEwQeVkgwoa7OHXOcUihV6mhEg8Vg/xtksz3LKga1QFxbWahMsuWKJuZM0cGe nZBTy6z5MEzGZ3UiOlSFWaPe4+8noqkuSLmtE03Vv/tyfqh3eEEHkYLu623D4c1k1q hlBgkmYyfszrg== In-Reply-To: <83pmutl8iv.fsf@gnu.org> 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:211168 Archived-At: >> 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? > I had forgotten about use-short-answers, it makes the proposed solution even shorter: (defun revert-buffer-short-answer (&optional args) (interactive (list (not current-prefix-arg))) (let ((use-short-answers t)) (revert-buffer args))) (global-set-key (kbd "C-x x g") 'revert-buffer-short-answer)