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Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:

[snip]
> the form of the `undo-tree' package: 
>
> <https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/undo-tree.html>

[snip]

> IMvHO `undo-tree' should simply be made the default undo in Emacs.

In my experience, undo-tree is one of those packages that looks
impressive when you discover it but finally it is seldom used.

OTOH, some of us experienced catastrophic failures while using undo-tree
consisting on the disappearance of all undo information.