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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to revert buffer from "Save file?" prompt?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:28:13 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tum9g35u.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pmwxu50x.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> (message from Sergey Organov on Mon,  07 Jun 2021 17:24:14 +0300)

> From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:24:14 +0300
> 
> When I have a modified buffer and run, say "compile", emacs asks to:
> 
> Save file /home/osv/f/firm/make/defaults.make? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r, d or C-h)
> 
> and the set of choices doesn't seem to include "discard changes", or
> "revert buffer" in emacs terminology.
> 
> What is the most convenient way to revert this particular buffer once
> I'm there at this prompt?

Why do you need to revert?  If you answer 'n' (= NO), the compilation
will use the version on disk, without saving your edits.  You can
later revert the buffer, but that's a separate operation.

IOW, if all you want is to revert the buffer _without_ compiling, just
type C-g to abort "M-x compile" and then revert.



  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-07 14:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-07 14:24 How to revert buffer from "Save file?" prompt? Sergey Organov
2021-06-07 14:28 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-06-08 15:18   ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-08 15:41     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-06-08 17:15       ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-10 17:14       ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-08 15:51     ` Stefan Möding
2021-06-08 17:56       ` Sergey Organov
2021-06-07 15:23 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-06-07 15:42   ` Sergey Organov

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