From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to revert buffer from "Save file?" prompt? Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:23:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87czsxaebd.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <87pmwxu50x.fsf@osv.gnss.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="2853"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:T8zQKaO/7JjmH33kZCABO56CM14= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 07 17:24:27 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1lqH75-0000bz-GR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:24:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57890 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqH74-00065l-HQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41152) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqH6c-00062l-Ts for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:59464) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lqH6b-0006mB-CA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lqH6Z-000ANA-Rj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 17:23:55 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130598 Archived-At: Sergey Organov writes: > 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? What you ask for seems quite dangerous. Better to not make it convenient. Right now you need to cancel the `compile' command at the prompt with C-g, switch to the buffer and revert it with `revert-buffer'.