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From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Idea for C-x v u
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:34:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E08E944.2070202@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1QbBW1-0002a5-FS@fencepost.gnu.org>



Richard Stallman skrev 2011-06-27 15.06:

> Another idea is: if you have not made a diff since the last change in
> the buffer, give an error, "Please look at a diff using C-x v = before
> doing C-x v u".  It is more convenient for the user to make the diff
> with a separate command than to examine it inside of yes-or-no-p.
>
> Even if C-x v u does not make a diff, it should always call
> yes-or-no-p.
>

Why not a customize variable vc-show-diff-before-revert that takes values yes, 
no or ask?  Personally I'd set it to no.  When I revert, it is usually to get 
back to a sane state after inserting debugging code.  No need to see a diff of 
that.

	Jan D.



  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-27 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-27 13:06 Idea for C-x v u Richard Stallman
2011-06-27 20:34 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2011-06-27 23:03   ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-28  6:00     ` Jan Djärv
2011-06-28  6:18       ` David Kastrup
2011-06-28  8:27         ` Jan Djärv
2011-06-28 14:58   ` Chong Yidong
2011-06-28 15:47     ` David Kastrup
2011-06-29 10:58       ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-28 15:54     ` Jan D.
2011-06-28 23:55       ` Óscar Fuentes
2011-06-29  5:56         ` Jan D.
2011-06-29  8:52           ` David Kastrup
2011-06-29  6:51         ` Andreas Röhler
2011-06-29  8:06           ` Jan D.
2011-06-30 17:26             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-06-30 20:34               ` Drew Adams
2011-06-28 14:51 ` Andreas Röhler

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