From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Idea for C-x v u
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:56:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E0ABE9F.3060803@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y60ltsti.fsf@wanadoo.es>
Óscar Fuentes skrev 2011-06-29 01:55:
> "Jan D."<jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:
>
>>>> Why not a customize variable vc-show-diff-before-revert that takes
>>>> values yes, no or ask? Personally I'd set it to no.
>>>
>>> Really? If you type `C-x v u' by mistake, you lose your changes with no
>>> possibility of retrieval. If there's anything that needs a yes-or-no
>>> prompt, vc-revert is it.
>>
>> I have never hit C-x v u by mistake.
>
> I have never hit C-x v u by mistake. Sometimes hitted them on the wrong
> buffer, though.
Semantics, not an argument.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Just because something may be lost
>> doesn't mean we should add yes-or-no for them all.
>
> AFAIK, yes-or-no exists precisely with the purpose of being more
> cumbersome to answer than y-or-no, as a way of saying: "beware: possible
> data loss!"
The bzr command run in a shell does not ask. Why must Emacs be so much
harder to use than the command line? Isn't the point of vc-mode to be
convinient?
>
>> What if there is important text in a temporary buffer?
>
> That's your fault. As the name implies, temporary buffers are made for
> throwing them away.
>
And how is that different? Reverting the wrong file should be my fault
also. Why am I treated as a stupid child in one instance but as a
responsible adult in another?
I don't know why you are arguing for this. You can set default to be
ask, I'm just asking for alternatives for those of us that don't what to
be asked.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-29 5:56 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
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. [this message]
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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