From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Timur Aydin <ta@taydin.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: global-auto-revert-mode and file time stamps
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8566E696-BD27-4CA3-A809-89590BAA8A48@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <519B7860.5050805@taydin.org>
Am 21.05.2013 um 15:36 schrieb Timur Aydin:
> At this point, emacs says that the file has changed and asks whether I
> really want to edit it. I was expecting emacs to auto revert this buffer
> and allow me to edit it without further questions. So my question is, am
> I looking at a bug, or a feature?
GNU Emacs will never automatically return to a previous state of the file. That's left up to you. What it does is, that it warns you, that it gives you information to make better decisions.
This is OK with me.
--
Greetings
Pete
Don't just do something, sit there.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-21 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-21 13:36 global-auto-revert-mode and file time stamps Timur Aydin
2013-05-21 17:26 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
2013-05-21 17:54 ` Timur Aydin
2013-05-23 21:35 ` Ken Goldman
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2013-05-21 13:40 Timur Aydin
2013-05-21 18:17 ` Michael Albinus
2013-05-22 14:50 ` Michael Albinus
2013-05-22 18:50 ` Timur Aydin
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