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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Idea for C-x v u
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:06:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1QbBW1-0002a5-FS@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)

It is definitely a good idea to check the diffs of a file before
reverting a change, but normally it's a waste of time for C-x v u to
do that because I will have done it manually.

However, if I ever forget to do that, it wouldn't hurt for C-x v u to
remind me.

So here's an idea.  Make C-x v d record the tick count of the buffer
when it was done.  Then C-x v u can show a diff, if you have not made
one of that buffer since the last edit in it.

This might be universally better than the two optional choices that
were previously proposed (either unconditionally show a diff, or never
show a diff).

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.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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             reply	other threads:[~2011-06-27 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-27 13:06 Richard Stallman [this message]
2011-06-27 20:34 ` Idea for C-x v u 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.
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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