GNU bug report logs - #35737
xref--original-command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 20:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: bug#35737: xref--original-command
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 10:46:40 +0300

On 28.05.2019 5:41, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> In Emacs, "reverting" a buffer means re-loading it from its source.
> If that source has been updated outside of Emacs, then reverting
> doesn't mean undoing changes, it means something else.  There are
> examples of such reverting elsewhere in Emacs: in Dired and Info
> buffers, for example.

Right. But I figured I'd be a little more explicit.

I don't have a strong opinion on this, though, so just say the word, and 
I'll rename the command.
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