GNU bug report logs - #39100
EBDB feature request: undo

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From: jorge+list <at> disroot.org (Jorge P. de Morais Neto)
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: EBDB feature request: undo
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 10:54:49 -0300

Hi.  It would be nice to have undo in EBDB.  So far I have never
suffered much for the lack of undo (it is only an inconvenience) and of
course I leave it up to you to prioritize this feature, but it would be
useful, though clearly not as important as e. g. better compatibility
(import/export) with other formats.

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Message #8 received at 39100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: jorge+list <at> disroot.org (Jorge P. de Morais Neto)
Cc: 39100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39100: EBDB feature request: undo
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:13:13 -0800

jorge+list <at> disroot.org (Jorge P. de Morais Neto) writes:

> Hi.  It would be nice to have undo in EBDB.  So far I have never
> suffered much for the lack of undo (it is only an inconvenience) and of
> course I leave it up to you to prioritize this feature, but it would be
> useful, though clearly not as important as e. g. better compatibility
> (import/export) with other formats.

Thanks for this.

Just for my own notes, the possible approaches to this right now are
keeping full copies of the previously-edited record in the record's
cache, and allowing the user to cycle through which record is "current",
and/or keeping track of specific field edits via something that looks
like vCard's synchronization mechanism:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6350#section-7

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