GNU bug report logs - #43884
Give explanation choice when asking about reverting buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:05:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 43884 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43884: Give explanation choice when asking about reverting buffers
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 13:04:58 +0200
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

>>> Sounds serious. How about adding a "?" option that would tell the user
>>> what that means:
>
> LI> Do you have a recipe for reproducing this?
>
> $ emacs file # and edit it but don't save yet.
> $ touch file
> $ emacsclient -n file

Thanks.  In this case, I think the prompt should just be more explicit
so that a "?" isn't necessary.  So I've made this change in Emacs 28
instead for this scenario.

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