GNU bug report logs - #44202
[PATCH] Add variable to control confirmation of help-mode-revert-buffer

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Reported by: Kevin Foley <kevin <at> kevinjfoley.me>

Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 23:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Kevin Foley <kevin <at> kevinjfoley.me>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 44202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44202: [PATCH] Add variable to control confirmation of help-mode-revert-buffer
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 06:26:23 +0100

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> I like this change.  But I have now run into the scenario where I type
> `g' to see the new value of a variable (where I expected a change) and
> nothing seemed to happen.  The problem, of course, was that the value of
> the variable did not change as I expected.

I don't quite follow you -- the only change was to remove the user
query -- nothing else has changed.  A `g' should update the buffer with
the new value of the variable, as before.

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