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[PATCH] Add variable to control confirmation of help-mode-revert-buffer

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Message #57 received at 44202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#44202: [PATCH] Add variable to control confirmation of
 help-mode-revert-buffer
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:01:05 +0100

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

> Absolutely, yes.  But: My dumb brain was just used to seeing the
> confirmation and had to pause for half a second when I did not see it,
> thinking something was wrong.  My idea was simply that we could perhaps
> show a message saying that the buffer was reverted, to not give other
> users reason for pause.  WDYT?

I'm not against showing a message, but I don't really see the need: The
user hit the `g' command, and having Emacs do what you ask surely
shouldn't come as a surprise.  :-)  

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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