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28.0.50; Set revert-buffer-function in shell command output buffers

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From: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>,
 Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>, 46151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#46151: 28.0.50; Set revert-buffer-function in shell command
 output buffers
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:07:58 -0500

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

> Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com> writes:
>
>>> To avoid all possible conflicts, this looks harmless: 'C-c g'.
>>
>> Except key sequences consisting of `C-c' followed by a letter are
>> reserved for user-defined bindings.
>
> Indeed.
>
> This reminds me that I've often found it odd that there's no global
> binding for `revert-buffer' -- I think there should be, because it's
> such a useful command.
>
> Sean suggested `C-c C-r', which is nicely mnemonic, and is natural as a
> non-complicated alternative to `C-c C-f' when trying to reload a file
> (since `C-c C-f' has a lot of annoying DWIM stuff going on).

I've had `C-c r' as (revert-buffer t t) in my personal init file for
years.  (So I obviously agree with the mnemonic.)

-- 
Michael Welsh Duggan
(md5i <at> md5i.com)

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