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Re: an inconvenient difference in Emacs 22
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David Combs |
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Re: an inconvenient difference in Emacs 22 |
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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:55:25 +0000 (UTC) |
In article <mailman.1152.1190461055.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> wrote:
>Steve Newcomb wrote:
>> I'm curious about this usage of the word "revert". "Revert" normally
>> connotes some sort of retrograde motion. As far as I know, it never
>> connotes forward motion at all, much less forward motion undertaken to
>> catch up with someone else's forward motion. But, until I'm
>> corrected, that's how I'll understand "revert" in the context of Emacs.
>
>I think that revert-buffer was originally developed for the case where
>the user wanted to discard the changes he'd made in a modified but
>unsaved buffer, reverting its contents to the original disk file.
>
>--
>Kevin Rodgers
>Denver, Colorado, USA
>
>
Not still a use?
(It's *all* that I (know enough to) use it for)
David
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