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bug#17148: 23.1; Revert Buffer
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#17148: 23.1; Revert Buffer |
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Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:45:38 -0400 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Because revert-buffer is meant to handle the file's content, not its
> read-only setting.
File permission bits can be viewed as just another form of content.
> E.g. maybe the buffer is read-only because the user hit C-x C-q.
Personally I would not mind seeing a non-greyed-out menu-item for Revert
Buffer in such a case. I have modified the buffer ('s meta-data)
compared to how it is on disk, so I might want to revert it.
bug#17148: 23.1; Revert Buffer, Stefan Monnier, 2014/04/01