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Re: diff before recovering file


From: Ivan Kanis
Subject: Re: diff before recovering file
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:56:37 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux)

Ivan wrote:

>> Has anyone written a function to see the difference between the file
>> viewed in the buffer and what would be recovered?

Doug Lewan <dougl@shubertticketing.com> wrote:

> You can always refuse the recovery initially offered and use diff (M-x
> diff) or ediff (M-x ediff). After that you can run M-x
> recover-this-file anytime.

My emacs doesn't prompt for recovery. It could be a setting on my end. I
don't think M-x diff checks automatically with the backed up file. I'll
try next time I see the message.

Take care,
-- 
Ivan Kanis
http://ivan.kanis.fr

Rule your mind or it will rule you.
    -- Horace



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