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bug#46151: 28.0.50; Set revert-buffer-function in shell command output b


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: bug#46151: 28.0.50; Set revert-buffer-function in shell command output buffers
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2021 14:38:28 +0200
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On 02.02.2021 10:49, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

The impetus for introducing this binding now is that we have two cases
of a non-special mode with a (very) useful `revert-buffer' binding, so
we can't use `g' there.  So it's time to give it a global binding.

I offered an alternative suggestion for how 'g' could work (prohibit free editing when the command finishes). Or perhaps some of the other suggestions could be taken and standardized on for similar circumstances ('C-c C-g' might be appropriate since it's major mode specific).

I think it's a nice property that major modes that have this binding implement some special behavior for reverting. And all that do, have this binding.

But now, if a global binding is added, I worry that people might abandon that convention.

But I disagree that it's not a useful general command for non-power
users: A common question is "how do I reload a file?", and we didn't
have a key binding for that.  `C-x C-f' does not reliably reload a file,
since it has DWIM stuff going on.

Isn't the answer to most such questions, 'enable global-auto-revert-mode'?

I do revert buffers explicitly from time to time too (especially when developing or debugging certain Elisp packages), but still not often enough to worry about having to type 'M-x revert-buffer'.





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