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Re: reverting non-existent file
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: reverting non-existent file |
Date: |
Thu, 14 May 2020 22:02:24 +0300 |
> From: Colin Baxter <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 19:52:29 +0100
>
> > I get the error message even if I don't do steps 3 to 6. And that
> > is expected, as a non-existent file cannot be reverted. So what
> > did you find surprising in this behavior?
>
> > (I'm guessing that your locale uses UTF-8 as its codeset, so the
> > new file's buffer has utf-8 encoding from the get-go, and thus
> > adding the local variable doesn't change the coding-system, and
> > you are not asked to revert the buffer. Which is also expected.)
>
> > Confused.
>
> Not now, thanks. I think I was confused by the response "revert-buffer"
> when I knew I'd yet to save it. And yes, my locale is utf-8.
Hmm... maybe we should not suggest reverting if the file doesn't
exist? Would that make this situation less confusing?