Re: Concern about new binding.

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > I see another disadvantage in that binding: revert-buffer is a drastic 
  > > operation, so we should not make it easier.  I think it is wiser not to 
  > > put it on a key -- which is why I never did.
  > >

  > It's true that it is a drastic operation, but it asks for confirmation, 
  > and it can be undone.  An additional security measure would be to disable 
  > it by default: (put 'revert-buffer 'disabled t).

Typing 8 characters to invoke the command is not a big burden.
I think it is a reasonable length for a command like this.
How many times per day do you do revert-buffer in a file-visiting buffer?


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