Re: what does "flush changes" mean

Stephen Eglen <S.J.Eglen <at> damtp.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Due to a bug in another elisp program, I seemed to have been put into a
> message buffer which was editable, and I edited by mistake.  When I went
> to revisit the folder where that file was kept, I was sasked whether to
> "flush changes?".  I had no idea whether that meant to discard or keep
> my accidental changes, due to my perceived ambiguity of the word
> "flush".  Could "flush changes?" be changed to either "Discard changes?" or
> "Keep changes?" 
> 
> Stephen
> 
> (defun mh-unvisit-file ()
>   "Separate current buffer from the message file it was visiting."
>   (or (not (buffer-modified-p))
>       (null buffer-file-name)           ;we've been here before
>       (yes-or-no-p (format "Message %s modified; flush changes? "
>                            (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name)))
>       (error "Flushing changes not confirmed"))
>   (clear-visited-file-modtime)
>   (unlock-buffer)
>   (setq buffer-file-name nil))

I agree. I think I'd lean towards "Discard changes?" What do you think
about changing "Flushing changes not confirmed" to "Changes preserved."

If I get another "me too" and no objections, I'll make it so.

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