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- Date: Fri, 24 Jun 94 14:26:19 +0200
- From: Vincent.Lefevre@lip.ens-lyon.fr
- Message-Id: <9406241226.AA01018@lip.ens-lyon.fr>
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Subject: REOPEN / REVERT
- Precedence: bulk
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- )>)Yes, reOPEN realy tells the user exactly what is going to happen, in the
- )>)same vain as 'save' and 'save as...'
- )>
- )>Yes, but REOPEN, to me, means 'open another copy of the same file',
- )>rather than 'discard what's in memory and load the last saved version',
- )>which is REVERT.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- The Oxford dictionary defines revert as
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- "Return to previous state"
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- These definitions of REVERT are different!!!
-
- If you abandon the text and reload the last version, it is REOPEN.
- REVERT means that you cancel all the changes (since the last OPEN/SAVE in
- the window); and you don't load anything.
-
- Vincent Lefevre
-