From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: wmorgan-sup@masanjin.net (William Morgan) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 08:24:42 -0700 Subject: [sup-talk] inconsistencies and new user confusion In-Reply-To: <20090521144607.GC28854@pimlott.net> References: <20090512233303.GU28854@pimlott.net> <1242674066-sup-6463@entry> <20090521144607.GC28854@pimlott.net> Message-ID: <1242919384-sup-7255@entry> Reformatted excerpts from Andrew Pimlott's message of 2009-05-21: > What branch? No change on mainline. Sorry, the "next" branch. > What I'm getting at is, why not keep the index up-to-date at all > times? The only reason I see not to is so the user can say "oops" and > quit without saving. But that's what undo is for. (Or transactions.) This is certainly an option in the future. We've used "$" because until recently there hasn't been an undo, and because it gives me fond memories of Mutt. Once undo is fleshed out a bit more, auto-syncing could certainly be an option. -- William