The built-in undo[1] in Emacs is confusing but I think parent means the undo-tre...

nequo on Aug 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The original source code of the vi text editor, ta...

The built-in undo[1] in Emacs is confusing but I think parent means the undo-tree package.[2] The package is super intuitive, you navigate the tree with the arrow keys and you can pull up the diff of each change if you want to.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Un...

[2] Here is a screenshot from 11 years ago: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UndoTree#h5o-5

aulin on Aug 15, 2023 [–]

No, I meant the built in one... Not sure why is it confusing always just worked for me. Thought vim undo was similar, maybe I was mistaken.