Clear non-saved state when changes are reverted manually

[rellect]

Hello,
Is there a setting or a plugin to clear the non-saved state when changes are reverted manually?
By manually I mean that I remove the changes using backspace for example… and not using the ctrl+z.
It works this way in Atom editor.

[kingkeith]

you could request it as a feature to https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Change%20Tracker although it doesn’t look like it is really maintained or used

Do you know how Atom does it? (I don’t want to scan the entire source code to check ) calculating a checksum of the file on each modification seems a bit extreme to me, that’s all - and that’s the only way I can think of reliably
doing it atm

[rellect]

I’m not sure how Atom does it.
What I had in mind is storing the modified lines and watch for modifications only on these lines, rather than the whole file.

[kingkeith]

this thread may be a useful starting point for tracking changes:

Retrieving inserted and deleted text

My proof of concept, will log changes to the console: (EDIT: just edited it to work with more than one cursor) import sublime, sublime_plugin def get_cursors(view): return [cursor for cursor in view.sel()] # can't use `view.sel()[:]` because it gives an error `TypeError: an integer is required` class RecordSessionListener(sublime_plugin.EventListener): prev_cursors = {} def on_new_async(self, view): self.record_cursor_pos(view) def on_activated_async(self, v…