From ed4f8eacea42ff186933afb5ec98ec0fd0481784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin <apainintheneck@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:58:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Display message when no edits take place (#1510)

---
 jrnl/editor.py           | 2 +-
 jrnl/jrnl.py             | 5 ++++-
 jrnl/messages/MsgText.py | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jrnl/editor.py b/jrnl/editor.py
index a6bff5d3..1090f5d6 100644
--- a/jrnl/editor.py
+++ b/jrnl/editor.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def get_text_from_editor(config, template=""):
     os.remove(tmpfile)
 
     if not raw:
-        raise JrnlException(Message(MsgText.NoTextReceived, MsgStyle.ERROR))
+        raise JrnlException(Message(MsgText.NoTextReceived, MsgStyle.NORMAL))
 
     return raw
 
diff --git a/jrnl/jrnl.py b/jrnl/jrnl.py
index 2c5fafae..68b061b2 100644
--- a/jrnl/jrnl.py
+++ b/jrnl/jrnl.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def write_mode(args, config, journal, **kwargs):
 
     if not raw or raw.isspace():
         logging.error("Write mode: couldn't get raw text or entry was empty")
-        raise JrnlException(Message(MsgText.NoTextReceived, MsgStyle.ERROR))
+        raise JrnlException(Message(MsgText.NoTextReceived, MsgStyle.NORMAL))
 
     logging.debug(
         'Write mode: appending raw text to journal "%s": %s', args.journal_name, raw
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ def _print_edited_summary(journal, old_stats, **kwargs):
         )
         msgs.append(Message(my_msg, MsgStyle.NORMAL, {"num": stats["modified"]}))
 
+    if not msgs:
+        msgs.append(Message(MsgText.NoEditsReceived, MsgStyle.NORMAL))
+
     print_msgs(msgs)
 
 
diff --git a/jrnl/messages/MsgText.py b/jrnl/messages/MsgText.py
index 8de0d518..d26f1dfd 100644
--- a/jrnl/messages/MsgText.py
+++ b/jrnl/messages/MsgText.py
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ class MsgText(Enum):
             https://jrnl.sh/en/stable/external-editors/
         """
 
+    NoEditsReceived = "No edits to save, because nothing was changed"
+
     NoTextReceived = """
         No entry to save, because no text was received
         """