From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: rename-buffer non courteous when buffer name is already in use Date: 18 Nov 2002 15:08:01 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r8djmk32.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037615829 2412 80.91.224.249 (18 Nov 2002 10:37:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:37:09 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18DjH5-0000cX-00 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:37:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18DjHk-0000qO-00; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:37:44 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18Dj6K-0003Hz-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:25:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 18Dj6D-0003FR-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:25:54 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Dj2V-00028h-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:22:00 -0500 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Dj0f-0008Ns-00 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:20:05 +0100 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18DiL8-0006Jr-00 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:37:10 +0100 Original-Path: 127.0.0.1!nobody Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc218-187-78-143.2-4.pl.apol.com.tw Original-X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037612230 24087 218.187.78.143 (18 Nov 2002 09:37:10 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:37:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3897 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3897 Why can't it just prompt me for a different name instead of just the 'beep and excuse' brush-off. So "x" is in use. Well prompt me for another choice and I'll say "y". Don't have me have to type the whole command over again. I just want to pick a one letter string for later recall. C-x b a C-x b b x r e n a m b a -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780