From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Rabbe Fogelholm <rabbe@bahnhof.se>
Cc: 29549@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29549: 25.3; Unnecessary question when trying to open large unreadable file
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:03:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y3ho70mi.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <062e0db7-c46c-4966-cb6a-e3c7c920b750@bahnhof.se> (Rabbe Fogelholm's message of "Sun, 3 Dec 2017 14:54:01 +0100")
Rabbe Fogelholm <rabbe@bahnhof.se> writes:
> When using C-X C-F to open a large and not readable file I get this question,
>
> File emerge.log is large (12.4M), really open? (y or n)
>
> Then, after pushing 'y', I get
>
> File is not readable: /var/log/emerge.log
>
>>From a user interface perspective this is somewhat inefficient. In most cases it
> would be enough to just be told that the file is not readable. So, my suggestion
> is to display the "really open?" question only when it is in fact otherwise possible
> to open the file.
Makes sense to me. I've now done this change in Emacs 27.1.
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2017-12-03 13:54 bug#29549: 25.3; Unnecessary question when trying to open large unreadable file Rabbe Fogelholm
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