From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29549: 25.3; Unnecessary question when trying to open large unreadable file Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:03:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87y3ho70mi.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <062e0db7-c46c-4966-cb6a-e3c7c920b750@bahnhof.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523818930 32020 195.159.176.226 (15 Apr 2018 19:02:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:02:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 29549@debbugs.gnu.org To: Rabbe Fogelholm Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 15 21:02:05 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mub-0008DX-6x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:02:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35765 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwh-0003pk-R6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:04:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52448) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwZ-0003p3-JB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:04:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwU-0002Yk-IL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:04:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46596) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwU-0002Yc-EU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwU-00048M-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:04:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:04:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29549 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29549-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29549.152381904015878 (code B ref 29549); Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:04:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29549) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2018 19:04:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54492 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwS-000482-C5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:04:00 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:38438) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwP-00047s-Ua for 29549@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:03:58 -0400 Original-Received: from 46.67.12.60.tmi.telenormobil.no ([46.67.12.60] helo=corrigan) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwM-0005VP-Vl; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:03:57 +0200 Original-Received: from larsi by corrigan with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1f7mwH-0004py-Ee; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:03:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: <062e0db7-c46c-4966-cb6a-e3c7c920b750@bahnhof.se> (Rabbe Fogelholm's message of "Sun, 3 Dec 2017 14:54:01 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:145400 Archived-At: Rabbe Fogelholm 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. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no