bug#56229: title: add a function to move a file from one place to another

[Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com>]

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Thanks! I agree the name is not exactly right.

It's more complicated because if the buffer is *not* visiting a file, the
right thing for this function to just save the buffer to the location
selected. I don't know if the name that needs to take that into account.

Is there a name for the file a buffer is visiting? Maybe
"move-associated-file"? "move-visited-file"?

On Sun, Jun 26, 2022, 10:50 AM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:

> Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > So, attached is a patch for an interactive function that prompts for a
> > new location, then writes the current buffer to that
> > location. Assuming it's successful, and the buffer previously was
> > associated with a file, it deletes the old file.
>
> I think this sounds like a useful command, but I'm not sure about the
> name:
>
> [...]
>
> > +(defun move-file (new-location)
> > +  "Move the current file to NEW-LOCATION.
>
> This is about moving the file the current buffer is visiting -- there's
> no such thing as a "current file" in Emacs -- so the command name (and
> doc string) should reflect that.  I don't really have a suggestion for a
> better command name, though.  Anybody?
>
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