bug#24150: 26.0.50; New command: dired-create-empty-file

[Tino Calancha <tino.calancha@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2017, Drew Adams wrote:

>>> +*** New command 'dired-create-empty-file' (similar to
>>> +'dired-create-directory') creates a new empty file; bound to '_'.
>
> FWIW:
>
> I'd rather not see this command bound to a key.  How about just
> putting it in a menu?
That's a nice suggestion.  Thank you.
>
> FWIW2:
>
> I bind `_' to `dired-show-file-type' (dired-aux.el), which is bound
> by default to `y'.  I bind `y' to a command that makes a relative
> symbolic link to the file on the cursor line.  This is in keeping
> with `Y' for `dired-do-relsymlink' and `%Y' for
> `dired-do-relsymlink-regexp'.
After re-thinking the issue, i am reluctant to set a binding for
this: that could make clashes with Dired+, reducing discoverability
of useful features.

Having the command defined in Emacs means that users just need 1 line
in their config file to set their binding of choice.  That's cheap.

I will implement Eli's comments during this weekend and back here with
an updated patch.

Thank you