From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jon Cast Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jidanni@deadspam.com: modeline doesn't divulge buffer will go bye bye] Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:49:07 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200206250149.g5P1n7sP003156@adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024969515 22855 127.0.0.1 (25 Jun 2002 01:45:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alex Schroeder , emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17MfON-0005wW-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 03:45:15 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17MfPn-0002wx-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 03:46:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MfON-0000zl-00; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:45:15 -0400 Original-Received: from adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu ([129.15.132.57]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MfLT-0008IO-00; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:42:15 -0400 Original-Received: from adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5P1n7dS003160; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:49:07 -0500 Original-Received: from ou.edu (jcast@localhost) by adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id g5P1n7sP003156; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 20:49:07 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu: jcast owned process doing -bs Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: Message from Miles Bader of "Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:16:47 +0900." <87hejs8b68.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5180 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5180 Miles Bader wrote: > Jon Cast writes: > > Why not make switch-to-buffer prompt ``do you want to keep this > > buffer around'' when invoked interactively? > Because it would mind-bogglingly annoying... I really doubt having to type C-x b name n rather than C-x b name would be ``mind-bogglingly annoying''. However, if it turns out to really be annoying, we can always add a defcustom to turn it off. However, new users should have the prompt on---it'll teach them the difference between files and buffers. > -Miles Jon Cast