From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Creating an empty file Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:14:14 +0100 Message-ID: <45B92BB6.2030303@gmail.com> References: <86bqkphiyj.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87odopr8ga.fsf@lrde.org> <87veixu2ep.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <861wllheo9.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> <87y7ntd5jq.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> <87r6tlpqwi.fsf@lrde.org> <20070124025849.GA2953@kobe.laptop> <877ivbxuj0.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <45B928BC.6060505@gmx.at> <20070125220740.8B43F300E9@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1169763273 17452 80.91.229.12 (25 Jan 2007 22:14:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:14:33 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 25 23:14:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HACrW-0005Lk-Bi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:14:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HACrV-0002Kd-S0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:14:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HACrL-0002IC-2Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:14:19 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HACrH-0002CE-Q0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:14:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HACrH-0002C7-JW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:14:15 -0500 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.213]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HACrH-0002e5-8g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:14:15 -0500 Original-Received: from c83-254-145-24.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.145.24]:65067 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HACrF-0006m6-80 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:14:13 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061207 Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 In-Reply-To: <20070125220740.8B43F300E9@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000706-2, 2007-01-25), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1HACrF-0006m6-80. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1HACrF-0006m6-80 87e31f56b689e7f83c5715a7cc900b1b X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:65468 Archived-At: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > I generally type a DEL in order to make C-x C-s save the empty file. > > `delete-backward-char' doesn't modify an empty buffer on my Emacs. > > I think that should be "a DEL" (insert-command followd by > delete-backward-char); I do the same FWIW. And I just insert a character and delete it again. Very simple and not much to remember ;-)