From: "Davis Herring" <herring@lanl.gov>
To: "Deniz Dogan" <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: delete-file default to buffer-file-name if non-nil
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 11:30:25 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56210.128.165.0.81.1273948225.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikSb17pHLKP-eZjMGDucLfWN36OeFzI58YW_-M6@mail.gmail.com>
> Could we change the behavior of delete-file so that it defaults to
> buffer-file-name if non-nil, otherwise the current directory, if
> called interactively?
Doesn't it already do that? M-x delete-file RET does attempt to delete
the current buffer's file or its directory if it has no file. Personally,
I find this default sort of dangerous, although at least C-x C-w often
fixes it.
Davis
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-15 18:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-15 18:05 delete-file default to buffer-file-name if non-nil Deniz Dogan
2010-05-15 18:30 ` Davis Herring [this message]
2010-05-15 22:10 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-05-16 20:04 ` Richard Stallman
2010-05-16 20:20 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-16 23:09 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-17 0:28 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-17 13:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-17 14:56 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-17 16:15 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-05-17 23:09 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-18 22:38 ` Juri Linkov
2010-05-17 14:40 ` Richard Stallman
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