From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:44:27 -0500 Message-ID: <87bpw759w4.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> <1227353165.501338.3377.nullmailer@null> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227415672 17847 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2008 04:47:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 05:48:54 2008 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 1L46tx-0005b6-6i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:48:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33928 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L46sn-0001YR-Vv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:47:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L46sk-0001Wx-8y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:47:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L46si-0001Uu-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:47:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59440 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L46si-0001Ur-N3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:47:36 -0500 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.115.2.24]:35785) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L46pO-0000IK-2t; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:44:10 -0500 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DF95257E195; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:44:27 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:49:21 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:106001 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > First try it for a month with an open mind. Your reaction is > out of proportion of the actual impact of this change. I think everyone agrees that it's a useful feature. There are lots of features that I personally use, which are not enabled by default for various good reasons. Similarly, people have pointed out good reasons not to make this particular feature the default (usage patterns for which it badly non-optimal, keyboard macros, Tramp,...).