From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: mail@justinbogner.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:08:02 -0700 Message-ID: <87fxlk5jcd.fsf@justinbogner.com> References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> <87vduhm69c.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227337707 26834 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2008 07:08:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:08:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 22 08:09:31 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 1L3mcT-0001l6-7M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:09:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54965 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3mbJ-0003d5-W3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:08:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3mbF-0003cq-Lv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3mbF-0003ce-2p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48078 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3mbF-0003cb-0A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:44259 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3mbE-0007ph-Hd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:08:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L3mbB-0001Mz-O9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:08:09 +0000 Original-Received: from s010600131023ed49.ed.shawcable.net ([68.149.184.55]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:08:09 +0000 Original-Received: from mail by s010600131023ed49.ed.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:08:09 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s010600131023ed49.ed.shawcable.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pOzgJwtUuFK0jDgMXll6La5dd2g= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:105931 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > In my experience typos (most commonly after a TAB completion which > completed less than expected) are a lot more common than opening > a nonexistent file. And hitting RET one more time is much less painful > than killing the new buffer and starting over (opening the buffer may > have created a frame, may have prompted the user for insertion of > a default template, and after killing the buffer you have to repeat the > previous command and retype the name all over again). > The trade off is blindingly clear to me. > In my experience, I open non-existent files because I want to create a new file, and I go to non-existent buffers, because I want a scratch workspace, far more than I mistype a filename (I daresay that's never happened...)