From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: herring@lanl.gov
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com
Subject: Re: delete-file default to buffer-file-name if non-nil
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 16:04:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1ODk4D-0004YZ-MY@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56210.128.165.0.81.1273948225.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> (herring@lanl.gov)
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.
It seems dangerous to me too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-16 20:04 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
2010-05-15 22:10 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-05-16 20:04 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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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