From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Visit New File menu item Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:50:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <87oaaldk94.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87r3fhoslg.fsf@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457733088 32368 80.91.229.3 (11 Mar 2016 21:51:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:51:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Phillip Lord , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Wiegley , Joost Kremers Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 11 22:51:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aeUxi-0001Zu-AX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:51:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57850 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeUxh-0003mq-Rk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:51:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42783) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeUxV-0003Wk-Nb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:50:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeUxR-0003YA-I0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:50:57 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:40080) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aeUxR-0003Y3-2o; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:50:53 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u2BLomDj031699 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:50:49 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u2BLomi4012575 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:50:48 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0012.oracle.com (abhmp0012.oracle.com [141.146.116.18]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u2BLokRK022243; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:50:46 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:201495 Archived-At: > > Wouldn't "Create New File" make more sense? Or simply "New File"? >=20 > I agree, "Visit New File" is somewhat bizarre, and I'm not even entirely > sure what it should mean. "Create New File" is obvious. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-10/msg00555.html And other posts in that thread. And there have been other threads that painted this particular bike shed. Not that we can't give it another coat of paint - after all, that was 10 years ago.