Re: C-x C-v considered harmful

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

Miles Bader wrote:
> Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs@rgrjr.dyndns.org> writes:
>>    1.  Bind find-alternate-file to something different.  
>>    2.  Add a "[Confirm]" step if nonexistent, as for selecting files or
>> buffers with confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer set to t.
>>    3.  Do not bind find-alternate-file to anything at all.
> 
> How  about:
> 
>   4.  Make find-alternate-file use a yes-or-no-p confirmation prompt if
>        the buffer has no associated file.  My guess is that the vast
>        majority of uses of find-alternate-file are replacing one file
>        buffer with another, and that intentionally replacing "special"
>        buffers is very rare.
> 
>        If there are specific modes or buffers for which "replacement"
>        _is_ commonly used, then there could be a variable to tell
>        find-alternate-file not to confirm that buffer (and a user could
>        set the global default value of that variable to turn off all
>        confirmation)

The specific mode that leaps to mind is Dired.  I often use C-x C-v in
Dired buffers to visit a different directory, just as I do in file
buffers.  So how about:

5. Make find-alternate-file use a yes-or-no-p confirmation prompt if the 
buffer has an associated process.  This would cover *shell* buffers.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA