From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:50:10 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> <87vduhm69c.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <4926DD11.2080001@gnu.org> <87od05k2mt.fsf@xemacs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227542017 21987 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2008 15:53:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:53:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, ams@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 24 16:54:39 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 1L4dlT-00075K-Mc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:54:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36324 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L4dkK-0002Eq-HL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:53:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L4did-0001WU-Q1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:51:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L4dic-0001VS-8F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:51:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50544 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L4dic-0001Ux-1i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:51:22 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:15954 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L4dhV-0006uG-Im; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:50:13 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgYGADNcKknO+J+z/2dsb2JhbACBbSvObYJ8gR0 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,660,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="30226782" Original-Received: from 206-248-159-179.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.159.179]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 24 Nov 2008 10:50:11 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CCE668107; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:50:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87od05k2mt.fsf@xemacs.org> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:24:26 +0900") 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:106072 Archived-At: >> Just read what you wrote: "I don't want to do that" is not much of >> an argument. Even if you add underscores. > It may not be much of an argument, but in UI issues it's the only one > that matters, aside from technological feasibility. Your argument > reduces to "I don't want to use C-x C-v," after all. No, my argument is based on frequency and amount of work&disruption of each situation. For pure personal preferences, I use `setq' in my .emacs. Stefan