From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:13:49 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> <87vduhm69c.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <4926DD11.2080001@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227349177 17165 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2008 10:19:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:19:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 22 11:20:39 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 1L3pbS-0006Ma-2s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:20:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52826 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3paJ-0004Yn-1A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:19:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3pUv-0003Dy-20 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:13:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3pUu-0003De-Bh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:13:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60424 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3pUu-0003Db-1P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:13:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:48384) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3pUt-00026O-0Y; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:13:51 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KAQ00L00C57D300@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:15:49 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.14.29]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KAQ003YJCIBOYL0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:15:48 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:105935 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:23:18 -0500 > Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, ams@gnu.org, Emacs Devel > > >> it IS a big deal to have to kill the buffer: > >> with confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer = t: > >> C-x b fo TAB [expands to "foo"] RET [confirm?] . TAB RET ==> foo.lisp > >> with confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer = nil: > >> C-x b fo TAB [expands to "foo"] RET [new buffer] C-x k RET C-x b Up . TAB RET > >> ==> foo.lisp > > > Your argument is true only if one makes a mistake. I don't think it > > is true in general that there are more typing mistakes than > > correct input. > > The issue is not "correct input" but "correct input that leads to the > creation of a new file". That's what I meant by "correct input". > Generally, when you're creating a new file, you know it, so you hit > RET RET right away. But I don't _want_ to hit RET RET. I want just RET.