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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, ams@gnu.org,
	monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:40:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uabbskjm1.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4926DD11.2080001@gnu.org>

> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:49 -0500
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Cc: ams@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> 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.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-11-21 18:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-21 13:33 C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-11-21 14:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-21 15:46   ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-21 15:51     ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-21 16:08     ` Sam Steingold
2008-11-21 17:07       ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-21 21:23         ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-22 16:12           ` Miles Bader
2008-11-21 18:40       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2008-11-22  3:23         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-22 10:13           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-23  3:39             ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-23 11:25               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-24  3:08                 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-24  7:24                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-11-24 15:50                     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-22 12:18           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-11-22 13:51           ` Ulrich Mueller
2008-11-23  3:50             ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-22 11:35       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-11-21 18:03     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-21 18:51       ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-21 19:29       ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-21 23:58         ` Tassilo Horn
2008-11-22  3:30         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-22 10:13           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-22  1:54       ` Miles Bader
2008-11-22  7:08       ` mail
2008-11-22  8:24         ` Miles Bader
2008-11-21 18:37   ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-11-22 11:26   ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-11-23  3:49     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-23  4:44       ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-23 11:24         ` Romain Francoise
2008-11-23 12:45       ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-23 13:45         ` Miles Bader
2008-11-23 15:27           ` Juri Linkov
2008-11-23 22:17           ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-24  3:18           ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-24  5:21             ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-24 15:52               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-24 19:58                 ` mail
2008-11-25  4:03               ` Miles Bader
2008-11-25 15:21                 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-25 20:09                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-24 11:24       ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-11-24 15:56         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-24 17:52           ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2008-11-28 18:52             ` Romain Francoise
2008-11-28 19:12               ` Chong Yidong
2008-11-28 21:06               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-28 22:27                 ` partial-completion-mode (was: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation) Romain Francoise
2008-11-29  2:48                   ` partial-completion-mode Stefan Monnier
2008-11-29 19:44                     ` partial-completion-mode Romain Francoise
2008-11-29 20:42                       ` partial-completion-mode Stefan Monnier
2008-12-02 12:39                 ` C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Klaus Zeitler
2008-12-02 13:05                   ` Tassilo Horn
2008-12-03 12:22                     ` Klaus Zeitler
2008-11-22 11:16 ` Gilaras Drakeson

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