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.
next prev 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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