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: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:40:54 +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 1227292912 20119 80.91.229.12 (21 Nov 2008 18:41:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:41:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, ams@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Emacs Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 21 19:42:55 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 1L3axx-0006bQ-4W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:42:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48776 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3awn-00010T-PD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:41:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3awj-0000zk-Dh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:41:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3awi-0000zR-Ni for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:41:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34757 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3awi-0000zH-DV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:41:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout6.012.net.il ([84.95.2.16]:44472) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3awg-0006pE-Nb; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:41:35 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout6.012.net.il by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KAP0040055Z8R00@i-mtaout6.012.net.il>; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:42:54 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.14.29]) by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KAP004775BHIW50@i-mtaout6.012.net.il>; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:42:54 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <4926DD11.2080001@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) 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:105900 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:49 -0500 > From: Sam Steingold > Cc: ams@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , 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.