From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Making new files Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 22:37:50 +0000 Message-ID: <4HK_I0Mv8CyU7VO6ja06MTTe-F6SzrEwBOpB_DA05NJYCvTMDyGdCtEuslRObI9WErzhS6K8Ri3O5kxpHh7fnW0IERy9ZIa5L3tavY6y97Q=@protonmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29220"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Po Lu , Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 05 00:38:40 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s3O1g-0007OY-FL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 05 May 2024 00:38:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s3O14-0001TN-P6; Sat, 04 May 2024 18:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s3O10-0001Ri-V3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2024 18:38:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4027.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.27]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s3O0x-0001Gy-Ny for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 04 May 2024 18:37:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1714862272; x=1715121472; bh=JbUUFyjIgacABko/hC8Bnu490uwq/fEXjkykh6A652E=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=KetLa4rx6H3+a5qkV0DXCAF2UNH5U9MzXPDw6ChS0nIwjjbunEeWaS8ulVGLZQ7W0 6sRrjsCeZFmxwKFZEdJs19XQHk6Us6NVmGY8XKJnjFJTUnt5DiU19QqothoWRzKwJT RM628E+1gWHlRYZNP8Zkc+7h3BA7ezeiesJJmr/09KZNX8SYQV77gw69/mfQ9Yz94N EL1O6mKUia8U/wvoNob0mfHjzKm7WNmZPD1QzGNWKweZksYBt7VFW5MdMGi1bgJT/U hUT0LIlFCme6nMsRmnV7UrcrqY9QY6VWK2VJaCbPhLgZ2CJidF33oItgDcVpBnlOTm RvD3VOWNPyaQA== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 7681863a2477cc8b31137b7ba292e006c755a510 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.27; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4027.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:146543 Archived-At: On Saturday, May 4th, 2024 at 7:41 PM, Yuri Khan wr= ote: > On Sat, 4 May 2024 at 07:16, Po Lu luangruo@yahoo.com wrote: >=20 > > > I always struggle in emacs because there is no way to make a new file > > > from the "File" menu. Can "New File" be added please. > >=20 > > "Visit New File." >=20 >=20 > That=E2=80=99s not exactly what Users New To Emacs=E2=84=A2 expect from a= File =E2=86=92 New command. >=20 > The standard behavior of File =E2=86=92 New is to create a blank buffer, = no > questions asked. The decision as to the name and location of the file > is deferred to the first explicit save. Emacs, on the other hand, asks > for the name up front. >=20 > @Heime: Consider this a productivity shortcut. By giving a name to > your file, you let Emacs automatically choose the appropriate major > mode, which, in turn, gives you the right syntax highlighting and > various mode-specific key bindings. With an unnamed file, you=E2=80=99d h= ave > to choose the mode manually. I have no complaints about naming the file as it is. But the choice of words is very bad. One cannot visit something that does not exist as in "Visit New File". The associated popup menu has in its Title Bar the=20 phrase "Find File". It is those two things that I am against continuing=20 with. They do not help at all.