From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>,
Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Making new files
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 14:41:50 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAP_d_8VafMfAnOUhgnt2T5m90UXCK8NY9rpsVqjrY3Ex-9Adfw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <s54y18qsa8v.fsf@yahoo.com>
On Sat, 4 May 2024 at 07:16, Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> "Visit New File."
That’s not exactly what Users New To Emacs™ expect from a File → New command.
The standard behavior of File → 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.
@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’d have
to choose the mode manually.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-04 7:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-03 23:57 Making new files Heime
2024-05-04 0:15 ` Po Lu
2024-05-04 7:41 ` Yuri Khan [this message]
2024-05-04 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-04 16:08 ` Heime
2024-05-04 16:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-04 16:40 ` Heime
2024-05-05 2:09 ` జిందం వాఐి
2024-05-05 2:28 ` Heime
2024-05-05 2:53 ` Po Lu
2024-05-05 3:07 ` Heime
2024-05-05 3:18 ` Heime
2024-05-04 22:37 ` Heime
2024-05-05 13:49 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-05-05 16:37 ` Heime
2024-05-05 18:03 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-05-05 18:54 ` Heime
2024-05-05 19:03 ` Heime
2024-05-06 3:12 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-05-06 7:05 ` Stephen Berman
2024-05-06 13:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-05-06 13:16 ` Po Lu
2024-05-06 13:34 ` Heime
2024-05-06 14:44 ` Stephen Berman
2024-05-06 16:43 ` Heime
2024-05-06 16:54 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-05-06 17:00 ` Stephen Berman
2024-05-06 13:40 ` Heime
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