Re: Making new files

[Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

> Well not really "give me a new file", but "save me a new file".  Like "Save As",
> although "Save As" requires you to have an existing buffer.

Then, no we don't have a command specifically dedicated to creating new
empty files (contrary to the command line which has `touch` for that).
AFAIK this is extremely rarely needed so it's unlikely Emacs will get
a standard command for that, let alone an entry in the menu bar.

But you can make your own, like

    (defun my-save-new-file (file)
      "Save a new file."
      (interactive "fNew file name: ")
      (write-region "" nil file))


- Stefan