Re: Making new files

[Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>]

On Monday, May 6th, 2024 at 6:03 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> > Will do things a different way, disregarding the existence of "Visit
> > New File".
> 
> 
> I think before treating people of stupid, I'd advise to understand why
> we do things differently from what you're used to, and I get the
> impression that you don't understand that yet.

You are correct, eventually you can continue with whatever you want.
And I do whatever I want to, some other way.
 
> Basically, in Emacs we don't distinguish whether you're opening an
> existing file or a new file. You just `C-x C-f` and then put the name
> of the file. The name of the file tells Emacs where to save backups,
> which mode to use, which project it belongs to, etc...
> 
> If the user just says "give me a new file buffer", we can't provide
> a very good experience because we don't know where this file will be
> saved, which project it will belong to, and most importantly which mode
> it should use. 

I agree.  There must be a misunderstanding because I have not been referring
to "give me a new file buffer".  But "give me a new file" which distinguishes 
that you are saving a new one (as with "Save As") rather than opening an 
existing one. 

> LibreOffice has a similar problem so when you ask for
> a "new document" it has to prompt you back to choose the kind of
> document, which is akin to our major modes, except we have many more
> major modes. Choosing a file name is usually not harder for you than
> choosing a major mode, and it gives Emacs more information.
> 
> 
> Stefan