From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Alfred M\. Szmidt" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:26:05 +0100 Message-ID: <1227353165.501338.3377.nullmailer@null> References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> Reply-To: ams@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227353163 26494 80.91.229.12 (22 Nov 2008 11:26:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:26:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 22 12:27:04 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 1L3qdj-0005DJ-Lz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:27:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44861 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3qca-0000xG-H7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:25:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3qcW-0000wk-0s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:25:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3qcU-0000v4-Fp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:25:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51991 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3qcU-0000uw-Cq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:25:46 -0500 Original-Received: from hq.kreditor.se ([213.136.42.58]:1987 helo=auxid.hq.kred) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3qcT-0007ik-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:25:46 -0500 Original-Received: by auxid.hq.kred (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A2A4C13787FD; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:25:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from null (unknown [10.16.0.106]) by auxid.hq.kred (Postfix) with SMTP id 895F7137824F; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:25:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (nullmailer pid 3378 invoked by uid 1000); Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:26:05 -0000 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:35:48 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:105938 Archived-At: > why on earth does C-x C-b and C-x C-f ask me to confirm when I > wish to open a new buffer/file? So as to help prevent doing it by mistake when you mistyped. Set confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer to nil to get back the old behavior (or just hit RET twice, of course). Opening a non-existing file, or non-existing buffer is a very common business. The current behaviour is not only annoying, but uninuitive, what am I confirming when hitting RET a second time? Why do I have to confirm whatever I am confirming? It has also two different behaviours depending on what you do, I cannot think of many Emacs commands that have such a behaviour; I cannot think of a single one infact. If a question poped up _every_ time you opened a file, then I could actually understand that, since then you can hard code your neuros to just always hit y to confirm. This is to much of a DWI(think you)M, and should be reverted back to nil; those who wish to get extra questions will then know that they get extra questions since they have explicitly asked for it.