From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Clemente Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#3016: 23.0.92.2; offer to make a directory when saving if it is needed Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:37:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <766594.81278.qm@web53212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Reply-To: dcl441-bugs@yahoo.com, 3016@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239887127 20731 80.91.229.12 (16 Apr 2009 13:05:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:05:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 16 15:06:45 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LuRI4-0002TM-EC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:06:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35861 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LuRGf-0001Cz-NE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:04:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LuRG7-000127-0l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:04:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LuRG1-00010o-CZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:04:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35951 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LuRG0-00010g-Pb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57520) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LuRG0-0007DT-0v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:03:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3GD3pwP003195; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:03:53 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3GCj5pi030420; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:45:05 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Daniel Clemente Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:45:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 3016 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.123988547628626 (code B ref -1); Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:45:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 16 Apr 2009 12:37:56 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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Do: C-x C-f /tmp/doesnotexist/myfile RET. Emacs tells you about make-dir= ectory 2. Type something. 3. C-x C-s. Error: no such directory I suggest that Emacs not only tell the user about make-directory, but actua= lly ask him/her in a y-n question if the directory should be created. This = should happen on save. The script could be then: a. User does: C-x C-f /tmp/doesnotexist/myfile RET b. Emacs warns: Warning: Directory /tmp/doesnotexist does not exist c. User types something d. User does: C-x C-s e. Emacs asks: Create directory /tmp/doesnotexist? (y/n) f1. If yes, it (and the above directories) are created f2. If not, issue an error. The user can then do M-x make-directory as need= ed This allows a faster save with just one extra key (C-x C-s y) instead of ha= ving to type M-x make-directory /tmp/doesnotexist RET C-x C-s =0A=0A=0A