From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: File menu changes (suggestions) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:31 +0200 Message-ID: <858y0unnuo.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87psu7xdgo.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120116457 4572 80.91.229.2 (30 Jun 2005 07:27:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:27:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Monnier , miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 30 09:27:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DntSD-0006f4-7c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:27:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DntaP-0000XC-Qj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:35:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DntVv-0005fK-KE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:31:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DntVr-0005dI-HP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:31:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DntVo-0005b9-Hv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:31:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DntZN-0002c8-FO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:34:45 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DntSt-0003UB-4U; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 03:28:03 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 933F21C452C6; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:36:25 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:39937 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39937 Miles Bader writes: > On 6/29/05, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Yet another variety would be to create a buffer which does have a >> file, call it "Unnamed" or some such (i.e., in the default >> directory), and if such a file already exists, modify it by >> attaching something like a number. > > I think the default emacs behavior (if the buffer doesn't have a > name, ask for one when saving) is far better. You could create new > _buffer_ names like "unnamed" or whatever, but actually setting the > _file_ name to that seems harmful. How does autosave work with an unnamed buffer? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum