From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Amos Bird Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: prompt to create non existent directory. Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 15:20:01 +0800 Message-ID: <87k1zf91su.fsf@gmail.com> References: <4278608a-d510-46f5-9cdc-3033a2edecbf@googlegroups.com> <20171027201031.GD29934@tuxteam.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1509175243 12642 195.159.176.226 (28 Oct 2017 07:20:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:20:43 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 25.3.1 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Nick Helm Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 28 09:20:38 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e8LQ5-0002aV-Dm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:20:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60024 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8LQC-0002zJ-PI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:20:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37042) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8LPa-0002xp-Jy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:20:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8LPZ-0001SB-NY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:20:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pg0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::230]:50907) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e8LPZ-0001RQ-GR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:20:05 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pg0-x230.google.com with SMTP id y5so6972861pgq.7 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:20:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=LrtCAgRsP6QcBx5kr0AEy0VZR0bWuyzex+Tc4E+sArE=; b=pPrSOwsuyNZh4XGW+Y0nRDgw9ZK15Npf05glDkYP2lVbt1tA4nG8MnZJI0ov85nAbM 9CWNgcDqFVhTFy9ruEvPztFpT/9i8aShvAgMvi0UYm/QLXxvNooguH1T1iEtfg87Hk9V FeByW5L37JCwO55uzUaM7Opq+NQYmnEFYxObyOTRPZUHrtR7ZoynoXYzTUplIiBqRSyS vLqLyFJe4Mj1oxmbSRhSHFZ6eOC5eZwb9duuDWNr7DYxsyXW9lDG5m2P19v9MD6v3lo/ /YIm+E9M56VPbfCA+plR9mnNhTxm4dBXw8wBi14z3IUamzfXTIHJxeJK09w6SraXTZHp FlAQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=LrtCAgRsP6QcBx5kr0AEy0VZR0bWuyzex+Tc4E+sArE=; b=DaDggJ2Jj87dt4ja0kUHw5z7mlh9BWYhjLrmvV/4vNdbV/a4vwmPb/r66KtwIr4f3I L8PSYzF9ch8WgKcioFGNNplTXpHm0cSB2xl7WpGs3UfNPlUb0pq5db6zmQW9E3UE0LTd o8w1VxKxvDb4NcXy9LXj3F6Z137n5N36jhQuCfe29GNM0+2FLbWz2lNJy8ASIFpNCae1 O3+rqPKN4PXUU0Yayk9JUfYNn1SK8GrTstYibcLX2P9o1UowPhZA0OleB7GPYfU1qg4k KVDQndHHtV+sTxV8itXMrjeHySdA1xwP2wi0mG6zO84drZklpZeqaMToG9gd6ifdUll9 e8FA== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaXhRhmWeYKmPcolvhqdw1/ftE8ooTqhf9ao2VbCYfBPwsc7zD15 3Ps7asrRefLno/TSSrI7OD9WOsM8 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+TcLsWK4LlQdoTcUaMN4GNWyGr3UWtPU8TlKs77l0vfqS7rD1cp8u5WRZmv29pPOUYW+pHT+A== X-Received: by 10.99.95.70 with SMTP id t67mr2304651pgb.409.1509175204354; Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([2604:180:3:28::c542]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z127sm17231165pfb.63.2017.10.28.00.20.03 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:20:03 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c05::230 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114670 Archived-At: Thanks. I'll do a upgrade :) Nick Helm writes: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 at 22:10:31 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 12:36:41PM -0700, Deric Bytes wrote: >>> Why does emacs not prompt for y/n to create non existent directories. Surely this >>> would be a better option than throwing an error or asking the user to type M-x >>> make-directory. >> >> It has learnt to do that (I can't say since when, but "my" 27.0.50 >> does exactly what you wish: very convenient). > > Same here on 26.0.90. Seems this feature will be in the next release. -- Amos Bird amosbird@gmail.com