From: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: 2058@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2058: 23.0.60; bewildering behavior when visit new file throw.pdf
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:45:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ljsvzxeq.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1LRwt1-00036i-JW@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:58:27 -0500")
Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
Hi Richard,
> > I did C-x C-f throw.pdf, with no existing file throw.pdf. The ensuing
> > messages and interaction were bewildering.
>
> Is that really a use-case?
>
> Sure. It is not very useful, but why give a misleading and inaccurate
> error message? It would be better to do
Now I switch to `fundamental-mode' for empty or non-existing PDF/DVI
files and to `ps-mode' for empty or non-existing PS files. I think this
is appropriate.
Bye,
Tassilo
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2009-01-27 9:55 ` bug#2058: 23.0.60; bewildering behavior when visit new file throw.pdf Tassilo Horn
2009-01-27 12:02 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-01-27 12:43 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-01-27 14:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-01-27 14:46 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-01-27 16:03 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-01-27 16:20 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-28 8:48 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.6064.1233133417.26697.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-28 20:28 ` Tassilo Horn
2009-01-27 15:44 ` Drew Adams
2009-01-27 22:58 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-01-28 7:45 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
2009-01-25 23:09 Drew Adams
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