From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 09:50:08 +1000 Message-ID: <89D62EC1-7B76-4590-9DE1-F8EEAE0B1C79@scratch.space> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1525909709 32689 195.159.176.226 (9 May 2018 23:48:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 23:48:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 10 01:48:25 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1fGYop-0008ON-H5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 May 2018 01:48:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59486 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fGYqw-0001sh-Jd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 May 2018 19:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41530) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fGYql-0001pf-0x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2018 19:50:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fGYqg-00019T-1N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2018 19:50:23 -0400 Original-Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:54545) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fGYqf-00016l-Qq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 May 2018 19:50:17 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 123.243.244.176 Original-Received: from epi.local (123-243-244-176.tpgi.com.au [123.243.244.176]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9553D60011; Thu, 10 May 2018 01:50:13 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:225180 Archived-At: > On 9 May 2018, at 22:28, Stefan Monnier = wrote: >=20 >> I do not understand what you have in mind with write-file. This = creates a >> copy, which is natural given the name. Do you envision some changes = to it? >=20 > Not sure what happened, but my first answer said: >=20 > so maybe we could instead have `C-x C-w` prompt the user > "delete the old file (y or n)?" >=20 Is there a channel for demand driven development? like: https://digitalocean.uservoice.com I believe in the longer term it is better for the Emacs devotee to learn = enough of Dired to `type R=E2=80=99 for renaming a file or use the shell = command in that context `! mv ? delete-me=E2=80=99.=