Wouldn't File > New in most other applications be more akin to switching to
an empty buffer with no associated file?

Le ven. 11 sept. 2020 à 16:05, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> a écrit :

> > From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Caio Henrique <caiohcs0@gmail.com>,  rekado@elephly.net,
> ghe@sdf.org,
> >   spacibba@aol.com,  drew.adams@oracle.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:57:31 +0200
> >
> > Why have we got separate 'open new file' and 'open existing file'
> > buttons?
>
> Because most other applications have File->New and File->Open as
> separate items.
>
> > You can open an existing one from the dialog that 'open new file'
> > pops up.
>
> Yes, we Emacs veterans don't need both.  But the tool bar is not for
> us.
>
>