From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-v considered harmful Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0900 Message-ID: References: <19020.2798.523236.406366@rgr.rgrjr.com> <72597301DECF498C8943373F597732A6@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246589884 15874 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2009 02:58:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:58:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: M Jared Finder Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 03 04:57:57 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MMYyI-0007e8-GO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:57:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54843 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMYyI-0008P6-1u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMYxz-00085h-U1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMYxv-0007yO-A2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33377 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMYxv-0007y6-4t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:41200) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MMYxs-0007tb-SD; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:57:29 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n632vPJY015870; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0900 Original-Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.112.173] [10.114.112.173]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0900 Original-Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id BCF2F52E206; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (M. Jared Finder's message of "Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:40:08 -0700") Original-Lines: 17 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:111932 Archived-At: M Jared Finder writes: > As a relatively new user of Emacs (about five years), I have *NEVER* > used find-alternate-file, and after reading its description, the > keystroke savings seems so minor that I can not imagine ever wanting > to. Is C-x C-v really so much better than C-x k C-x C-f? Yes, it's actually quite useful in some cases, and I find I use it regularly, typically when I've accidentally visited the wrong file -- it automatically fills in the minibuffer with the old name, so it's usually very quick to correct the name and hit RET. [I bind it a different key tho -- C-x C-r (for "read file")] -Miles -- Saa, shall we dance? (from a dance-class advertisement)