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: File menu changes (suggestions) Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 07:15:39 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87psu7xdgo.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> Reply-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com, miles@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120170025 2271 80.91.229.2 (30 Jun 2005 22:20:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:20:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, "John S. Yates, Jr." Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 01 00:20:21 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Do7NK-0002S9-G2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:19:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Do7Ve-00025M-UM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:27:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Do7UB-0001Z1-FL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:26:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Do7U4-0001Vf-N8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:26:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Do7U3-0001TF-GN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:26:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.233.184.202] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Do7Op-000640-Or for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so80666wri for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:15:39 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TICNrktwa6s3v/IbV3wiqbYXTuupgy49HIbUkxhWJjqDHKcSWMaYwEx4PiAfKECtDvUAh7QpAhuuv9KeC4nAlHAuK5zD/StvCCmkG+G73Fiz652Q0p5qezsrhenpt/GB45t/G6l8Ysng5vAfxmyp/h/DfLwFtJnjXGRDVKt1f64= Original-Received: by 10.54.17.40 with SMTP id 40mr214729wrq; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:15:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.54.19.31 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:15:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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:39986 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39986 2005/7/1, Richard M. Stallman : > >Another option is to prompt for a file name and require confirmation= if the > >file already exists. It's a slightly different behavior than those = other > >"CUA-style" systems, but unsuspecting users should hopefully not fin= d > >it confusing, which is all we really care about. >=20 > I think that is a good idea. It follows the design of Emacs, > but it warns users who are confused. (defun new-file (filename) (interactive) (let ((find-file-confirm-existing t)) (find-file filename))) -Miles --=20 Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.