From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:49:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> <1227353165.501338.3377.nullmailer@null> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227412426 11698 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2008 03:53:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:53:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 04:54:49 2008 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 1L463c-0004PN-V4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:54:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48092 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L462T-0006Gk-Tf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:53:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L462P-0006GV-Tp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:53:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L462O-0006GJ-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:53:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49881 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L462O-0006GG-9z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:53:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:6295) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L45yL-00013l-Gw; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:49:21 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApMFAPNhKEnO+J+z/2dsb2JhbACBbSuZT6kIizuCfIEc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,652,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="30190246" Original-Received: from 206-248-159-179.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.159.179]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2008 22:49:20 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2271F8101; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:49:21 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1227353165.501338.3377.nullmailer@null> (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:26:05 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:105984 Archived-At: > Opening a non-existing file, or non-existing buffer is a very common > business. The current behaviour is not only annoying, but uninuitive, > what am I confirming when hitting RET a second time? Is that a rethorical question? RET says "use this input", doesn't it? So what you're confirm is that you indeed want to use this input. [snip] First try it for a month with an open mind. Your reaction is out of proportion of the actual impact of this change. Stefan