From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:51:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1227274391.618443.2559.nullmailer@null> <87vduhm69c.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227293515 22029 80.91.229.12 (21 Nov 2008 18:51:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:51:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 21 19:52:58 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 1L3b7g-0001yz-MU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:52:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33454 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3b6X-0005oT-Ke for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3b6T-0005mt-7p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L3b6S-0005lp-Ac for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52919 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L3b6S-0005lh-7p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:42875) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3b6Q-0007ja-IS; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:38 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KAP00H005SQ6A00@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:53:36 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.14.29]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KAP003VP5TB7YG0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:53:36 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:105902 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:03:52 -0500 > Cc: ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > have a RET rejected. You might argue that it's no big deal to type a > > second RET, but it's similarly no big deal to kill the buffer and try > > again in the very few occasions that you make a mistake. So this looks > > like creeping featuritis if it's enabled by default. > > In my experience typos (most commonly after a TAB completion which > completed less than expected) are a lot more common than opening > a nonexistent file. My experience is the other way around.