Re: bogus extra RET required when entering filenames (etc)?

[Tassilo Horn]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

Hi!

>> There's a file in /tmp called "/tmp/x.c".  I type:
>>
>>    C-x C-f /tmp/x.c RET
>>
>> However, instead of visiting the file (which incidentally is already
>> in a buffer), emacs prints " [confirm]" at the end of the prompt, and
>> I have to hit RET again.
>
> This was from the recent introduction of the variable
> confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer---previously
> find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file---which had its default set as t.
> I've checked in a fix to switch the default to nil.

But Miles said the file already existed.  Why was he asked for
confirmation then?

Bye,
Tassilo