Re: C-x C-v considered harmful

[Miles Bader]

M Jared Finder <address@hidden> 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 <RET> 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

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