Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> Alan Mackenzie's tweak to the [Confirm] prompt seems like an excellent
>>> solution to this problem though.
>> 
>> Indeed, it would cover 99% of my cases.

> See attached patch (necessary doc changes not included).  Any
> objections?

>   (defcustom confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer nil
>     "If non-nil, confirmation is requested before visiting a new file or 
> buffer.
> + If the value is `after-completion', confirmation is only
> + requested if the user calls `minibuffer-complete-and-exit'
> + immediately after `minibuffer-complete'.
>   This affects commands like `switch-to-buffer' and `find-file'."
>     :group 'find-file
>     :version "23.1"
>     :type 'boolean)
  
Looks OK, except that it needs to default to after-completion.


        Stefan