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Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer |
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Fri, 28 May 2010 08:32:00 -0600 |
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Drew Adams wrote:
You've offered this as command `switch-to-new-buffer' and put it on the
`Buffers' menu as `Select New Buffer'.
I would prefer that it be considered an improved behavior for `Visit New File',
which is currently just `find-file'. The use of your command is, I think, for
new file buffers only, so that intention should be reflected in both the command
name and menu-item name. The `Buffers' menu is the wrong place for this, IMO.
So I would suggest changing the command name to something like `new-file' or
`visit-new-file' and (more importantly) replacing the `File' > `Visit New File'
menu item with it.
The term "visit" has a very specific meaning in Emacs, and switch-to-new-buffer
doesn't actually visit a file (buffer-file-name is nil). I would prefer a name
like open-new-file, defined an alias for switch-to-new-buffer.
It seems to me the File menu entries are named backwards: "Visit New File"
should be "Open New File", "Open File..." should be "Visit File...", and
"Open Directory..." should be "Visit Directory..."
Those who are most likely to use such a menu item are newbies who expect that
behavior. Any Emacs veteran who prefers `find-file' will not be likely to use
the menu and choose `Visit New File'. And it is clear what a `new-file' command
is for.
I agree with Lennart that you should think about proposing this to emacs-devel.
I would support it, especially with the changes I just mentioned.
OK, we'll see how it goes.
Thanks,
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, (continued)
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/20
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Lennart Borgman, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Lennart Borgman, 2010/05/21
- RE: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Drew Adams, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer,
Kevin Rodgers <=
- RE: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Drew Adams, 2010/05/28
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/28