Re: Creating an empty file

[Kevin Rodgers]

David Kastrup wrote:
> Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
> usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.
>
> Your bug report will be posted to the address@hidden mailing list.
>
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
>
> If I do
> C-x C-f somefile.txt RET C-x C-s
> in order to create and save an empty file, Emacs replies
>
> No changes need to be saved
>
> and does not actually save the file, even though saving the file would
> change the state on disk.

The doc string for `C-x C-s' and the sections of the Emacs manual
about Visiting and Saving say that the file is written if the buffer
is modified.  Where do you see a reference to "the state on disk"?

If you like, you can do:

(add-hook 'find-file-not-found-functions
          (lambda ()
            (set-buffer-modified-p t)
            nil))

Perhaps Emacs should have an option that does that for the user
(default: NOT).

--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA