bug#54081: Hitting C-b should not only say Begging of buffer, but also the name of the buffer...

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Marek Ľach <halcek@tutanota.com> writes:

> Currently, pressing the key combination Ctrl-b only states Beginning of 
> buffer. But
> new users could benefit from also knowing quickly which buffer they are 
> currently
> editing, so perhaps a phrase like: Beginning of buffer <buffername.extension>,
> such as: Beginning of buffer mygreatnovel.org could be more helpful to 
> novices?

We have lots of commands that signal errors like this, and I feel like
adding the buffer name to all of them could just be adding more
cognitive load to the user.  So I don't think we should do this, and I'm
closing this bug report.

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