Re: address@hidden: modeline doesn't divulge buffer will go bye bye]

[Stefan Monnier]

> "Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Maybe we could consider the "buffer with no file" in a similar way
> > as some GUI text processors treat (unsaved) new documents.
> 
> Maybe we should do just that -- set the buffer-file-name to
> /nonexistingdrive/buffername, and set a new variable "buffer needs
> file", so that Emacs will ask about saving changes (because there is a
> file name associated with it), and then when the user hits C-x C-s,
> Emacs recognizes that the fil name is still unknown, and asks the user
> for it.

C-x C-s already does the right thing if buffer-file-name is nil.
I don't think we should actively support this "create buffer and then save"
model of creating files, because it suffers from the fact that it doesn't
know which major-mode to use for the buffer (plus other limitations
like the lack of auto-saving etc...).


        Stefan