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Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r111746: * files.el (basic-save-buffer): Offer


From: Xue Fuqiao
Subject: Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r111746: * files.el (basic-save-buffer): Offer to create a non-existing directory.
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:58:08 +0800

On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:27:59 -0500
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:

> > I often use C-x s to save all buffers, I would find it
> > more convenient to be asked for the creation of the dir
> > when finding the file.
> I'm not opposed to it on principles, but I think that the default
> behavior should not do it, so as to minimize the risk that find-file
> ends up prompting in a context where the user is absent or doesn't even
> know that a file needs to be opened (internal uses of find-file-noselect).
> > Also right now, when finding a file in a non-existing
> > dir, the user is taught how to create the directory...
> > which seems a bit redundant with the fact that he will
> > be asked to create the dir anyway.
> It's still meaningful in that it warns the user that maybe the name he
> provided was wrong, or that at the dir has not yet been created.

I agree with Stefan.

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Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
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