Re: [h-e-w] Save as?

[Francis Litterio]

Ken Goldman wrote:

> I use (C-x C-w) write-file, a lot, and as the docs say:
>
> "This makes the buffer visit that file, and marks it as not modified."
>
> I think what we're looking for is a single command that writes the
> buffer with a new file name, but doesn't change the currently visited
> buffer.

This is what I do:

        (define-key global-map (kbd "M-C-w") 'write-region)

Then I type:

        C-x h M-C-w newfilename RET

Of course, a function could be written to reduce the number of
keystrokes significantly.
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