> From: Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:28:53 -0400 > Cc: Drew Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Rather than change menu entries's names to less "standard" ones, we should > change their behavior to better match what users expect.
Yes, I agree. File->New seems like a case in point. > As for the "New File" entry, there are several options. One is to just > create a new buffer called "New Document" and not attached to any file. > This mimicks many "CUA-style" systems. It sucks because it does give us > a chance to choose a good minor mode, and because we won't be able to > autosave the file [this latter point could be fixed, of course]. > > Another option is to prompt for a file name and require confirmation if the > file already exists. It's a slightly different behavior than those other > "CUA-style" systems, but unsuspecting users should hopefully not find > it confusing, which is all we really care about. Yet another variety would be to create a buffer which does have a file, call it "Unnamed" or some such (i.e., in the default directory), and if such a file already exists, modify it by attaching something like a number. > I guess I'm just repeating what Miles and Eli have said. Ah, so that's why I agree with you ;-) _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
