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bug#2058: 23.0.60; bewildering behavior when visit new file throw.pdf


From: Richard M Stallman
Subject: bug#2058: 23.0.60; bewildering behavior when visit new file throw.pdf
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:58:27 -0500

    > I did C-x C-f throw.pdf, with no existing file throw.pdf. The ensuing
    > messages and interaction were bewildering.

    Is that really a use-case?

Sure.  It is not very useful, but why give a misleading and inaccurate
error message?  It would be better to do

  (message "Empty file is not a real PDF file") 







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