Re: Creating an empty file

[Stefan Monnier]

> I don't think this a good idea since it will also cause Emacs to
> refuse deleting the buffer without confirmation, and it will cause
> autosaving to occur.

Good point.

> I think the current behavior is perfectly fine with regard to setting
> the modification flag (or rather not setting it).  The problem rather
> is that C-x C-s consults nothing except the modification flag before
> deciding not to save at all, and not asking a question about it.  And
> the prefix flag is already used for a different purpose, so we can't
> use that to signal "I really mean it".

So maybe save-buffer should first check to see if the file exists, and if
not, it should save, even if there are no changes.


        Stefan