Re: C-x C-f, Tab (in)completion and visiting the wrong, new files

[David Reitter]

On 13 Aug 2007, at 18:42, Drew Adams wrote:

> Stefan's suggestion to allow an `only-after-completion' value for
> `find-file-confirm-nonexistent' makes the most sense. I think that  
> would
> make everyone happy. (The default value of `find-file-confirm- 
> nonexistent'
> should remain, nil, however, IMO.)

Yes, Stefan's suggestion sounds doable. However, I would actually  
prefer for it to be the default, as there I see benefits especially  
for new users and little problems for others.

Secondly, I don't think we should go through the full confirmation  
dialog. Instead, just a "ding" sound should be enough, and a second  
RET would then act as confirmation.

Is this really a special case for file name completion, and really  
only for `find-file'?
Does it not apply to all kinds of completion?