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

[Drew Adams]

> >> find-file-confirm-nonexistent doesn't use a "confirmation dialog",
> > Is that a variable to set (I don't have it), or how can I try this out?
>
> It's actually find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file.

It's not in the released 22.1, but you can find it in a recent version of
files.el -
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/files.el?view=log.