Re: C-x C-b and C-x C-f bugging about confirmation

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:35:48 -0500 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

>> why on earth does C-x C-b and C-x C-f ask me to confirm when I wish to
>> open a new buffer/file?

SM> So as to help prevent doing it by mistake when you mistyped.
SM> Set confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer to nil to get back the old
SM> behavior (or just hit RET twice, of course).

FWIW, I really like the new behavior.  It's much more common for me to
make a typo than to open a brand new file.

Ted