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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:49 -0500
> From: Sam Steingold <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> it IS a big deal to have to kill the buffer:
> with confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer = t:
> C-x b fo TAB [expands to "foo"] RET [confirm?] . TAB RET ==> foo.lisp
> with confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer = nil:
> C-x b fo TAB [expands to "foo"] RET [new buffer] C-x k RET C-x b Up . TAB RET 
> ==> foo.lisp

Your argument is true only if one makes a mistake.  I don't think it
is true in general that there are more typing mistakes than correct
input.