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

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Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
> In my experience typos (most commonly after a TAB completion which
> completed less than expected) are a lot more common than opening
> a nonexistent file.  And hitting RET one more time is much less painful
> than killing the new buffer and starting over (opening the buffer may
> have created a frame, may have prompted the user for insertion of
> a default template, and after killing the buffer you have to repeat the
> previous command and retype the name all over again).
> The trade off is blindingly clear to me.
>

In my experience, I open non-existent files because I want to create a
new file, and I go to non-existent buffers, because I want a scratch
workspace, far more than I mistype a filename (I daresay that's never
happened...)