Re: [PATCH] lisp/files.el and lisp/buf-menu.el

[Stefan Monnier]

> As earlier explained, I have the case of creating
> a buffer with no visited file, yet I would like
> to use (normal-mode) to set the mode AS IF the
> name of the visited file was a particular string.

You'll probbaly also want to reuse the coding-system auto-detection, and
maybe more.

> It was also pointed out to me that I should make
> sure "list-buffers-noselect" puts something helpful
> where a file name would usually go.

What's the difference between list-buffers-description and 
list-buffers-directory?

> I have accordingly patched lisp/files.el and lisp/buf-menu.el.

I'm not completely convinced that buffer-automode-file-name is
a good idea.  Why not just let-bind buffer-file-name instead?
Also, if let-binding buffer-file-name is not good enough, maybe I'd
rather see a refactoring of the code.


        Stefan