Re: Visit New File menu item

[Phillip Lord]

Drew Adams <address@hidden> writes:

>> > Wouldn't "Create New File" make more sense? Or simply "New File"?
>> 
>> I agree, "Visit New File" is somewhat bizarre, and I'm not even entirely
>> sure what it should mean.  "Create New File" is obvious.
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-10/msg00555.html
>
> And other posts in that thread.  And there have been other threads
> that painted this particular bike shed.

I am neither unsurprised to find that it has been discussed before, nor
surprised that some one remembers.

I'm having a go at writing a tutorial, and in the section on files, the
first thing I hit is trying to explain what "visit" means.


> Not that we can't give it another coat of paint - after all, that
> was 10 years ago.

Blue with red spots would be good.

Phil