Re: Visit New File menu item

[Angelo Graziosi]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Also, such changes should be discussed more thoroughly, waiting for
> interested parties to chime in.  E.g., one problem with "New File" is
> that we don't actually enforce the "new" part -- you can visit an
> existing file via that menu item.  Not sure how important this nit is,
> but OTOH that single word "Visit" is also hardly so very important
> that we should rush making the change overnight.

Well said!

My opinion is that "New File" is wrong if linked to the sequence "C-x C-f".

Usually, I use "C-x C-f" both for loading ("visiting") an existing file 
in Emacs both to create a new file (not existing!).

Notice that other applications which have "New File" mean really a *new* 
(i.e. creating) file. Usually they have "C-N" for "New File" and "C-O" 
for "Open File". So using "New File" in Emacs seems misleading, unless 
you use a different key sequence for New/Open File.

Really I would remove the "Open File" item and would leave "Visit File" 
(without New), with the obvious key sequence "C-x C-f".

Why don't you like "Visit"? Why you want to follow others giving up the 
original tradition of Emacs?

Anyway this is only my opinion.

Ciao,
 Angelo.