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(Select Buffer): Document confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.

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Chong Yidong
2008-11-24 20:09:41 +00:00
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@@ -92,13 +92,34 @@ history commands (@pxref{Minibuffer}). An empty argument to @kbd{C-x
b} specifies the buffer that was current most recently among those not
now displayed in any window.
@cindex minibuffer confirmation
@cindex confirming in the minibuffer
If you specify a buffer that does not exist, @kbd{C-x b} creates a
new, empty buffer that is not visiting any file, and selects it for
editing. You can use such a buffer for making temporary notes. If
you try to save it, you are asked for the file name to use. The new
buffer's major mode is determined by the variable
@code{default-major-mode}; the default value is Fundamental mode.
@xref{Major Modes}.
editing. First, however, Emacs might prompt you for confirmation, in
case you entered the wrong buffer name. Emacs asks for confirmation
only if the last key you typed, before submitting the minibuffer input
with @key{RET}, was @key{TAB} (@code{minibuffer-complete}). This
catches a common mistake, in which one types @key{RET} before
realizing that @key{TAB} did not complete far enough to yield the
desired buffer name (@pxref{Completion}). Emacs asks for confirmation
by putting the message @samp{[Confirm]} in the minibuffer; type
@key{RET} again to confirm and visit the buffer.
@vindex confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer
The variable @code{confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer} controls
whether Emacs asks for confirmation before visiting a new buffer. The
default value, @code{after-completion}, gives the behavior we have
just described. If the value is @code{nil}, Emacs never asks for
confirmation; for any other non-@code{nil} value, Emacs always asks
for confirmation. This variable also affects the @code{find-file}
command (@pxref{Visiting}).
One reason to switch to a new buffer is to use it for making
temporary notes. If you try to save it, you are asked for the file
name to use. The new buffer's major mode is determined by the
variable @code{default-major-mode}; the default value is Fundamental
mode. @xref{Major Modes}.
@kindex C-x @key{LEFT}
@kindex C-x @key{RIGHT}