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Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file


From: Van L
Subject: Re: Rename, delete and move current buffer and file
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 09:50:08 +1000

> On 9 May 2018, at 22:28, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I do not understand what you have in mind with write-file. This creates a
>> copy, which is natural given the name. Do you envision some changes to it?
> 
> Not sure what happened, but my first answer said:
> 
>    so maybe we could instead have `C-x C-w` prompt the user
>    "delete the old file (y or n)?"
> 

Is there a channel for demand driven development? like:

  https://digitalocean.uservoice.com

I believe in the longer term it is better for the Emacs devotee to learn enough 
of Dired to `type R’ for renaming a file or use the shell command in that 
context `! mv ? delete-me’.


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