GNU bug report logs - #15746
24.3; [PATCH] bookmark should confirm when overwrite

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 03:34:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.3

Done: Karl Fogel <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 15746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Karl Fogel <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>, 15746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15746: 24.3; [PATCH] bookmark should confirm when overwrite
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 23:57:20 -0400

>> This way, Drew can hit RET RET when he knows he's overwriting an
>> existing bookmark.
> This would change a standard question into something slightly different.
> Not good UI in my view.

Partly agreed.  But the RET RET confirmation is already used in
C-x C-f and C-x b when visiting a new file or a new buffer, so it's not
completely new.


        Stefan
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