GNU bug report logs - #44556
27.1; Ido deletes file without configuration with C-x C-v C-k

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad <at> mac.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 44556 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad <at> mac.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 44556 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44556: 27.1; Ido deletes file without configuration with C-x
 C-v C-k
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 23:22:31 +0300

* Christopher Sean Morrison via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss
army knife of tex
> I don’t know the inner workings of Ido to dig deeper on why it is
> not prompting for confirmation as that's the crux of this report.
> If I ctrl-k, file is deleted silently without confirmation.

It is made as function in that package. I find it badly designed as
C-k means by default to kill-line and user can make mistake
easily. Why should completing package have function to delete file
during completion?! Wow I am surprised.

Better don't use it.

Use ivy from GNU ELPA.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 139 days ago.

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