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[PATCH] new function: delete-visited-file

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Message #25 received at 56311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Zachary Kanfer <zkanfer <at> gmail.com>,
 56311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56311: [PATCH] new function: delete-visited-file
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:29:08 -0700

Hello,

On Thu 30 Jun 2022 at 12:27pm +02, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> And since deleting the visited file is currently very easy, as Eli
> pointed out:
>
>   M-x delete-file RET M-n RET

There's also C-x C-j D.

> I don't think this would be a command that people would use a lot.

They shouldn't be using it a lot, and I agree that it probably shouldn't
be added, but it does seem worth noting that a lot of users have
something like this in their init, and use it a lot.  I did until today,
and used it almost daily.  (After reading this thread, I've replaced it
with something calling bury-buffer.)  It's also to be found in Spacemacs
and Doom Emacs.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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