GNU bug report logs - #8966
24.0.50; Strange message in the echo area after creating a new file

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.50; Strange message in the echo area after creating a new file
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:12:51 +0200

Package: emacs
Version: 24.0.50

From "emacs -Q", eval (find-file "<path-to-new-file>"), where
<path-to-new-file> denotes the name (with path) of a nonexistent file
(which we are creating right now).

After doing that, the echo area shows "#<buffer <path-to-new-file>>",
but it should show "(New file)", as when you do the same interactively
with C-x C-f.


In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-06-27 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/build/include'

-- 
Dani Moncayo

Message #8 received at 8966 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: 8966 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.0.50;
	Strange message in the echo area after creating a new file
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:36:55 +0200

I've just realized that the same strange message appears also when the
visited file already exists.  (If you do it interactively, the echo
area ends empty).

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Dani Moncayo

Message #13 received at 8966-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8966-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8966: 24.0.50;
	Strange message in the echo area after creating a new file
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:25:01 +0300

> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:12:51 +0200
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
> 
> >From "emacs -Q", eval (find-file "<path-to-new-file>"), where
> <path-to-new-file> denotes the name (with path) of a nonexistent file
> (which we are creating right now).
> 
> After doing that, the echo area shows "#<buffer <path-to-new-file>>",
> but it should show "(New file)", as when you do the same interactively
> with C-x C-f.

Not a bug.  Evaluating an expression causes its value to be displayed
in the echo area.  find-file returns the buffer it creates, and that's
what you see.  Check out the section in the ELisp manual about the
buffer object reading syntax.

The "(New file)" message gets overwritten by that, but you can still
find it in the *Messages* buffer.

I'm closing this bug.

Message #14 received at 8966-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8966-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8966: 24.0.50; Strange message in the echo area after
	creating a new file
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:58:49 +0200

Thanks.  Sorry for the noise.


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Dani Moncayo

Mental note: Learn a bit more about Emacs Lisp before submitting such
bug reports.

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