# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1227713569 0 # Node ID 3707d8bc265152b94f358e853619fd5147604798 # Parent 74ae3845d0311e1a89a037c36e0372cfa362e40c (Visiting): Rewrite paragraph for clarity. diff -r 74ae3845d031 -r 3707d8bc2651 doc/emacs/files.texi --- a/doc/emacs/files.texi Wed Nov 26 15:32:43 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi Wed Nov 26 15:32:49 2008 +0000 @@ -247,15 +247,13 @@ @cindex minibuffer confirmation @cindex confirming in the minibuffer - When you attempt to visit a new file, Emacs might prompt you for -confirmation first, in case you entered the wrong file name. Emacs -asks for confirmation only if the last key you typed in the -minibuffer, before submitting the input with @key{RET}, was @key{TAB} -(@code{minibuffer-complete}). This catches a common mistake, in which -one types @key{RET} before realizing that @key{TAB} did not complete -far enough to yield a desired file name (@pxref{Completion}). Emacs -asks for confirmation by putting the message @samp{[Confirm]} in the -minibuffer; type @key{RET} again to confirm and visit the file. + When @key{TAB} completion results in a nonexistent file name and you +type @key{RET} immediately to visit it, Emacs asks for confirmation +because it is quite possible that you expected completion to go +further and give you an existing file's name. Type @key{RET} to +confirm and visit the nonexistent file. The string @samp{[Confirm]} +appears for a short time after the file name to indicate the need to +confirm in this way. @vindex confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer The variable @code{confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer} controls