Function: confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer

confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer is a byte-compiled function defined in files.el.gz.

Signature

(confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer)

Documentation

Whether to request confirmation before visiting a new file or buffer.

The variable confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer(var)/confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer(fun) determines the return value, which may be passed as the REQUIRE-MATCH arg to read-buffer or find-file-read-args.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 23.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/files.el.gz
(defun confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer ()
  "Whether to request confirmation before visiting a new file or buffer.
The variable `confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer' determines the
return value, which may be passed as the REQUIRE-MATCH arg to
`read-buffer' or `find-file-read-args'."
  (cond ((eq confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer 'after-completion)
	 'confirm-after-completion)
	(confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer
	 'confirm)
	(t nil)))