Re: Making new files

[Stephen Berman]

On Sun, 05 May 2024 23:12:39 -0400 Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU 
Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

>> Well not really "give me a new file", but "save me a new file".  Like "Save 
>> As",
>> although "Save As" requires you to have an existing buffer.
>
> Then, no we don't have a command specifically dedicated to creating new
> empty files (contrary to the command line which has `touch` for that).

There's `dired-create-empty-file'...

> AFAIK this is extremely rarely needed so it's unlikely Emacs will get
> a standard command for that, let alone an entry in the menu bar.

...and it's in the "Immediate" menu in dired-mode.  (But it can of
course be invoked anywhere.)

Steve Berman