bug#24150: 25.1.50; New command: dired-create-empty-file

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:29:59 +0800 Leo Liu <sdl.web@gmail.com> wrote: 

>> It might be useful having a Dired command creating an empty file with
>> a name provided by the user; something like 'dired-create-directory'
>> ('+') but for files.

LL> My experience seems to suggest this is not a frequent command/feature.
LL> In fact I can't remember ever wanting to create just an empty file in
LL> past weeks. Historically people have been careful adding stuff to dired
LL> unless they are generally useful.

I use dired+ and find `diredp-touch-this-file' useful sometimes. It
might be handy to have that available, with filename prompting, in the
core dired. But it's not a high-frequency command for me.

Ted