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When I start emacs with a filename to edit, if the file does not exist, emacs does not start. Instead, it complains about the missing file. If I do the same thing with vi, it assumes I know what I’m doing and creates the file for me.
Is there a way to configure emacs so that if I start it up with the name of a non-existent file, it will create an empty file for me instead of just complaining?
Emacs already does what you ask. Presumably there’s something in your .emacs that makes it quit. Try starting with -q and a nonexistant file name.