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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:59362 Archived-At: Feel free to close it or add to it. An exact copy of my post in help-gnu-emacs. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2012-04/msg00332.html Increasingly, I am feeling the need for multiple scratch buffers. By default, my scratch buffer is in emacs-lisp mode. Some times, I switch that scratch buffer to Org-mode when I create lists, tables or just copy-paste some plain text from interwebs purely for reasons of wrapping/filling. 1. Allow multiple scratch buffers one for each mode the user is interested in. The defcustom can have a solitary text-mode entry. A user wanting no scratch buffer at all can null-ify the mode list. A user like me can add emacs-lisp-mode and org-mode to it. 2. Just in case I need a one-off scratch buffer, I need a quick way to create it without having to think of (or type) out the full name Or confirm my intentions (This latter part is *very* annoying). C-u C-x b can offer to create *scratch-%s* (or %s-scratch) in %s-mode. 3. I think it is not the scratch buffer that is idiosyncratic but the /name/. Instead of using scratch one could call it say a notes buffer or a temp buffer. That said I am happy with the way things are. I know how to kill my scratch buffer and I also know how to create multiple ones if needed. I also know how to type 'y' if prompted :-).