From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11298: Scratch buffer (Summary of Xah's proposals, as I see it) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:03:06 +0530 Message-ID: <81r4vd9jjx.fsf@gmail.com> References: <81397xm657.fsf@gmail.com> <81397tiao3.fsf@gmail.com> <4F96AF1D.2090806@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335285264 29307 80.91.229.3 (24 Apr 2012 16:34:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:34:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11298@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 24 18:34:22 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SMih3-0003JL-LR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:34:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36438 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMih2-0003R4-SG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36134) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMigy-0003QL-RG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMigx-0001OB-41 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49944) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMigw-0001O1-U4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMihh-0001g6-Ot for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:35:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jambunathan K Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:35:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11298 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11298-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11298.13352852576397 (code B ref 11298); Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:35:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11298) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Apr 2012 16:34:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50978 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMigz-0001f8-Eh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f42.google.com ([209.85.210.42]:55535) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMigx-0001et-8c for 11298@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:16 -0400 Original-Received: by dang27 with SMTP id g27so1406698dan.29 for <11298@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:33:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=m3XLr/hYxT2BBzM0NK+0BPOfQ1AAj2dtj1R4uSw4HBM=; b=kNWzFyw4Qf1789QZrgAMVxJohG3bkp3BzbtcWeFDm28KgwhtOd3Jy3stB2fX25k/KU SnzqnY18txZDcL8qVU8mUmU+R3OnAvZJLkPO/deoPJRAX2gW2j4+abb/t9IMDl5w4xH0 HM4a+XSwMnifR5sAzWHn1r12KLVRt8Ap2I9eH9xO7xubvMNcAGLKvXaUtpyKjhFeFQvw YrP1g9/Rhl43XJ6EoF6eVlU+3d7UGZEoeShSSOxY4uiqo9UhPpga8XOvVV8o1Ef0W/R4 pkYJOvJIy/6w258EY+Hw59jM47OSewldGrUjkoo2q+J0oIxrFe0cQIbTmOiHf67T3O0j db9Q== Original-Received: by 10.68.212.163 with SMTP id nl3mr4932371pbc.112.1335285201294; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from JAMBU-NETBOOK ([115.241.87.44]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id vx4sm3472719pbc.73.2012.04.24.09.33.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:33:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F96AF1D.2090806@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:48:13 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (windows-nt) 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:59452 Archived-At: martin rudalics writes: >> Emacs has a notion of buffers that are *not* and *never will be (?)* >> file-visiting. > > A user is always able to save _any_ buffer to a new file (if there's > sufficient space) so the "*never will be (?)*" is not a valid notion. What will be lost if Emacs forbids such a write? I can mark the buffer, switch to a file-visiting buffer and yank my scratch contents there.