From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 11298@debbugs.gnu.org, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#11298: 24.0.95; (WISH) Re-look scratch buffers
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:09:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANbX367VDXwiLY_iu3X0mRUyxyVkVDZjT4Ki1-QQGvFbdB+9Zg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv4nsameiq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 21:39, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>>>> 1. Allow multiple scratch buffers one for each mode the user is
>>>> interested in.
>>> We do not disallow that, so could you be more specific in what you mean
>>> by that?
>> Instead of creating one scratch buffer, make changes such a way that N
>> scratch buffers are created. N = 0, 1, 2, 3 etc etc.
>
> You mean start up Emacs with several scratch buffers?
> Hmm, now that's an unexpected request: most people don't even know what
> to do with the single *scratch* buffer.
> I'd rather move towards eliminating *scratch* (after all, we have the
> splash screen to replace it nowadays).
In the nXhtml package I have a command that creates a new buffer from
the content in the clipboard. I now often use that instead of the
*scratch* buffer.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-23 20:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-21 15:55 bug#11298: 24.0.95; (WISH) Re-look scratch buffers Jambunathan K
2012-04-21 19:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-04-21 20:50 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-22 14:11 ` Richard Stallman
2012-04-24 10:21 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-23 19:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-04-23 20:09 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2012-04-23 20:11 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-24 1:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-04-24 13:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-24 10:57 ` bug#11298: Recipe to surface *code-conversion-work* buffer Jambunathan K
2012-04-24 11:39 ` martin rudalics
2012-04-24 12:54 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-24 12:20 ` bug#11298: Scratch buffer (Summary of Xah's proposals, as I see it) Jambunathan K
2012-04-24 12:31 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-24 13:48 ` martin rudalics
2012-04-24 16:33 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-24 14:17 ` Jan D.
2012-04-24 16:26 ` Jambunathan K
2012-04-25 12:33 ` Jan D.
2012-04-24 18:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-11-15 5:06 ` bug#11298: 24.0.95; (WISH) Re-look scratch buffers Jambunathan K
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