From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jon Cast Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jidanni@deadspam.com: modeline doesn't divulge buffer will go bye bye] Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:49:15 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200206242349.g5ONnGGa002907@adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1024962320 12034 127.0.0.1 (24 Jun 2002 23:45:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17MdWK-00037z-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:45:20 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17MdXh-0000M8-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:46:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MdWE-0007Qx-00; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:45:14 -0400 Original-Received: from adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu ([129.15.132.57]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17MdTV-0006Jr-00 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 19:42:25 -0400 Original-Received: from adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5ONnGdS002911; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:49:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ou.edu (jcast@localhost) by adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id g5ONnGGa002907; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:49:16 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: adams0-57.reshall.ou.edu: jcast owned process doing -bs Original-To: Alex Schroeder In-Reply-To: Message from Alex Schroeder of "Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:01:06 +0200." <87d6uge3q5.fsf@emacswiki.org> Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5177 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5177 Alex Schroeder wrote: > So perhaps we need a new variable that controls this? "buffers are > documents" or something like that. :) I vote this be default t, to > protect newbies. Why not make switch-to-buffer prompt ``do you want to keep this buffer around'' when invoked interactively? That will: a. Help educate users about the difference between ``buffers'' and ``documents''/``files''. b. Help out users like Alex whose thought patterns don't mesh well with ``always use C-x C-f to get a persistent buffer.'' Jon Cast