From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:57:38 +0200 Message-ID: <85vebucvtp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <85ejinrqgk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <35917.128.165.123.18.1185998078.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <85vebzq7vd.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87odhqethv.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87zm18v7ug.fsf@jurta.org> <85abt7kck1.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186297134 14702 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2007 06:58:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 06:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 05 08:58:52 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IHa4c-0003U3-3r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:58:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IHa4X-0004As-Bg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:58:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IHa4T-000465-9e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:58:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IHa4M-00043i-QX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:58:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IHa4M-00043f-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:58:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-08.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.48]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IHa40-0006ja-Ke; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 02:58:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.15]) by mail-in-08.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F83827B956; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 08:57:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-02.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.42]) by mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F48B2D29B9; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 08:57:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-057-031.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.57.31]) by mail-in-02.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3958E36E862; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 08:57:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 14BDB1C4F932; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 08:57:39 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 04 Aug 2007 23\:05\:30 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:76046 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Then it would not be possible to specify a mode for *scratch* unless > one also makes *scratch* the startup screen. > > As I understand it, part of the idea of this change is that > there won't BE a *scratch* buffer if you don't request it > in `initial-buffer-contents'. Certainly not at startup. But I use a Lisp mode *scratch* buffer regularly in the normal work. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum