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: A wish, a plea Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:32:51 +0200 Message-ID: <86645gjsng.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <4679F561.4030600@hacksaw.org> <87d4zomyiw.fsf@red-bean.com> <87fy4kjy0k.fsf@red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182501188 9779 80.91.229.12 (22 Jun 2007 08:33:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Sascha Wilde , Karl Fogel , Hacksaw , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 22 10:33:05 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 1I1eZi-00056N-PW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:33:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I1eZi-0005xV-2g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I1eZb-0005wV-EH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:32:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I1eZZ-0005w9-Pc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:32:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I1eZZ-0005w6-KR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I1eZZ-00079U-0z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (dslnet.212-29-44.ip210.dokom.de [212.29.44.210] (may be forged)) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA10919 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:32:50 +0200 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 23975 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2007 08:32:51 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 22 Jun 2007 08:32:51 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C3FDE8FC8F; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:32:51 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Fri\, 22 Jun 2007 10\:16\:56 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.51 (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:73599 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > On 6/22/07, Sascha Wilde wrote: > >> > and it should not offer to save on exit by default? >> >> Yes! This is an important part of the concept of *scratch*. > > IMO "scratch" carries the meaning of a storage area for work in > progress. Huh? The principal meaning of "Scratch that." is to throw something away. -- David Kastrup