From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Francesco Potorti` Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [jidanni@deadspam.com: modeline doesn't divulge buffer will go bye bye] Date: 25 Jun 2002 15:54:26 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <871yav79bh.fsf@pot.cnuce.cnr.it> References: <200206201435.g5KEZLF18772@aztec.santafe.edu> <5xu1nxh6o7.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200206221720.g5MHKLj16237@rum.cs.yale.edu> <877kkrw1pz.fsf@emacswiki.org> <200206231812.g5NICiS24452@aztec.santafe.edu> <87r8ixazu9.fsf@emacswiki.org> <200206241940.g5OJe8v26290@aztec.santafe.edu> <87u1nse5qr.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87bsa09x5r.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> <87d6uge3q5.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87znxk8erv.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1025013441 26408 127.0.0.1 (25 Jun 2002 13:57:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alex Schroeder , 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 17Mqor-0006rp-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:57:21 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17MqqW-0002cC-00 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:59:04 +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 17Mqoj-0003CI-00; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:57:13 -0400 Original-Received: from pot.cnuce.cnr.it ([146.48.83.182]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 17Mqm8-0002za-00; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:54:32 -0400 Original-Received: from pot by pot.cnuce.cnr.it with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Mqm2-0003UJ-00; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:54:26 +0200 Original-To: Miles Bader In-Reply-To: <87znxk8erv.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> Original-Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.90 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:5191 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:5191 Miles Bader writes: Alex Schroeder writes: > 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. That would be reasonable, as long as it's easy to turn off. Looks like a good idea for new users, and easy to turn off for experts. [But it might result in a lot of complaints/spurious bug reports, depending on how many people use scratch buffers a lot like I do; there's a _big_ community of long-time emacs users that can get riled up by even seemingly innocuous changes] Maybem, if the variable is non nil, when Emacs exits it writes something along the lines of: - the buffers a, b, c, d were not saved. They are not associated to any file. If you want to save them at once, you can answer `y' to the next question. If you answer `n', the contents of those buffers will be lost forever. If you don't want to see this message in the future, you can set the variable never-ask-me-stupid-questions to t. Save buffers not associated with a file before exit? (y/n)