From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: *scratch* buffer documentation
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:36:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h81n2dl2.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E24B2F6C-A3E1-4D1C-97F5-5890DC25BB19@traduction-libre.org> (Jean-Christophe Helary's message of "Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:15:16 +0900")
Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org>
writes:
> I just tried something:
>
> create a buffer, type something, kill Emacs.
>
> Of course, when I restarted Emacs the buffer was gone.
>
> In any other editor I'd either have a warning that I'm going to lose
> data or the data would have been automatically saved and would be
> restored when I restarted the editor.
Are there any other editors where you can open a "buffer" that's not
associated with a file?
Most people use editors to edit files, and if you do that, Emacs behaves
pretty much like any other editors in that respect.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-26 17:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-24 23:58 *scratch* buffer documentation Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-25 1:24 ` Óscar Fuentes
2019-12-25 1:44 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-25 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-26 0:54 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-26 2:29 ` arthur miller
2019-12-26 3:00 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-26 3:27 ` Óscar Fuentes
2019-12-26 5:19 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-26 5:20 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-26 16:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-26 17:15 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-26 17:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-12-26 18:14 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-26 20:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 1:03 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-27 8:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 9:12 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-27 9:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 9:44 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2019-12-27 11:31 ` VanL
2019-12-27 14:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 18:24 ` John Yates
2019-12-27 18:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-12-27 16:12 ` Drew Adams
2019-12-27 17:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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