From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: *scratch* buffer documentation Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:36:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87h81n2dl2.fsf@gnus.org> References: <69AD1F67-BA40-4342-996E-CAC6CC545E2A@traduction-libre.org> <83lfr0v4ib.fsf@gnu.org> <3B5C95CE-77A8-48DA-BD5D-6BD8D8828C30@traduction-libre.org> <83k16jqcpc.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="157702"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 26 18:37:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1ikX4S-000etH-05 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:37:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55472 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ikX4Q-0001MH-SM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:37:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54244) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ikX4L-0001LB-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:37:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ikX4J-0002M1-PJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:37:04 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:60980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ikX4J-0002Lu-J0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:37:03 -0500 Original-Received: from 77.16.52.139.tmi.telenormobil.no ([77.16.52.139] helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ikX4E-0002WR-Pg; Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:37:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Jean-Christophe Helary's message of "Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:15:16 +0900") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:243661 Archived-At: Jean-Christophe Helary 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