From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: Oliver Taylor <olivertaylor@me.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Variable for Confirming Killing a Buffer
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 23:17:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o85ysijn.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=FJLbU+aHc2nqMpj3OHWNLg+K-wiRnY4ZBksyMJ1w_yA@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Thu, 2 Dec 2021 14:41:23 -0800")
Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> Oliver Taylor <olivertaylor@me.com> writes:
>
>> Now, doing (setq-local buffer-confirm-kill t) will prevent accidental data
>> loss.
>
> Could you describe the scenario(s) under which you have experienced
> accidental data loss in more detail? Which modes were you using?
A common example I can imagine lot of people have experienced is the
accidental killing of the *scratch* buffer.
--
Philip Kaludercic
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-02 23:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-02 21:06 Variable for Confirming Killing a Buffer Oliver Taylor
2021-12-02 22:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-02 23:17 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2021-12-02 23:25 ` Oliver Taylor
2021-12-03 16:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 19:24 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-03 21:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 22:27 ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-12-03 22:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-03 19:45 ` Oliver Taylor
2021-12-03 21:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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