From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: *scratch* buffer documentation Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:24:56 -0500 Message-ID: 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> <837e2irfzc.fsf@gnu.org> <83v9q2p4oz.fsf@gnu.org> <83eewpq2w6.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000005fdc4059ab39de3" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="186960"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: VanL , Emacs developers To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 27 19:27:24 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 1ikuKa-000mT8-CG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:27:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37862 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ikuKY-0008Ri-Om for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:27:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54966) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ikuIy-0007uX-9f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:25:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ikuIs-0008SJ-Li for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:25:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lf1-f46.google.com ([209.85.167.46]:37430) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ikuIQ-00089I-TA; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:25:11 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-lf1-f46.google.com with SMTP id b15so21236906lfc.4; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:25:09 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=TtCs4YqV7Fah7ZBDMfT/Vs+KufG76V4Y7bHWEXfAGjA=; b=fnD1l0T1dg10BC1ZxHz2vwgFDqPS5+tVY0B+MgsO/zATo0njEHQzocvlQiKuNnIcTq nyNkM1o0hEvb9ZpIU5R4ZC+5I3UjKLqQGG8nP7hcIkUNWLICenh8bLuNmktryBbUtbbh g+gQ9HDKUZMx/Oc7H9F+WCO9kIJsGA+R6Pr7kTXW/E/CesDUPwYdsxiZWgb3eV9f8rsv od+9npBqHajZiw3tni99vol6xrJdY0Y1cfp3XjJidnn6qQB6YhYQxuRVbytCaWmFAe9W Q32GO0qUprlmhJtI5iD+miYUup+alMOxydy+Io4QY+wUSlCRpKP8wZvG+v/3uch4jJqv dzFQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUYnYtdLT9Aes3172ZXdIPMKEMUAUw1VT56ZGCzf+glK+j2kvHc X/hAoLyFmImwbwqir2Ep9iZbWl65hLBk6kZGzae73g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwSpmHDxx+1UBAOfakRQyCAt0JAhS1DY619GF67Xa+oNMh7ZkHPCCoJTpVih4pBdqpcHqv738zoEH/b/Mh143k= X-Received: by 2002:a19:5f05:: with SMTP id t5mr30410750lfb.149.1577471107790; Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:25:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83eewpq2w6.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.167.46 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:243709 Archived-At: --00000000000005fdc4059ab39de3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Jumping in after having read only the last few post in the thread. How about "nonpersistent"? /john On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:06 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: VanL > > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:31:22 +1100 > > > > >> When I read "provisory" I have alarm bells ringing and I want to > > >> know more, so I check the rest of the documentation and indeed, I > > >> find the kill command and that confirms that buffers are indeed > > >> provisory and need to be saved to a *permanent* file to have their > > >> contents archived. > > > > The intro to RPi4B uses the words 'volatile' and 'non-volatile' memory. > > Buffers aren't "volatile", either, they don't evaporate unless killed. > > -- John Yates 505 Tremont St, #803 Boston, MA 02116 --00000000000005fdc4059ab39de3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Jumping in after having read only the last few post in = the thread.

How about "nonpersistent"?
=

/john

On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:06 AM Eli Zaretskii &l= t;eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> From: VanL <van@scrat= ch.space>
> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:31:22 +1100
>
> >> When I read "provisory" I have alarm bells ringing = and I want to
> >> know more, so I check the rest of the documentation and indee= d, I
> >> find the kill command and that confirms that buffers are inde= ed
> >> provisory and need to be saved to a *permanent* file to have = their
> >> contents archived.
>
> The intro to RPi4B uses the words 'volatile' and 'non-vola= tile' memory.

Buffers aren't "volatile", either, they don't evaporate u= nless killed.



--
John= Yates
505 Tremont St, #803
Boston, MA 02116
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