From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877ipev1iv.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lkdhqp94.fsf@red-bean.com> <20070716203244.85A0A30116@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <8ACF1129-2D04-4157-83F8-0F0F8928A5D2@gmail.com> <20070717184254.37CE2300A2@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <871wf6pzrp.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184792031 15364 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2007 20:53:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:53:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Tassilo Horn Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 18 22:53:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IBGWq-0001jQ-4g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:53:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGWp-0005NS-RX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGVW-0004fs-DF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGVW-0004fa-0V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGVV-0004fW-NZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBGVT-0005DC-8h; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:23 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBGWW-0000pp-ED; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:28 -0400 In-reply-to: <871wf6pzrp.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> (message from Tassilo Horn on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:59:38 +0200) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:75092 Archived-At: > As other have pointed out, this won't work when you have multiple > emacses running. There are other modes facing the same problem. For example `desktop-save-mode' uses a lock file and asks the user what to do. Maybe the same approach would be good for preserving *scratch*. But this suggests another idea: ask the question just once and have it apply to all features to preserve anything and everything from a previous session.