From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark Elston Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Dumb question #143 -- How do I get the *scratch* window back ?? Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 11:11:53 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <133mtm85q9ojc93@corp.supernews.com> References: <87mz0nzmy5.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <874pmvypmj.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <1178147642.133425.93210@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> <133iadjjm2djrf4@corp.supernews.com> <1178249499.429639.10540@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178303616 30589 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2007 18:33:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 18:33:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 04 20:33:35 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hk2az-0007yc-S7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 20:33:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hk2he-0006Hx-I6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 14:40:26 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newshub.stanford.edu!sn-xt-sjc-02!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) In-Reply-To: Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 39 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148084 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43686 Archived-At: * William Case wrote (on 5/3/2007 9:16 PM): > On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 20:31 -0700, weber wrote: >> On May 3, 2:55 pm, William Case wrote: >>> Thank you Mark; >>> >>> Your post arrived at exactly the right moment. When I read it I threw >>> back my head and laughed and laughed. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 17:18 -0700, Mark Elston wrote: >>>> * weber wrote (on 5/2/2007 4:14 PM): >>>>> On May 2, 4:47 pm, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: >>>>>> () William Case >>>>>> () Wed, 02 May 2007 10:08:33 -0400 >>>>>> It said "No. You have done a bad thing." >>>>>> it must still be in uncouth-scoundrel (minor) mode. >>>>>> thi >>>>> What is the sense of having an immortal _scratch_? :) >>>>> -weber >>>> It sure comes in hady when you have an immortal *itch* :) >>> This post has turned into pure adult silliness, bad puns and the best >>> kind of fun. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards Bill >> That was funny :) (though only the first time) > > I suppose. But it was the first time I had heard it. Now that I think > about it, there probably has been dumb *scratch* jokes been going around > since emacs was invented. > Now that you mention it it is a fertile topic for puns. I hadn't read any before, though. I guess I don't spend enough time on the Emacs groups .... (though my wife and boss - not the same person - probably disagree) Mark