From: dave@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd)
Subject: Re: (kill-buffer "*scratch*")
Date: 23 Sep 2004 11:34:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <81y8j1q9rb.fsf@adboyd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040923125907.GA4897@megavac.ath.cx
Frederic Motte <fred@lautre.net> writes:
> I hate Emacs' scratch buffer !!!
>
> The other night, I was not able to sleep, thinking about a game world.
> So I jumped out of my bed to write it down. Once I was happy of my
> work, I went back in bed feeling good.
>
> Today, I wanted to read it again, but impossible to found it back.
> I think I wrote it in the scratch buffer and closed emacs without
> saving it.
> Of course, emacs didn't asked me if I would like to save it.
>
> I hate Emacs' scratch buffer.
>
> By the way, I didn't mention that I love emacs, thanks a lot.
So why not put some code in your .emacs to kill the buffer on start,
and create a real buffer that you will have to save if you type into
it?
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-23 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-23 12:59 (kill-buffer "*scratch*") Frederic Motte
2004-09-23 15:34 ` J. David Boyd [this message]
[not found] <mailman.3743.1095944748.1998.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-09-23 15:38 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-09-23 19:07 ` J. David Boyd
2004-09-23 20:45 ` Drew Adams
2004-09-23 19:48 ` Stefan Monnier
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