* (kill-buffer "*scratch*")
@ 2004-09-23 12:59 Frederic Motte
2004-09-23 15:34 ` J. David Boyd
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From: Frederic Motte @ 2004-09-23 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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.
--
Frédéric Motte <fred@lautre.net> http://fred.lautre.net/ PGP-ID:47417232
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* Re: (kill-buffer "*scratch*")
2004-09-23 12:59 (kill-buffer "*scratch*") Frederic Motte
@ 2004-09-23 15:34 ` J. David Boyd
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: J. David Boyd @ 2004-09-23 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
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
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* Re: (kill-buffer "*scratch*")
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@ 2004-09-23 15:38 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-09-23 19:07 ` J. David Boyd
2004-09-23 19:48 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2004-09-23 15:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
Frederic Motte wrote:
> 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.
But it did tell you:
;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
Try adding this to your .emacs file:
(save-excursion
(set-buffer "*scratch*")
(setq buffer-offer-save t))
--
Kevin Rodgers
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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
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: J. David Boyd @ 2004-09-23 19:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> Frederic Motte wrote:
> > 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.
>
> But it did tell you:
>
> ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
> ;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
> ;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
>
> Try adding this to your .emacs file:
>
> (save-excursion
> (set-buffer "*scratch*")
> (setq buffer-offer-save t))
>
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
Excellent idea. I'm adding this to my .emacs right away, and thanks.
Dave
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* RE: (kill-buffer "*scratch*")
2004-09-23 19:07 ` J. David Boyd
@ 2004-09-23 20:45 ` Drew Adams
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Drew Adams @ 2004-09-23 20:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
Just to make sure you also know these alternatives:
- Instead of using buffer *scratch*, you can always use a different buffer
in Emacs Lisp mode. Find-file foo.el, for instance.
- You can `write-file' buffer *scratch* into a file, to save its contents.
Buffer *scratch* is just a buffer in Emacs Lisp mode, more or less.
Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> > 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.
>
> But it did tell you:
>
> ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp
evaluation.
> ;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
> ;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
>
> Try adding this to your .emacs file:
>
> (save-excursion
> (set-buffer "*scratch*")
> (setq buffer-offer-save t))
Excellent idea. I'm adding this to my .emacs right away, and thanks.
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* Re: (kill-buffer "*scratch*")
2004-09-23 15:38 ` Kevin Rodgers
2004-09-23 19:07 ` J. David Boyd
@ 2004-09-23 19:48 ` Stefan Monnier
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2004-09-23 19:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
> (save-excursion
> (set-buffer "*scratch*")
> (setq buffer-offer-save t))
(with-current-buffer "*scratch*"
(setq buffer-offer-save t))
Stefan
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