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* buffer got locked?
@ 2013-12-05  5:50 Darren Hoo
  2013-12-05  5:58 ` Jambunathan K
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Darren Hoo @ 2013-12-05  5:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

When I Try to exit Emacs, it shows me:

    Buffer "*scratch*" is locked and cannot be killed

How does it get locked? How can I unlock it?
I am not sure whether it is interlocking since *scratch* is not
associated with any file.
 




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* Re: buffer got locked?
  2013-12-05  5:50 buffer got locked? Darren Hoo
@ 2013-12-05  5:58 ` Jambunathan K
  2013-12-05  6:25   ` Darren Hoo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jambunathan K @ 2013-12-05  5:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Darren Hoo; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

Darren Hoo <darren.hoo@gmail.com> writes:

> When I Try to exit Emacs, it shows me:
>
>     Buffer "*scratch*" is locked and cannot be killed
>
> How does it get locked? How can I unlock it?
> I am not sure whether it is interlocking since *scratch* is not
> associated with any file.

C-h f emacs-lock-mode



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* Re: buffer got locked?
  2013-12-05  5:58 ` Jambunathan K
@ 2013-12-05  6:25   ` Darren Hoo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Darren Hoo @ 2013-12-05  6:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jambunathan K; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

got it, thanks.


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>wrote:

> Darren Hoo <darren.hoo@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > When I Try to exit Emacs, it shows me:
> >
> >     Buffer "*scratch*" is locked and cannot be killed
> >
> > How does it get locked? How can I unlock it?
> > I am not sure whether it is interlocking since *scratch* is not
> > associated with any file.
>
> C-h f emacs-lock-mode
>


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