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>>>>> "oliver" == oliver  <oliver_baumann@nospam.justemail.net> writes:

    >> 
    >> sometimes i accidentally kill or rename the
    >> scratch-buffer. how can i protect this?
    >> 
    >> is there a way to hook into kill-buffer and rename-buffer?
    >> 
    >> thanks, olli


GNU Emacs 21 on up will recreate the scratch buffer if you just
revisit that buffer name:  C-x b (or M-x switch-to-buffer) *scratch*

vls