From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 22:34:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6ffaawt.fsf@escher.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 51707DDA-8D52-4D9F-9FD4-461987F2DEDE@nf.mpg.de
On Wed, 19 May 2010 16:52:12 +0200 Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de> wrote:
> we have a user who wants to always open Emacs with a new "untitled"
> buffer so he can start writing right away without having to think of a
> file name first (similar to a "New Document" feature in Mac and
> Windows programs). If we try this in site-start.el:
>
> (generate-new-buffer "untitled")
> (switch-to-buffer "untitled")
>
> we are almost there - Emacs starts with the new "untitled"
> buffer. However, if he then exits Emacs, Emacs does not warn about a
> modified buffer and potential data loss, although the buffer is marked
> dirty. How can we get the usual behaviour for this new buffer?
How about setting buffer-offer-save to t (with setq-default if you want
it for all buffers)?
Steve Berman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-19 20:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-19 14:52 Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-19 15:04 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-19 20:34 ` Stephen Berman [this message]
2010-05-20 12:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-20 13:29 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-20 14:00 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 2:00 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 2:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-21 1:56 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 8:03 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 13:17 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 13:59 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 14:11 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 14:30 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 17:15 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-21 20:49 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 20:56 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-21 14:20 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-28 14:32 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-28 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-28 21:21 ` Stefan Vollmar
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1275067137.32597.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-05-29 1:04 ` Tim X
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