> It would help me a lot if can can make a new > buffer that I can set with some major mode, > from the menu. What menu is "the menu"? > One cannot make a new buffer without saving it. If you mean a menu-bar menu, then menu `Buffers', item `Select Named Buffer' puts you in a new buffer. You can choose whatever mode you want for it. And that menu item has `C-x b' next to it, to tell you that you can use that shortcut. What's maybe not 100% clear is that "select named buffer" isn't only about selecting an existing, i.e., already named, buffer. It's also about a new buffer, whose name is new - your invention. And the Emacs manual, node `Select Buffer' tells you all about `C-x b' and other commands. ___ You'd do well (help _yourself_) to learn how to better "ask Emacs", rather than jumping to conclusions such as "One cannot make a new buffer without saving it." Rather, maybe assume that you're not the first user to think of the usefulness of making a new buffer without saving it, and suppose that maybe Emacs is already providing you with a way to do what you are quick to claim "cannot" be done.