Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> [2022-12-04 15:34]:
> So tell me about this.  Can I make a new untitled buffer that I can later 
> save if I want to, from the File Menu, in the Menu Bar ?

I have sent my functions to you, that is exactly what I do every
day. I press F5 for that.

Install RCD Utilities and use this:

;;; RCD TEMPORARY BUFFERS

(defvar rcd-temp-buffer-name "RCD TEMPORARY BUFFER")
(defvar rcd-temp-buffer-modes '(("adoc-mode" . "adoc")
				("emacs-lisp-mode" . "el")
				("lisp-mode" . ".lisp")
				("markdown-mode" . ".md")
				("org-mode" . "org")
				("sql-mode" . "sql")
				("fundamental-mode" . "txt")
				("html-mode" . "html")))

(defun rcd-temp-buffer (&optional prefix name mode)
  "Generate new temporary buffer."
  (interactive "p")
  (let* ((file-name (concat rcd-temp-file-directory 
			    (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S-")
			    rcd-temp-buffer-name
			    ".txt"))
	 (buffer (or name (concat "*" rcd-temp-buffer-name "*"))))
    (switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer buffer))
    (setq buffer-file-name file-name)
    (if current-prefix-arg
	(let ((mode (rcd-choose (map-keys rcd-temp-buffer-modes) "Major mode: ")))
	  (funcall (intern mode)))
      (funcall (intern (or mode "fundamental-mode"))))
    buffer-file-name))

(global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") #'rcd-temp-buffer)


-- 
Jean

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