From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs starts with current screen contents in its display buffer Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 01:02:07 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <53ADF2CC.9040804@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1403913768 23119 80.91.229.3 (28 Jun 2014 00:02:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:02:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Segundo Bob Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 28 02:02:40 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X0g6K-00085V-5C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 02:02:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52957 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0g6J-0004UA-KJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:02:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32909) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0g60-0004Tx-J3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:02:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0g5r-0001GA-Ic for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:02:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]:43609) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0g5r-0001G4-CK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 20:02:11 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id cc10so3522357wib.12 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=y5f+EWIcVx7WIYYwbtaqy0TZVOYy4R4bx9GHU3QOFVo=; b=nsgjLI3GtqO6xVOrg8og2YczWytU6U85xJAcrj4mo5pHlMb130H+BkWN38sCVcTl5M lnh2qgINEqEKWOXmyjCj9rcawCiwGQZDNNQnpipQceRhIHdB8Ahojl1Bwm2byMSf6cGQ ntZrvhj11U6f46GljaOMEgH/4XmQmXo/atkpf6PYb19ReLmgVfm+7Ukjc6oFPLFlISnh cJLYpOgawiAw/CxbPv4snBv+911aH4SOopS987BGtT7wZWDCUY/X9UZbjb4hwbhKMhgB +PSxjd0pmzmG+TGvcuwj+/Q0cCwUoqakT8j1WVBcQxMsiqzdZHbf5BsbLxLkDGpUwd1W lSHw== X-Received: by 10.194.80.7 with SMTP id n7mr28860840wjx.8.1403913729730; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from james.home (host5-81-169-161.range5-81.btcentralplus.com. [5.81.169.161]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v17sm24469182wjr.33.2014.06.27.17.02.08 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:09 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: james@james In-Reply-To: <53ADF2CC.9040804@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::233 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:98440 Archived-At: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014, Segundo Bob wrote: > My system: > > GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) > of 2014-03-07 on toyol, modified by Debian > > Xubuntu32 14.04 > > I installed Xubuntu32 14.04 on 2014-06-12. I noticed this problem almost > immediately. The screen contents belonging to other applications is NOT in > the emacs buffer that is saved to disk, but it is displayed. This makes emacs > unusable for me. > > I have spent several hours over these past weeks Googling for anyone > reporting a similar problem, but I have found no relevant information. This > probably means that my problem is not a widespread problem with the Ubuntu > release. > > Who is supposed to clear the "display buffers"? Linux or Emacs? > > I will appreciate any help. > -- > Segundo Bob I am running xubuntu and I am not getting that problem. This is what I have in my .emacs ;; Switch off start up message to have scatch buffer (setq inhibit-startup-message t) ;; Nothing in scratch buffer (setq initial-scratch-message nil) There may be better ways of achieving this but I have only recently started to use emacs. james