From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: clone buffer that is visiting a file
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:45:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <g9q2v1$7ef$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a619caba-bd1a-493a-a357-e90128d4cb7e@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com>
xraysmalevich@gmail.com wrote:
> If you try to run clone-buffer on a file-visiting buffer, it won't
> happen, and you get the error message "Cannot clone a file-visiting
> buffer."
>
> I think I understand why -- if you clone a file-visiting buffer, both
> buffers are visiting the same file -- and this is more a situation for
> an indirect buffer. Is this correct?
>
> But what about situations where you want the entire text of the file-
> visiting buffer, the same major mode, but not have it be visiting a
> file? Is there any easier way to do this other than copying the entire
> buffer and starting from scratch?
Why don't you want the new buffer to be visiting a (different/temporary)
file? Depending on that, this might suit you:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2007-11/msg00678.html
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-05 1:45 UTC|newest]
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2008-09-04 12:55 clone buffer that is visiting a file xraysmalevich
2008-09-05 1:45 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
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2008-09-05 13:44 ` xraysmalevich
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