From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "CarlC" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Saving Buffer Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:33:39 GMT Organization: Road Runner - Texas Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043091310 12731 80.91.224.249 (20 Jan 2003 19:35:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:35:10 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ahhM-0003J5-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:35:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ahhi-0002vb-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2003 14:35:30 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news-west.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!twister.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.68.161.15 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.austin.rr.com 1043091219 66.68.161.15 (Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:33:39 CST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:33:39 CST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109243 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5767 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5767 "Phillip Lord" wrote in message news:vfk7gzlln4.fsf@rpc71.cs.man.ac.uk... > >>>>> "CarlC" == CarlC writes: > > CarlC> The function save-buffers-kill-emacs goes through each > CarlC> modified buffer with a file assocation and asks "Save file > CarlC> /home/carl/trash? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r or C-h)". Is this > CarlC> functionality available for a single (current) buffer? I > CarlC> cannot find a command similar to this. I just want to say > CarlC> kill-buffer, but ask to save if it is modified. I don't want > CarlC> it to kill-emacs. > > > This should be the default behaviour. Certainly if I do kill-buffer, > then I get "Buffer blah.txt modified: kill anyway?" Not exactly what one would want. I guess you have to do save-buffer and then kill-buffer. Ugh. > This doesn't happen if the buffer is not associated with a file. So > *scratch* can be killed in this way. If you want to stop this, you'll > need to add a function to "kill-buffer-hook" to query the user first. That's what I was afraid of. Seems a shame to have to reinvent the wheel.