From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: save-current-buffer
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:12:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0oCdnWtUBfnQ8GfVnZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@sysmatrix.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1224362986.875430@arno.fh-trier.de>
Andreas Politz wrote:
>
>
> Is this a bug, or am I missing something ?
> Eval this in *scratch* buffer and you end up in the *Help* one.
>
> (save-current-buffer
> (switch-to-buffer "*Help*"))
>
>
> GNU Emacs 22.2.1
>
>
> -ap
That's what you would expect. If you don't have an Emacs generated
read-only *Help* buffer open then you will create an editable one with
that name. Why does it seem like a bug? Of course the file *Help* can't
be saved because the file name is illegal.
Ed
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-18 23:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-18 20:43 save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-18 23:12 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2008-10-19 2:57 ` save-current-buffer Chris F.A. Johnson
2008-10-20 0:37 ` save-current-buffer B. T. Raven
2008-10-19 7:24 ` save-current-buffer Glauber Alex Dias Prado
[not found] ` <mailman.1486.1224401134.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-19 10:31 ` save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-19 15:44 ` save-current-buffer Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.1511.1224431046.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-21 11:26 ` save-current-buffer Andreas Politz
2008-10-21 21:21 ` save-current-buffer Nikolaj Schumacher
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