From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: save-current-buffer Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:12:35 -0500 Message-ID: <0oCdnWtUBfnQ8GfVnZ2dnUVZ_tzinZ2d@sysmatrix.net> References: <1224362986.875430@arno.fh-trier.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224373295 3741 80.91.229.12 (18 Oct 2008 23:41:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:41:35 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 19 01:42:41 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KrLRP-0002Je-Ih for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:42:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46192 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KrLQK-0001YA-Hf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:41:32 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!feedme.ziplink.net!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:12:12 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <1224362986.875430@arno.fh-trier.de> Original-Lines: 21 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.1 Original-X-Trace: sv3-KRMbXOb7a0oOpqnVLBjh5QezKASuClamf4aftWTV6n7oRDcDikHAv5YGLjJG2ecKP+vy8Iz2tCaXBZT!jXg/Gv+NUoAXMTgTNvlFTK8FM8cnyEeEwjs15Te8xoZbLju1LEOCLaq1hRBbnl+CLHNAQdlKUmxq!uHJB8k7iMEk+pfLLjYThFFQiB46V Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163575 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58917 Archived-At: 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