Re: make emacs ask to save modified non-file buffers

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

Xah wrote:
>> (info "(elisp) Killing Buffers")
> 
> I was already reading that page but it doesn't seems to suggest a
> solution.

What about the hooks there?

> Namely, how to make kill-buffer ask user to save, for buffers that's
> not associated with file.
> 
> looking at Aquamacs's source... looks like the “solved” it by actually
> define its own kill-buffer wrapper, e.g. close-current-window-
> asktosave.
> 
>   Xah
> ∑ http://xahlee.org/
> 
> ☄
> 
> 
> On Jun 22, 5:48 pm, "Lennart Borgman (gmail)"
> <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Xah wrote:
>>> when i create a new buffer, how can i make emacs ask to save if it is
>>> modified?
>>> for example, i have this function:
>>> (defun new-empty-buffer ()
>>>   "Opens a new empty buffer."
>>>   (interactive)
>>>   (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer "untitled")))
>>>     (switch-to-buffer buf)
>>>     (funcall (and initial-major-mode))
>>>     (setq buffer-offer-save t)
>>> ))
>>> after calling, it'll create a new buffer. Then, if user edit the
>>> buffer, then close it (using either kill-buffer or kill-this-buffer),
>>> then i want emacs to ask whether to save it if the buffer has been
>>> modified.
>>> according to the manual, the var buffer-offer-save will do it only if
>>> the buffer is a visiting buffer. Then the manual talks about save-some-
>>> buffers second argument but i don't see how this fits together, since
>>> i don't actually want to call save-some-buffers.
>