From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: make emacs ask to save modified non-file buffers Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:26:21 +0200 Message-ID: <485F420D.4060906@gmail.com> References: <635b5b5f-398f-44a0-8bf2-873a050696bb@v1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> <33a818e4-d6db-4e30-a952-f496c1d6657d@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214202425 22939 80.91.229.12 (23 Jun 2008 06:27:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Xah Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 23 08:27:50 2008 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 1KAfWm-0003Ts-6K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:27:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46581 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAfVw-0002eL-MZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:26:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAfVX-0002du-PV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:26:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KAfVW-0002dG-1a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:26:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47393 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KAfVV-0002dD-Rs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:26:29 -0400 Original-Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net ([80.76.149.212]:50684) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KAfVV-0003bR-Kj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:26:29 -0400 Original-Received: from c83-254-145-59.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.145.59]:60935 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KAfVQ-00060v-5Q; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:26:27 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: <33a818e4-d6db-4e30-a952-f496c1d6657d@s33g2000pri.googlegroups.com> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080623-0, 2008-06-23), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.145.59 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KAfVQ-00060v-5Q. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1KAfVQ-00060v-5Q 85ff9d6c4ba7b22da4bbb9a553bed13c X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:55044 Archived-At: 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)" > 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. >