From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11298: Scratch buffer (Summary of Xah's proposals, as I see it) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:01:58 +0530 Message-ID: <81vckpgvk1.fsf@gmail.com> References: <81397tiao3.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335270815 30730 80.91.229.3 (24 Apr 2012 12:33:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:33:35 +0000 (UTC) To: 11298@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 24 14:33:34 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SMevy-0000V5-NI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:33:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57413 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMevx-00069X-IP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:33:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36282) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMevq-00069K-D0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:33:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMevk-0001Ce-7i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:33:21 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49234) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SMevk-0001CY-1L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMewU-0004Mw-A4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jambunathan K Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11298 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11298-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11298.133527079116727 (code B ref 11298); Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11298) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Apr 2012 12:33:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50268 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMeve-0004Lj-US for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:33:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f42.google.com ([209.85.210.42]:44436) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMevY-0004LA-FH for 11298@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:33:09 -0400 Original-Received: by dang27 with SMTP id g27so1016766dan.29 for <11298@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:32:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=dIhLlZJtnhqRf+oUbmW5yxe73++hOEMnpr6pUVK7ZPQ=; b=c2YdymHUDaHcbGv8eLTtip8tM0HCLgTjOs+hINGLUg8QSLIUD4cniYIRhdT8z2SYh+ Z6yMBD0gZ0PC4+f9qtaM1+lWymVPWOJbK+7/h5yXt1WuUYKD7PxV64kx9wGV8vLLhh3w 7yPiZyuH5aU+dou3S6xQ5Y5f3dRLddOhQh6CuwcoDLbpO70sexKfHGHMS8Wl/dOhCnTk zo5wFuMbDWGq6cmS9gIqTU52Geu/Vl7h2s9tpLBKmbcaRrBXU3KL9GQ+4h8Vu93dB3E8 rM6MBGeh59/AfgqHEAYY46vs7txx1PYXY1q32mLVw8NX7dklSbHNEEAIom5tY3dJYpZa DfWg== Original-Received: by 10.68.216.98 with SMTP id op2mr3568234pbc.93.1335270731595; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:32:11 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from JAMBU-NETBOOK ([115.242.146.126]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ud10sm2821068pbc.25.2012.04.24.05.32.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:32:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <81397tiao3.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:50:12 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (windows-nt) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:59440 Archived-At: > If Emacs *deduces* file-visitedness based on the name of the buffer Let me elaborate on what I mean by "deduction". I think there is a rule (unwritten but understood?) on how non-file-visiting buffers are named. I think these rules can be entered in law books are recognized as a precedent that cannot be breached. In the new scheme, A buffer created with the name "testing" will be deemed as potentially-file-visiting, while one created with name "*testing*" will be treated as non-file-visiting. One has to just settle on the pattern of names that make a buffer non-file-visiting. Anything that doesn't match this pattern will be potentitally-file-visiting.