From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: When was the function 'get-scratch-buffer-create' introduced?
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:51:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871qp4tn7g.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgbs7vxg.fsf@disroot.org> (Akib Azmain Turja's message of "Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:34:03 +0600")
Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:
> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
>> Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:
>>
>>> On Emacs 28, 'get-scratch-buffer-create' seems to be undefined. But
>>> there is no NEWS entry about introducing 'get-scratch-buffer-create'.
>>>
>>> When was this function introduced?
>>>
>>> [ Originally reported by cgenie at Workroom Codeberg repo.
>>> https://codeberg.org/akib/emacs-workroom/issues/1 ]
>>
>> This seems to have been the first commit:
>>
>> commit 054062060e9f57fd037578378c23ad9ec294edac
>> Author: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
>> Date: Thu May 5 13:03:06 2022 -0700
>>
>> Factor out *scratch* initialization
>>
>> * lisp/simple.el (get-scratch-buffer-create): New function,
>> factored
>> out of scratch-buffer, and additionally clearing the
>> modification flag
>> and calling substitute-command-keys (bug#55257).
>> (scratch-buffer):
>> * lisp/server.el (server-execute):
>> * lisp/startup.el (normal-no-mouse-startup-screen, command-line-1):
>> * lisp/window.el (last-buffer,
>> window-normalize-buffer-to-switch-to):
>> * src/buffer.c (Fother_buffer, other_buffer_safely): Use it.
>> (syms_of_buffer): Add Qget_scratch_buffer_create.
>> * lisp/startup.el (startup--get-buffer-create-scratch): Delete
>> now-unused function.
>> * doc/lispref/os.texi (Summary: Sequence of Actions at Startup):
>> * NEWS (Incompatible changes in Emacs 29.1): Document the change.
>>
>> diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
>> --- a/lisp/simple.el
>> +++ b/lisp/simple.el
>> @@ -10216,0 +10216,12 @@
>> +(defun get-scratch-buffer-create ()
>> + "Return the \*scratch\* buffer, creating a new one if needed."
>> + (or (get-buffer "*scratch*")
>> + (let ((scratch (get-buffer-create "*scratch*")))
>> + ;; Don't touch the buffer contents or mode unless we know that
>> + ;; we just created it.
>> + (with-current-buffer scratch
>> + (when initial-scratch-message
>> + (insert (substitute-command-keys initial-scratch-message))
>> + (set-buffer-modified-p nil))
>> + (funcall initial-major-mode))
>> + scratch)))
>>
>> So it is part of Emacs 29.
>>
>
> Thanks!
What are you using the function for? Would it make sense adding it to
Compat?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-12 19:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-12 5:26 When was the function 'get-scratch-buffer-create' introduced? Akib Azmain Turja
2022-12-12 8:17 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-12-12 10:34 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2022-12-12 19:51 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2022-12-12 8:18 ` Stefan Kangas
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