From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tyler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Contacting Richard Stallman Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:32:57 -0400 Message-ID: <871vwb6fbq.fsf@blackbart.sedgenet> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229200437 19711 80.91.229.12 (13 Dec 2008 20:33:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:33:57 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 13 21:35:03 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 1LBbCY-0001LK-2d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:35:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48325 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LBbBM-0004QV-Ew for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:33:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LBbAj-0004Fl-G1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:33:09 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LBbAg-0004DB-Ms for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:33:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52301 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LBbAg-0004D5-Hj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:33:06 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:43332 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LBbAf-0004tP-Kq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:33:06 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LBbAZ-0001ql-Ln for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:32:59 +0000 Original-Received: from 142.68.240.238 ([142.68.240.238]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:32:59 +0000 Original-Received: from tyler.smith by 142.68.240.238 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:32:59 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 35 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.68.240.238 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fVX3aM5sVtzxq4/E5eo4+lphnvE= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:60592 Archived-At: "yannis antsos" writes: > Can you guys please reply ??????? > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM, yannis antsos > wrote: >> >> I am sorry to directly bother you. I searched on groups.google and >> various web but could not find the answer. I opened an emacs in my >> windows XP a few days ago and pasted a number of info in the >> *scratch* and the windows yesterday night did autoupdate killing the >> process possibly. Any ideas where can I find the temporary file and >> what may it look like ? in the autosaves, there was an empty file >> corresponding to that name. i have not used the emacs from that >> account where it was opened for that scratch buffer. >> First off, rms already directed you here for help, there is no reason to continue to cc him. As for your problem: as I understand it, autosave isn't enabled by default for the scratch buffer. So any information in this buffer is lost unless explicitly saved when emacs closes. The idea is that scratch is for quick notes, working out bits of elisp - things that are not needed beyond the current session. If you open a new file, it *will* be set to autosave, even before you save it for the first time. So you can avoid this problem by opening a new file called 'tmp', or whatever, and putting your info in there instead of in scratch. I know that doesn't solve your immediate problem, but it will help you avoid it recurring in future. Cheers, Tyler