how to make the scratch buffer "unkillable"?

how to make the scratch buffer "unkillable"?

[oliver]

hi there

sometimes i accidentally kill or rename the scratch-buffer. how can i 
protect this?

is there a way to hook into kill-buffer and rename-buffer?

thanks, olli 

Re: how to make the scratch buffer "unkillable"?

[Joe Corneli]

On the topic of preventing accidental *scratch* kills, look in the
list archive, as this is a recent question.

Re: how to make the scratch buffer "unkillable"?

[oliver]

sorry guys, found the answer on the net. see

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RecreateScratchBuffer

cheers, olli

"oliver" <oliver_baumann@nospam.justemail.net> wrote in message 
news:cnu7h0$tc9$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> hi there
>
> sometimes i accidentally kill or rename the scratch-buffer. how can i 
> protect this?
>
> is there a way to hook into kill-buffer and rename-buffer?
>
> thanks, olli

Re: how to make the scratch buffer "unkillable"?

[V. L. Simpson]

>>>>> "oliver" == oliver  <oliver_baumann@nospam.justemail.net> writes:

    >> 
    >> sometimes i accidentally kill or rename the
    >> scratch-buffer. how can i protect this?
    >> 
    >> is there a way to hook into kill-buffer and rename-buffer?
    >> 
    >> thanks, olli


GNU Emacs 21 on up will recreate the scratch buffer if you just
revisit that buffer name:  C-x b (or M-x switch-to-buffer) *scratch*

vls