From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thierry Volpiatto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: automatically save a specific buffer on exit Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:41:12 +0100 Message-ID: <87k58572lj.fsf@tux.homenetwork> References: <1233779280.689554@arno.fh-trier.de> <1233784831.640257@arno.fh-trier.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233820113 9456 80.91.229.12 (5 Feb 2009 07:48:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:48:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 08:49:48 2009 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 1LUyzY-0005eA-OM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:49:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57550 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUyyF-0000TA-U8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:48:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUyxx-0000T5-A0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:48:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUyxv-0000St-Rt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58312 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUyxv-0000Sq-ME for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:48:03 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:55871 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 1LUyxv-0003iD-6I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:48:03 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LUyxo-0000Pi-Uj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:47:56 +0000 Original-Received: from 40.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net ([77.197.77.40]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:47:56 +0000 Original-Received: from thierry.volpiatto by 40.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:47:56 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 82 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 40.77.197-77.rev.gaoland.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GKg/h5VSZEErdbd1vyRALnCRCow= 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:61916 Archived-At: Hi Andreas, Andreas Politz writes: > Thierry Volpiatto wrote: >> Hi, >> Andreas Politz writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a persistent scratch buffer with a file attached >>> and I would like emacs to have it saved whenever I >>> leave the editor. >>> 'kill-emacs-hook' runs to late and `write-file-functions' >>> doesn't seem to be aproppriate either. >> >> Kill-emacs-hook work fine here. Here the code i use: >> >> ,---- >> | (defvar save-scratch-file "~/.emacs.d/save-scratch.el") >> | (defun tv-save-scratch (&optional append) >> | (interactive "P") >> | (with-current-buffer "*scratch*" >> | (widen) >> | (goto-char (point-min)) >> | (forward-line 1) >> | (let* ((beg (point)) >> | (end (point-max)) >> | (buffer-contents (buffer-substring beg end))) >> | (save-excursion >> | (find-file save-scratch-file) >> | (if (or current-prefix-arg >> | append) >> | (progn >> | (goto-char (point-max)) >> | (insert buffer-contents) >> | (save-buffer) >> | (kill-buffer (current-buffer))) >> | (erase-buffer) >> | (goto-char (point-min)) >> | (insert buffer-contents) >> | (save-buffer) >> | (kill-buffer (current-buffer))))))) >> | | (defun tv-restore-scratch-buffer () >> | (with-current-buffer "*scratch*" >> | (goto-char (point-max)) >> | (forward-line) >> | (insert-file-contents save-scratch-file))) >> | | (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'tv-save-scratch) >> | (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook 'tv-restore-scratch-buffer) >> `---- >> >> > > Yes, I did it like this before (Btw append- and write-file would > make things easier). The problem here is, there is no auto-saving involved > in this setup and I am currently working with a system that crashes > frequently. May be you can run something like that when you start working in scratch: ,---- | (defun run-autosave-in-scratch () | (with-current-buffer "*scratch*" | (make-auto-save-file-name) | (auto-save-mode 1))) `---- That make an autosave of your scratch in your /home/you like that: #%2Ascratch%2A#5973UHu# > I just wrote a tiny function, which writes the scratch buffer and calls > save-buffers-kill-emacs and bound it to C-xC-c. That seems to be the easiest > solution (Which I haven't thought of before, since I was narrowed down > to finding the right hook). > > -ap > -- A + Thierry Volpiatto Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France