From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Zhang Wei Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:42:32 +0800 Message-ID: <87myxxnvaf.fsf@emacsfans.org> References: <877ipev1iv.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <36204694-4F27-4164-B33E-E62A29EA9842@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184539368 24523 80.91.229.12 (15 Jul 2007 22:42:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:42:48 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 16 00:42:47 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IACnf-0001qg-2N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:42:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IACne-0003bl-LX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:42:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IACna-0003Y5-07 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:42:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IACnY-0003VF-Jp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:42:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IACnY-0003V2-Ch for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:42:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.185]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IACnY-0004Cd-0t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:42:40 -0400 Original-Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c27so18703rvf for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:42:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:references:mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=a0Y60qnaBc49++/VQHA0ECMIex7gqMlMfhxfZAenrRNwPPyOYbKIWQpjkhKnHLBfeFADjYjGJAgHIfkW/rJctiWwgdshl41QY5Hb3f4eQthog7W9pj2Hz+DMxQr/by/21JBueap01EeVMSEhcd6z1Eur0Kcy7E0VLKJyRs4ZOFM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:to:subject:references:mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=qpB0S/qlNESyrgPcvlAwX8NHqI8/ZvOXTVsZAjK5uZjrJt/bRm6NQGBbWLx8DQrQKJzVuc3ZyP4ihRC6Qyj0IOVjImgiciuVU2GbEZSvqZunV3YtTpQFPPqtk/Pxb6o1XJ62fXB1JjJxY7URrW0rHLQy4EP75N7GMNGeIe2YojU= Original-Received: by 10.141.28.12 with SMTP id f12mr1029831rvj.1184539359046; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:42:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from emacsfans.org ( [218.56.217.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id b21sm2427654rvf.2007.07.15.15.42.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from zhangwei by emacsfans.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IACnR-0000qR-2V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:42:33 +0800 Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <36204694-4F27-4164-B33E-E62A29EA9842@gmail.com> (David Reitter's message of "Sun\, 15 Jul 2007 23\:19\:51 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:74852 Archived-At: David Reitter writes: [...] > But why do the auto-save files have to go in ~/, and not somewhere > where they don't annoy the user? Why is there more than one auto-save > file? Isn't that a bug? The auto-save files not just go in ~/, wherever you startup emacs, they will to there, you will find tons of #scratch...# files scattered everywhere in your directory tree after days of work. I don't think it's a good idea to make *scratch* buffer auto-save.