From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PJ Weisberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I get an empty buffer at launch ? Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:13:30 -0800 Message-ID: References: <4c024ace$0$2991$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292004845 32292 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2010 18:14:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Fayard?= To: Peter Dyballa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 10 19:14:01 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PR7Tj-0005CE-TV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:14:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53928 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PR7Tj-0005fc-9b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:13:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51877 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PR7TM-0005fQ-6C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:13:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PR7TK-0008Sd-Ir for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:13:35 -0500 Original-Received: from p3plsmtpa01-09.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.82.89]:40026) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PR7TK-0008SJ-7t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:13:34 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 12351 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2010 18:13:32 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (74.125.82.49) by p3plsmtpa01-09.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (72.167.82.89) with ESMTP; 10 Dec 2010 18:13:32 -0000 Original-Received: by wwb17 with SMTP id 17so3947318wwb.30 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:13:30 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.216.154.193 with SMTP id h43mr2420358wek.69.1292004810810; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:13:30 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.227.147.140 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:13:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:77402 Archived-At: The launcher I use on my desktop runs "emacs new-file-$RANDOM", so it always opens a blank buffer that gets the 'close without saving' prompt. On 12/10/10, Peter Dyballa wrote: > > Am 30.05.2010 um 13:23 schrieb Fran=E7ois Fayard: > >> When I launch Emacs on my system, it starts with the *GNU Emacs* >> buffer. I would prefer to start with a blank buffer. What can I do >> for that ? > > It's documented how to switch that buffer off. Then the *scratch* > buffer certainly will appear. The disadvantage of a blank buffer is > that its contents is very volatile, no backups are made. > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Encryption, n.: > A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of > computer manuals. > > > --=20 -PJ