From: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
To: Robert Inder <robert@interactive.co.uk>
Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Wish List: support making *scratch* persistent
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 09:32:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+OMD9ichNNmKXBD22mJ6meqo5pfunE6TJ6s0JUOE3KQUjiuvw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKqjJm8-PyLahoGLwCf5FjTp6NOQTD8JjHQ5V97S6v6JnLbpHw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Robert Inder <robert@interactive.co.uk>
wrote:
>
> I'd like to be able to make the *scratch* buffer persist between sessions.
>
> I realise that it is meant for things I don't want to save. But every few
> months, I get interrupted or distracted, and realise I have quit emacs or
> rebooted a machine while there was something significant in *scratch*. To
> know that I wouldn't lose stuff when that happened, I'd happily pay the
> price of having to flush the buffer occasionally.
>
> I can't be the only one that is bitten by this from time to time.
>
You are not. The "persistent-scratch" package available from MELPA does
exactly what you want. Simply install it and add this to your Emacs
initialization file:
;;; Persistent Scratch - make *scratch* buffer persist across Emacs
invocations
(persistent-scratch-setup-default)
Bob
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-02 11:01 Wish List: support making *scratch* persistent Robert Inder
2017-10-02 13:32 ` Robert Weiner [this message]
2017-10-03 17:21 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-03 17:33 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
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2017-10-04 16:07 Fanael Linithien
2017-10-04 23:40 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
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