From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'Stefan Vollmar'" <vollmar@nf.mpg.de>,
"'Emacs mailing list'" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 08:04:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1296980923B42C3A3BAC314CA84781B@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51707DDA-8D52-4D9F-9FD4-461987F2DEDE@nf.mpg.de>
> we have a user who wants to always open Emacs with a new
> "untitled" buffer so he can start writing right away without
> having to think of a file name first (similar to a "New
> Document" feature in Mac and Windows programs). If we try
> this in site-start.el:
>
> (generate-new-buffer "untitled")
> (switch-to-buffer "untitled")
>
> we are almost there - Emacs starts with the new "untitled"
> buffer. However, if he then exits Emacs, Emacs does not warn
> about a modified buffer and potential data loss, although the
> buffer is marked dirty. How can we get the usual behaviour
> for this new buffer?
The buffer is not associated with a file.
Try (find-file "untitled") instead of the code you're using.
If you do `C-h k', then choose `File > Visit New File', you'll see that that
menu item corresponds to command `find-file'.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-19 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-19 14:52 Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-19 15:04 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2010-05-19 20:34 ` Stephen Berman
2010-05-20 12:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-20 13:29 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-20 14:00 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 2:00 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 2:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-21 1:56 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 8:03 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 13:17 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 13:59 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 14:11 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-21 14:30 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 17:15 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-21 20:49 ` Stefan Vollmar
2010-05-21 20:56 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-21 14:20 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-28 14:32 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-05-28 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-28 21:21 ` Stefan Vollmar
[not found] ` <mailman.2.1275067137.32597.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-05-29 1:04 ` Tim X
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