From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Scratch buffer annoyance Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:57 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877ipev1iv.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87lkdhqp94.fsf@red-bean.com> <20070716203244.85A0A30116@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <871wf7m1gy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184792149 15811 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2007 20:55:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, ams@gnu.org, sdl.web@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 18 22:55:47 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 1IBGYe-0002QY-Cr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:55:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGYe-0006ta-4r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:55:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGVx-0004v1-89 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGVw-0004ub-Kl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IBGVw-0004uW-E3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:52 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBGVw-0005Ob-1g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:52:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IBGWz-0000ui-S9; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:53:57 -0400 In-reply-to: <871wf7m1gy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:36:29 -0400) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:75095 Archived-At: What's wrong with my original suggestion? (i) offer an option to adopt the Emacs 22 behavior for the *scratch* buffer, i.e. with buffer-offer-save and auto-save disabled, and (ii) delete the auto-save file if the user answers "no" when asked if *scratch* should be saved. I understand the first point but not the second. Regarding the first point, I am not strongly against such an option, but that is a side issue. The main issue is to make the default behavior convenient. Once we do that, the option may not be needed.