From: xraysmalevich@gmail.com
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up?
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:08:47 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a02b4ec0-167e-4962-9442-11b49937ce71@q26g2000prq.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bd3d7296-baec-4255-a251-1f0b35731061@l33g2000pri.googlegroups.com
Emacs provides a user level function to create a new buffer. C-x b,
and enter a name of a non-existing buffer. Not once is there a prompt
for a file-name. I find this useful as I create tens of buffers a day,
holding chunks of files I'm twiddling with, notes from phone calls,
lists of file names, etc. I don't want to save them to disk, but I
sure as heck need to give that buffer a name so I can find it back
amongst all the other things I have. And if I close it without saving,
Emacs prompts me gently -- it doesn't demand a filename, it asks if I
want to save it. And only then, if I say yes, does it prompt for a
filename. How polite.
I grew up with a "scratch-pad" next to the telephone (yeah, kids, it
had a dial), and sometimes we'd get home-made scratch-pads for
Christmas. What fun!
On Sep 19, 7:34 am, Xah Lee <x...@xahlee.org> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 1:53 am, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > > From: Xah Lee <x...@xahlee.org>
> > > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:50:50 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > > * Emacs does not provide a user level function to create a new
> > > buffer. It has “Open New file...”, which actually creates a empty file
> > > and immediately prompt user for a file name. This is annoying.
>
> > This is incorrect. No file is created on disk until you actually save
> > the buffer. Until then, only a buffer is created.
>
> Ok, my original phrasing is a bit off. Please focus on the main ideas.
>
> Here's a better phrasing:
>
> • Emacs does not provide a user level function to create a new buffer.
> It has “Open file...” (a wrapper to the find-file command), which
> immediately prompt user for a full file path. This is annoying. Modern
> apps's New File command actually just create a new untitled file
> without prompting, and only when user save it it prompt a file name.
> If user closes it, it prompts for saving.
>
> In newsgroup discussion, people tend to nick pick details and often
> give no acknowledgement even if they agree in general. So, if a
> criticism or idea X is posted in the thread's original post, often
> there will be several responses that nick pick details that are non-
> critical to the main idea. So, often, the thread becomes large and
> derailed and little critical discussion.
>
> > > I propose that emacs should also add a menu command “New buffer”, with
> > > the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+n”. Once called, it should create a
> > > scratch buffer titled “untitled”. If one already exists, append
> > > numbers such “untitled 2”.
>
> > If I ever want a Notepad, I'd just launch that. I don't need Emacs to
> > emulate it.
>
> The issue here is not about whether one Eli Zaretskii wants Microsoft
> Notepad (assuming it is Microsoft Notepad you are talking about).
> Perhaps you are using the term “Notepad” as a general concept. In that
> case, emacs's *scratch* buffer is also a notepad. So, i don't know
> what u mean except perhaps you are just fooling around.
>
> Xah
> ∑http://xahlee.org/
>
> ☄
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2008-09-16 5:28 How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Davin Pearson
2008-09-16 7:39 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-09-16 8:47 ` Davin Pearson
2008-09-16 8:14 ` Adam Rooke
2008-09-16 8:44 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-16 8:44 ` Charles Sebold
2008-09-16 20:57 ` Xah
2008-09-17 1:22 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-09-18 5:35 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-18 5:41 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 0:39 ` tyler
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2008-09-19 4:16 ` David Kastrup
2008-09-19 12:42 ` tyler
2008-09-20 1:53 ` Allan Gottlieb
2008-09-29 19:20 ` tyler
2008-10-01 10:26 ` Tassilo Horn
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2008-09-19 21:09 ` David Kastrup
2008-09-19 4:49 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-18 23:50 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 8:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-09-19 11:34 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 13:04 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-19 14:21 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 15:32 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-20 0:54 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 8:25 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-22 11:40 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 12:16 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-22 13:53 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 14:50 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-23 13:49 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 15:47 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-23 16:27 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 16:47 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
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2008-09-23 16:59 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 17:43 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-09-22 18:25 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-23 8:16 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 13:02 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-23 15:20 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 18:55 ` Michael Ekstrand
2008-09-24 1:59 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 8:31 ` Eric S Fraga
2008-09-24 10:12 ` Giorgos Keramidas
2008-09-24 11:46 ` Alexey Pustyntsev
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2008-09-24 12:52 ` Andreas Politz
2008-09-24 13:30 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 9:28 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-09-24 14:38 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 17:15 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-09-25 3:16 ` Xah
2008-09-23 20:34 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-23 21:16 ` harven
2008-09-24 1:35 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 16:13 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-09-20 0:02 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-20 1:12 ` Chetan
2008-09-20 2:35 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-09-24 7:35 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-24 9:26 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-26 4:52 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-26 12:39 ` Xah
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2008-09-20 2:58 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 7:54 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-24 10:02 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 11:42 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-24 12:51 ` rustom
2008-09-24 13:33 ` Bug? buffer-offer-save Xah Lee
2008-09-24 14:31 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-09-24 14:33 ` Juanma Barranquero
2008-09-26 5:40 ` How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-26 13:28 ` Xah
2008-09-26 21:45 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-09-27 2:20 ` Kevin Rodgers
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2008-09-27 0:15 ` Chetan
2008-09-27 7:57 ` Andreas Politz
2008-09-27 14:17 ` Xah
2008-09-27 12:42 ` Chetan
2008-09-27 16:19 ` Xah
2008-09-27 17:28 ` Sean Sieger
2008-09-27 18:12 ` B. T. Raven
2008-09-27 22:48 ` Chetan
2008-09-28 3:43 ` Xah
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2008-09-28 2:46 ` Xah
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2008-09-27 14:27 ` Xah
2008-09-28 16:18 ` stan
2008-09-28 17:11 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 2:34 ` stan
2008-09-29 2:58 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 15:39 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-29 16:03 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 16:37 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-29 17:50 ` Richard Riley
2008-10-15 16:01 ` buffers and files and plus ca la change and all that OtherMichael
2008-10-01 1:37 ` How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? stan
2008-10-01 11:44 ` rustom
2008-10-01 19:58 ` Sean Sieger
2008-10-01 14:19 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 14:06 ` rustom
2008-09-29 14:32 ` Richard Riley
2008-09-29 16:56 ` Chetan
2008-09-30 9:46 ` Paul R
2008-09-30 13:37 ` Alexey Pustyntsev
2008-10-01 7:27 ` Paul R
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2008-09-30 19:20 ` xraysmalevich
2008-09-20 10:51 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-19 13:08 ` xraysmalevich [this message]
2008-09-19 14:13 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 15:21 ` xraysmalevich
2008-09-19 15:36 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 13:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-09-19 14:32 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-19 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-19 16:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-09-20 0:12 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-20 0:48 ` Cor Gest
2008-09-20 3:06 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-19 18:11 ` Lowell Gilbert
2008-09-19 20:36 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-09-20 0:50 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-20 8:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-09-22 13:07 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-22 16:58 ` Sean Sieger
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2008-09-22 17:06 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-23 19:05 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-09-24 2:08 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-22 17:56 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 19:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2008-09-23 14:47 ` Xah Lee
2008-09-22 22:13 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-09-22 22:36 ` David Kastrup
2008-09-24 11:43 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-09-27 16:35 ` Xah
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2008-09-22 13:08 ` Xah Lee
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2008-09-17 23:16 ` Xah
2008-09-21 12:06 ` Christian Herenz
2008-09-21 19:01 ` Joost Kremers
2008-09-24 14:39 ` William Case
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2008-09-25 5:06 ` Tim X
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2008-09-25 8:13 ` Jonathan Groll
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2008-09-25 9:09 ` Andreas Politz
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2008-09-26 1:07 ` Xah
2008-09-25 11:00 ` Xah
2008-09-25 13:34 ` language (was: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up?) Ted Zlatanov
2008-09-25 13:49 ` Xah
2008-09-25 19:47 ` language Ted Zlatanov
2008-09-25 17:58 ` How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Sean Sieger
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2008-09-26 1:04 ` Xah
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