From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs: Problems of the Scratch Buffer Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:30:41 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <3zBkr.4537$zA4.1420@newsfe19.iad> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335029716 12794 80.91.229.3 (21 Apr 2012 17:35:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 17:35:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 21 19:35:16 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLeDL-0007cL-31 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:35:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39514 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLeDK-0004hi-ED for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:35:14 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Original-Lines: 17 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="r1I8FMucvIpl17p2khJImw"; logging-data="28300"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+n/rkVGIVRMtbsjWzfXI9rsl4a9BkgMmU=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DGag75SBdSdQF4LoUokw14L9ppc= sha1:UuLjO4izNjyoFw0XEzSazET/vtc= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192166 comp.emacs:102416 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:84581 Archived-At: Chiron writes: > On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:08:25 -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > >> I'm having a hard time figuring out what _would_ be useful in a scratch >> buffer. > > I use it to check out lisp statements as I try to learn the language. > > I suppose it would be very helpful if I were to want to make changes to > emacs using elisp, to test and debug my stuff. I've tried that on occasion but I soon end up in my .emacs or some .el file and evaluating things there is easy enough. -- Dan Espen