From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs: Problems of the Scratch Buffer Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:38:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335019218 7844 80.91.229.3 (21 Apr 2012 14:40:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:40:18 +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 16:40:17 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 1SLbU1-0005ts-5s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:40:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43047 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLbU0-000898-Gg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:40:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe05.iad.POSTED!00000000!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xNjXImMJUrfF9ca9WH3oJo5WoOY= Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@UsenetServer.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:38:09 UTC X-Received-Bytes: 1510 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192142 comp.emacs:102413 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:84558 Archived-At: >>> 3. The “*scratch*” “buffer” is a INTRUSIVE IDIOSYNCRASY. >> The reason behind the *scratch* buffer is highly confidential, but since >> you're all trustworthy Emacs users here, I'll tell you (but please >> promise you won't tell anyone else): >> It's an entrance test to the Emacs Church! > Are there alternate designs for the scratch buffer? > There are variations on everything else in Emacs. Surprisingly, it looks nobody was sufficiently annoyed to come up with an alternative. Which doesn't surprise me. I just happily ignored the *scratch* buffer for most of my early Emacs-user life, and I expect most people do too. Stefan