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: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:14:11 -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 1334978120 27411 80.91.229.3 (21 Apr 2012 03:15:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:15:20 +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 05:15:16 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 1SLQn4-000448-3c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:15:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48821 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SLQn3-0001oU-6J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:15:13 -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!newsfe13.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:g5EOKaX+kP3ESHLmmb4axQmTBOM= Original-Lines: 10 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@UsenetServer.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:14:15 UTC X-Received-Bytes: 1074 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192123 comp.emacs:102411 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:84538 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! -- Stefan