From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: *scratch* lost Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:40:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244915223 804 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2009 17:47:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:47:03 +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 Jun 13 19:47:01 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MFXJj-0002yD-C3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:46:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34177 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFXJi-0004Yq-TW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:46:58 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:40:41 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 25 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.132.164 Original-X-Trace: sv3-GEq8YMbdlymd8OgWLPJagORDP4Es2G4AYuklpjrQp2hbV2IRtjtyb8o+wUZlvdQX5HhLSAgnP6zMSNf!6sv0COcGO6j9QWetZb25Ne/0LMZScYVGZ8QAU1HAt9DMoVwgQQtUkM7/f2IQocSdWwwojWNdRH6h!1wEOxlEuuDoy2CYFOtUCm8mCUhFnlVA= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:170027 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:65258 Archived-At: inhibit-startup-screen is nil initial-scratch-message is ";; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.\n;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,\n;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.\n\n" initial-major-mode is lisp-interaction-mode Emacs version is w32 22.3 B. T. Raven wrote: > I was doing some key mapping in .emacs and instead of saving the file, > restarting Emacs, and testing the new assignment I was doing M-x eval > region on changed areas of .emacs Somehow all (or many) keychords > started acting strangely, e.g. C-x 1 would open subr.el in a new buffer > instead of showing current buffer alone in frame, even cursor movement > keys did something else. I killed .emacs buffer without saving (losing > changes) and then exited Emacs. On restarting everything looks and works > normally exept that *scratch* is empty (three commented lines are > missing) and it is in Fundamental mode instead of Lisp Interaction. Can > I get the old *scratch* buffer back? How? > > Ed