From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to get rid of *GNU Emacs* buffer on start-up? Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:53:57 +0300 Message-ID: References: <873ajzwoqu.fsf@kobe.laptop> <823901dd-c54c-4e3b-b6ad-512d52724a46@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221814543 14270 80.91.229.12 (19 Sep 2008 08:55:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:55:43 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 19 10:56:39 2008 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 1Kgbmf-0008Nl-LY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:56:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53018 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgbld-00061l-S8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:55:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgbki-00060k-03 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:54:12 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgbkg-0005zO-5l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:54:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42574 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kgbkf-0005yz-9A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:54:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout1.012.net.il ([84.95.2.1]:31005) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kgbke-0003Xp-Tn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:54:09 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.116.246]) by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0K7F00DOPQ3ISX60@i-mtaout1.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:54:54 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <823901dd-c54c-4e3b-b6ad-512d52724a46@z11g2000prl.googlegroups.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:57786 Archived-At: > From: Xah Lee > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:50:50 -0700 (PDT) >=20 > * Emacs does not provide a user level function to create a new > buffer. It has =E2=80=9COpen New file...=E2=80=9D, which actually c= reates 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 sav= e the buffer. Until then, only a buffer is created. > I propose that emacs should also add a menu command =E2=80=9CNew bu= ffer=E2=80=9D, with > the keyboard shortcut =E2=80=9CCtrl+n=E2=80=9D. Once called, it sho= uld create a > scratch buffer titled =E2=80=9Cuntitled=E2=80=9D. If one already ex= ists, append > numbers such =E2=80=9Cuntitled 2=E2=80=9D. If I ever want a Notepad, I'd just launch that. I don't need Emacs t= o emulate it.