Re: makeing a buffer stick, preventing the new buffer from override.

[Nikos Apostolakis]

"amit.man@gmail.com" <amit.man@gmail.com> writes:

>
> 2. is there a way to make a buffer "stick", in the sense that it wont
> be over ridden or close unless i allow it?
>

In the Debian package "emacs-goodies-el" there is a command "M-x
dedicate-mode".

,----[ (info "(emacs-goodies-el) dedicated") ]
|    This minor mode allows you to toggle a window's "dedicated" flag.
| When a window is "dedicated", Emacs will not select files into that
| window. This can be quite handy since many commands will use another
| window to show results (e.g., compilation mode, starting info, etc.) A
| dedicated window won't be used for such a purpose.
`----

Google for "dedicated-mode".

HTH,
Nikos

> thanks in advance,
> amit man