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Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer
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Stefan Vollmar |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer |
Date: |
Thu, 20 May 2010 16:00:02 +0200 |
Dear Drew,
On 20.05.2010, at 15:29, Drew Adams wrote:
>>> we have a user who wants to always open Emacs with a new "untitled"
>>> buffer so he can start writing right away without having
>>> to think of a file name first (similar to a "New Document" feature
>>> in Mac and Windows programs). If we try this in site-start.el:
>>>
>>> (generate-new-buffer "untitled")
>>> (switch-to-buffer "untitled")
>>>
>>> we are almost there - Emacs starts with the new "untitled"
>>> buffer. However, if he then exits Emacs, Emacs does not
>>> warn about a modified buffer and potential data loss, although the
>>> buffer is marked dirty. How can we get the usual behaviour for
>>> this new buffer?
[...]
> What am I missing? What is wrong with just using (find-file "untitled")?
>
> If a buffer is associated with a file name (which is what `find-file' does)
> then
> Emacs asks you about saving it. What else is the OP asking for?
>
> Everyone seems to be jumping through hoops here, and my mail with this simple
> suggestion was ignored, so I must not be getting it. I really would like to
> know
> what I'm missing.
Sorry for being late with our reply (your first answer was almost within
seconds of the intial question - superb!), but I was only now able to test it.
(find-file "untitled")
does indeed solve our specific problem quite neatly. Maybe one thing could
still be improved: if the "untitled" buffer is dirty and Emacs asks where to
save it, the directory now defaults to Emacs' bin directory - so
(find-file "~/untitled")
is an even better choice for us. switch-to-new-untitled-buffer does not seem to
be part of Emacs 23.2.
Thanks!
Warm regards,
Stefan
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- Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/19
- RE: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Drew Adams, 2010/05/19
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stephen Berman, 2010/05/19
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/20
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/20
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Lennart Borgman, 2010/05/21
- Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer, Stefan Vollmar, 2010/05/21