Re: A wish, a plea

[Frank Schmitt]

Nic James Ferrier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Emacs gives the user total control, but that does not diminish the
>> importance of choosing reasonable defaults.  The current *scratch*
>> buffer is a punitive default; Hacksaw is suggesting that we choose
>> another default.
>
> I agree.
>
> I don't use it as a default.
>
> I really do use *scratch* for all sorts of things. But it shouldn't be
> the default.
>
> Maybe a ~/notes or ~/.emacs.d/notes ?

That's a very good idea IMO.

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