Re: A wish, a plea

[David Kastrup]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Making *scratch* or even something like *unnamed* readonly would
>     pretty much defeat its intent.
>
> The principal intent of *scratch* is to be the current buffer when
> Emacs starts up.

Then it should be named "*initial*" or "*startup*" and not
"*scratch*".  Using a name not corresponding to its principal intent
is misleading.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum