Re: (kill-buffer "*scratch*")

[J. David Boyd]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:

> Frederic Motte wrote:
>  > The other night, I was not able to sleep, thinking about a game world.
>  > So I jumped out of my bed to write it down. Once I was happy of my
>  > work, I went back in bed feeling good.
>  >
>  > Today, I wanted to read it again, but impossible to found it back.
>  > I think I wrote it in the scratch buffer and closed emacs without
>  > saving it.
>  > Of course, emacs didn't asked me if I would like to save it.
> 
> But it did tell you:
> 
> ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
> ;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
> ;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
> 
> Try adding this to your .emacs file:
> 
> (save-excursion
>    (set-buffer "*scratch*")
>    (setq buffer-offer-save t))
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Rodgers

Excellent idea.  I'm adding this to my .emacs right away, and thanks.

Dave