Re: Emacs: Problems of the Scratch Buffer

[Richard Riley]

rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> I'll try and restate what Xah is saying in less Xah-ish language.
>
> Emacs comes from a time when anyone who used a computer knew (about)
> programming.
> Today everyone uses a computer; so the programmers are the freaks.
>
> The scratch buffer is meaningful/useful/beautiful for those who can
> understand what it signifies that they can (re)program their editor.
>
> It is a stupid and meaningless irritation to those not so endowed.
>

Even speaking as a programmer I have to agree. I am surprised anyone
disagrees. Anyone clued in enough to emacs to know what *Scratch* is for
can create their own easily enough from their .emacs.