Installed cygwin on my wife's pc. Told it to grab, among other things, emacs. I run emacs, hit C-x d (dired), and shows me only (I forget now) /home/.... With three files, (bash profile, and two .xxxxrc files, and NO directories). Seems that that's my "universe". So as to go "up" in the dir-tree, I hit the "^", but does nothing. Question: How do I get access to the (entire) ...

...least be a menu entry for "New buffer" in the "Buffers" menu. • Emacs does not provide a user level function to create a new ... the apps on my computer do.) So in the context of Emacs, the correct name would probably be "New buffer". The problem...too much actual work in the scratch buffer, which is lost if Emacs crashes. All this, however, is no reason to remove the scratch buffer...

..., Xah Lee wrote: Here are few minor reasons: * When the scratch buffer is closed, emacs does not prompt user to save it. This easily causes data loss. The other side of the...". [ .... ] * modern_operations.el. A small point about this file (at <http://xahlee.org/emacs/modern_operations.el>): you don't really need the function `kill-line-backwards', since M-0 C-k ...

... to have _some_ buffer when starting Emacs. Not really. If you look at ...> professional???) Also, think about what emacs is supposed to be, and ... with respect to, say, programers. Emacs is intended for programmers, though it...on the article ( http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html ) I've had a... mode for untitled buffer to emacs lisp mode. Or, more precisely, ...

...: I don't agree that emacs does provide a user-level function for ... name that is not one of existing buffers.) • Emacs does not provide a user level function to ... of *scratch* buffer, and a suggestion that emacs should remove it. Please see: http://en.... original article, please see: http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html Xah ∑ http://xahlee.org/ ☄

Xah Lee wrote: I don't agree that emacs does provide a user-level function for creating a new buffer. The 2 practical methods to create a new buffer, by ... is done by using the switch-to-buffer command (C-x b) and give name that is not one of existing buffers.) • Emacs does not provide a user level function to create a new buffer. It has “Open file...” (a wrapper to the find-...

...>>>> «I think the existance of the lisp scratch buffer is one of the major usability problem of emacs that prevents emacs from being widely adopted by most text editing audience.» Ironically, I just used ... toggle-rot13-mode, which I *will* now bind to C-c C-r. Thanks! What version of emacs are you using? What happens if you are in a gnus summary buffer and type C-h k C-...

... from my article: http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html « • There is no easy,...is not one of existing buffers.) • Emacs does not provide a user level...> I don't agree that emacs does provide a user-level function...is not one of existing buffers.) • Emacs does not provide a user level...if the original issue of "*Gnum Emacs*" buffer got resolved. Actually, I didn...

... have _some_ buffer when starting Emacs. Not really. If you look...faction, it stops them using emacs. * The ?*scratch*? ?buffer? is primarily...they can easily customize their emacs to have a ?*scratch*? ?buffer...the article ( http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html ) Among the editing...Ergonomic Keyboard Shortcut Layout For Emacs. Just as a suggestion, this...

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