... I start Emacs I have to bury to *GNU Emacs buffer..../modernization.html I think emacs should get rid of the lisp ... File, that creates a new buffer named “untitled” and default to ...Q: I find the “*scratch*” buffer useful... A: Just about anything,... all software users. * The “*scratch*” “buffer” is primarily designed for elisp...define your own my-kill-buffer function ;; that wraps around kill...

..., Davin Pearson wrote: Every time I start Emacs I have to bury to *GNU Emacs" buffer. This is a little bit annoying.... If I can't kill this buffer, then I would at least prefer the default-directory of that buffer to be "~/" so that I can easily... noticed that hitting "q" deletes the buffer and sends me to the good old *scratch* buffer, too. I just got used to doing that....

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Davin Pearson <davin.pearson@gmail.com> wrote: Every time I start Emacs I have to bury to *GNU Emacs" buffer. This is a little bit annoying having to do this. Try setting: inhibit-startup-screen => t inhibit-splash-screen => t For more details, look at ...

... time I start Emacs I have to bury to *GNU Emacs" buffer. This is a little bit ... If I can't kill this buffer, then I would at least prefer the default-directory of that buffer to be "~/" so that I can...doesn't appear to work. (defun d-emacs-startup-hook () (if (get-buffer... (save- excursion (set-buffer "*GNU Emacs*") (setq default-directory "~/"))) (defun d-emacs...

... is necessary to have _some_ buffer when starting Emacs. Not really. If you ... percentage with respect to, say, programers. Emacs is intended for programmers, though it'..., but the question of getting rid of *scratch* hasn't come up ... on the article ( http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html ) I've had a ..., and send the patch into GNU emacs. OK, just stop right there...

...>> We just call them (scratch) buffers. They provide all the same featuresXah'...from my article: http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html « • There is no easy... for creating a new temp buffer. Xah ∑ http://xahlee.org/ ☄ I ... to be back where this started, although I am not sure if the original issue of "*Gnum Emacs*" buffer got resolved. Actually, I ...

...necessary to have _some_ buffer when starting Emacs. Not really. If...newline-and-indent'. * The ?*scratch*? ?buffer? is a intrusive idiosyncrasy. It...the article ( http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization_scratch_buffer.html ) Among the editing...Ergonomic Keyboard Shortcut Layout For Emacs. Just as a suggestion, this...and send the patch into GNU emacs. Xah ∑ http://xahlee.org...

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...It is necessary to have _some_ buffer when starting Emacs. I don't know ... that big a nuisance. * The ?*scratch*? ?buffer? is primarily designed for elisp ... to `newline-and-indent'. * The ?*scratch*? ?buffer? is a intrusive idiosyncrasy. It is ...patch, and submit it to emacs-devel@gnu.org. It might well be accepted for Emacs 23. [ .... ] Proposed Fix I propose that ...

... Here's a better phrasing: • Emacs does not provide a user ... function to create a new buffer. It has “Open file...” (a ... it, it prompts for saving. Emacs _never_ 'opens' files, it merely ... its content into a (named)-buffer. After you are done messing ...you really should not use emacs at all and use something...defvar My-Computer '((OS . "GNU/Emacs") (IPL . "GNU/Linux"))) SPAM DELENDA...