> XahLeewrote:

>> 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 find-file or switch-to-buffer, are both not designed to create a
>> new buffer for temp use, and each has serious problems in my opinion.

>

>> • There is no easy, intuitive way to create multiple scratch buffers.
>> (it 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-file command),
>> which immediately prompt user for a full file path. This is annoying.
>> Modern apps's New File command actually just create a new untitled
>> file without prompting, and only when user save it it prompt a file
>> name. If user closes it, it prompts for saving.

>

>> In summary: the problem with find-file is that it promps user to enter
>> a file name upfront. The problem with switch-to-buffer is that it
>> doesn't promp to save when user closes it. In both, the functions are
>> simply not designed for creating a new temp buffer.

>
> Wow, if you had put 1%% of the effort into coding that you put into this
> thread, you could have come up with something like this:
>
> (defun switch-to-new-buffer ()
> "Switch to a new *scratch* buffer."
> (interactive)
> (switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer "*scratch*"))
> (setq switch-to-new-buffer t))
>
> If it's such a huge problem for 99%% of users, you could propose to the
> maintainers that it be added to files.el