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Re: A wish, a plea
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Taylor Venable |
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Re: A wish, a plea |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:36:44 -0400 |
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Gnus 5.11 / Emacs 23.0.0.1 / Linux 2.6.20 |
Nic James Ferrier <address@hidden> writes:
> Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Emacs gives the user total control, but that does not diminish the
>> importance of choosing reasonable defaults. The current *scratch*
>> buffer is a punitive default; Hacksaw is suggesting that we choose
>> another default.
>
> I agree.
>
> I don't use it as a default.
>
> I really do use *scratch* for all sorts of things. But it shouldn't be
> the default.
>
> Maybe a ~/notes or ~/.emacs.d/notes ?
As far as ~/notes goes, what if it already exists? And doesn't have
anything to do with Emacs? If I started Emacs for the first time and
saw some seemingly random text file, I'd be confused.
An empty buffer, on the other hand, may not be a bad idea. Maybe in
fundamental mode.
I actually don't have a problem with *scratch* because I see it as
kind of a starting area. Emacs isn't second-guessing what I want to
do, it's very close to having a blank slate. In fact, it's a lot like
booting your computer -- once it loads you've got the whole command
set available to you. If you want to write a file, read your email,
or play Tetris, it's up to you to input the command to do so. And
besides, I do use *scratch* frequently to work on various smaller
Emacs customizations.
My counter-wish (and plea) would be that if any changes are made to
the default behavior, that an option be added to ensure that my
*scratch* is dutifully created each time I load Emacs.
Best regards.
--
Taylor Venable
address@hidden
http://www.metasyntax.net/
- A wish, a plea, Hacksaw, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Karl Fogel, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Nic James Ferrier, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Frank Schmitt, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea,
Taylor Venable <=
- Re: A wish, a plea, Juanma Barranquero, 2007/06/21
Re: A wish, a plea, Karl Fogel, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Jason Rumney, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Karl Fogel, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Nic James Ferrier, 2007/06/21
- Re: A wish, a plea, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/22
- Re: A wish, a plea, Karl Fogel, 2007/06/22
- Re: A wish, a plea, Richard Stallman, 2007/06/22
Re: A wish, a plea, Sascha Wilde, 2007/06/21