Re: Scratch buffer annoyance

[Leo]

On 2007-07-06 01:06 +0100, Chong Yidong wrote:
> This recent change leads to annoying behavior:
>
> 2007-07-02  Richard Stallman  <address@hidden>
>
>       * startup.el (command-line): Set buffer-offer-save in *scratch*
>       and enable auto-save in it.
>
> After this was checked in, I noticed Emacs kept asking me if I wanted
> to save the *scratch* buffer upon each exit.  That was annoying, but
> tolerable, so I just answered "no".  A while later, I happened to do
> an `ls' in my home directory, and found it cluttered with 10-20
> auto-save files:
>
> #*scratch*#10823QZW#
> #*scratch*#220140RY#
> #*scratch*#72802aU#
> ...
>
> At the very least, we should (i) offer an option to adopt the Emacs 22
> behavior for the *scratch* buffer, i.e. with buffer-offer-save and
> auto-save disabled, and (ii) delete the auto-save file if the user
> answers "no" when asked if *scratch* should be saved.

I agree 100%.

This new behavior is just annoying.

Everybody knows what *scratch* means. Why would someone want to save
things in scratch? Or why would they put important things in *scratch*
in the first place?

-- 
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)