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Re: *scratch* buffer documentation


From: Jean-Christophe Helary
Subject: Re: *scratch* buffer documentation
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 10:44:41 +0900


> On Dec 25, 2019, at 10:24, Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Jean-Christophe Helary <address@hidden>
> writes:
> 
>> I am not seeing anything in the Emacs manual that says a modified
>> *scratch* buffer does not trigger a "buffer modified. Kill anyway ?"
>> message when quitting.
> 
> Isn't that manifestly implicit on the first line of *scratch* ? :
> 
> ;; This buffer is for text that is not saved

No, because it is possible to save the buffer to a file. Also, the value of 
this text can be changed, so there is no guarantee that the user sees it.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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