GNU bug report logs - #146
23.0.60; scratch buffer initial text

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:20:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 147, 1564

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 146 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 146 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

View this report as an mbox folder, status mbox, maintainer mbox

Report forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>:
bug#146; Package emacs. Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>. Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org>
Cc: <submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: 23.0.60; scratch buffer initial text
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:10:35 -0700

This is the current text:
 
;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp evaluation.
;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
 
For newbies, it's not clear that you can "visit that file" for a file
that does not yet exist. Also, the last part about "file's own buffer"
is not clear. And the emphasis should be on Lisp evaluation here and
the fact that this buffer is not saved.
 
How about something like this instead:
 
;; This buffer is a scratch pad for evaluating Lisp expressions or
;; jotting down text that you don't want to save.
 
;; If you want a note pad for text that you might want to save, use
;; `C-x C-f' to open a new file buffer.  Enter the text there and save
;; it using `C-x C-s'.
 
In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-04-04 on LENNART-69DE564
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/g/include
-fno-crossjumping'
bug closed, send any further explanations to "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> Request was from Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:15:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <don <at> donarmstrong.com> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 16 May 2008 14:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:00:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Forcibly Merged 146 1564. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:00:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 146 147 1564. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
This bug report was last modified 15 years and 126 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.