Re: How to protect a buffer from being deleted by accident?

[Tom Capey]

* Adalbert Perbandt <adalbert.perbandt@infineon.com> writes:

> Hi there,
> At my site we're using clearcase mode (clearcase.el) for a long time
> with very few problems. Some time ago one of our users deleted the
> buffer "*clearcase*" inadvertently.

> Now I'd like to provide a simple mechanism which disallows for
> deletion of this buffer. I think, it would not be too complex to
> implement this but I don't know any simple method to get it
> done. Maybe there is a posibility to mark a specific buffer as
> "undeletable" or so.


(require 'emacs-lock)

`toggle-emacs-lock'

  or within code somewhere

(let ((buffer (get-buffer "*clearcase*")))
  (when buffer
    (set-buffer buffer)
    (setq emacs-lock-from-exiting nil)))

    something along those lines.


/Tom
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