Re: Keep losing work in non-file-visiting buffers

[Kevin Rodgers]

sebyte wrote:

>     Anyone know of a variable/method/function that will prompt you to 
> save your work in non-file-visiting buffers before you kill them or kill 
> your emacs session?

(setq-default buffer-offer-save t)      ; for save-buffers-kill-emacs


(add-hook 'kill-buffer-query-functions  ; for kill-buffer
          (lambda ()
            (or buffer-file-name
                (not (buffer-modified-p))
                (yes-or-no-p (format "Buffer %s modified; kill anyway? "
                                     (buffer-name))))))

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Kevin Rodgers