Re: How to open two or more scratch buffers ?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

bolega <gnuist006@gmail.com> writes:

> (1) I want to compare two or three files (compare-windows) but I dont
> want to save them in files, only as scratch buffers. C-x 2 replicates
> the same buffer in two different windows.

M-x ediff RET file1 RET file2 RET
M-x ediff3 for three files of course. 


> Suppose the above is solved, then how to have a nice key binding if
> there is no pre-existing one as I dont want to deviate from the normal
> defaults, but only on these few occasions.
>
> (2) In a newer emacs version, when I start emacs, it opens
>
> *GNU Emacs*

C-x k RET


> as normal but on hitting return, does not clear the buffer and tells
> me its readonly. which is really automatically switching to the
> scratch buffer on hitting any key or hitting return.
>
> How to do solve tthe two ?
>
> Thanks

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