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RE: [External] : Make new buffer from menu
From: |
Heime |
Subject: |
RE: [External] : Make new buffer from menu |
Date: |
Sat, 03 Dec 2022 18:43:40 +0000 |
------- Original Message -------
On Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 at 5:20 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
wrote:
> > It would help me a lot if can can make a new
> > buffer that I can set with some major mode,
> > from the menu.
>
>
> What menu is "the menu"?
>
> > One cannot make a new buffer without saving it.
>
>
> If you mean a menu-bar menu, then menu `Buffers', item` Select Named Buffer'
> puts you in a new
> buffer. You can choose whatever mode you want
> for it.
Yes, from the File Menu in the Menu Bar. I want to make a new file in a new
buffer
without saving yet.
> And that menu item has `C-x b' next to it, to tell you that you can use that
> shortcut. What's maybe not 100% clear is that "select named buffer" isn't
> only about selecting an existing, i.e., already named, buffer. It's also
> about a new buffer, whose name is new - your invention. And the Emacs manual,
> node` Select Buffer' tells
> you all about `C-x b' and other commands.
> ___
>
> <unsolicited-advice>
The problem with Unsolicited Advice is that it is customarily useless.
> You'd do well (help yourself) to learn how to
> better "ask Emacs", rather than jumping to
> conclusions such as "One cannot make a new
> buffer without saving it."
Using Emacs is like working on ice. It is extremely dangerous. Can
you imagine landing on a runway that is technically floating, unstable,
and unpredictable.
> Rather, maybe assume that you're not the first
> user to think of the usefulness of making a new
> buffer without saving it, and suppose that maybe
> Emacs is already providing you with a way to do
> what you are quick to claim "cannot" be done.
An ice strip on a frozen lake can be hard to spot from the air.
We need some proper markers. "Select Named Buffer" is not a proper
marker. If we cannot see how far the ground is away, we need a good
reference. Forget about the "Ask Emacs" mantra.
- Make new buffer from menu, Heime, 2022/12/02
- RE: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Drew Adams, 2022/12/03
- RE: [External] : Make new buffer from menu,
Heime <=
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, tomas, 2022/12/03
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Heime, 2022/12/03
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, tomas, 2022/12/04
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/12/04
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Heime, 2022/12/04
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Jean Louis, 2022/12/04
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Stefan Monnier, 2022/12/04
- Re: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Jean Louis, 2022/12/04
- RE: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Dr Rainer Woitok, 2022/12/04
- RE: [External] : Make new buffer from menu, Heime, 2022/12/04