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Re: save-current-buffer
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Chris F.A. Johnson |
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Re: save-current-buffer |
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Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:57:44 +0000 |
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On 2008-10-18, B. T. Raven wrote:
> Andreas Politz wrote:
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>> Is this a bug, or am I missing something ?
>> Eval this in *scratch* buffer and you end up in the *Help* one.
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>> (save-current-buffer
>> (switch-to-buffer "*Help*"))
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>> GNU Emacs 22.2.1
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>> -ap
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> That's what you would expect. If you don't have an Emacs generated
> read-only *Help* buffer open then you will create an editable one with
> that name. Why does it seem like a bug? Of course the file *Help* can't
> be saved because the file name is illegal.
It is? That's news to me. In fact, I just created a buffer named
*Help* and saved it.
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Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://Woodbine-Gerrard.com>
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