Re: buffer-offer-save and *scratch*

[Kevin Rodgers]

Luc Teirlinck wrote:
> That is because at startup, Emacs sets the major mode of *scratch*
> according to `initial-major-mode', _after_ your .emacs is read.
> Changing major modes kills all local variables that are not
> permanently local, including `buffer-offer-save'.
>
> But `buffer-offer-save' should be permanently local.  Whether you want
> to be offered to save the buffer or not has nothing to do with the
> major mode.

So the fix is to put this in files.el, right after the defvar and
make-variable-buffer-local forms:

(put 'buffer-offer-save 'permanent-local t)

and the workaround is to put it in site-start.el -- right?  I can
confirm that workaround solves my problem.

--
Kevin Rodgers