Re: Emacs ignores modified state of "untitled" buffer

[Stephen Berman]

On Wed, 19 May 2010 16:52:12 +0200 Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de> wrote:

> we have a user who wants to always open Emacs with a new "untitled"
> buffer so he can start writing right away without having to think of a
> file name first (similar to a "New Document" feature in Mac and
> Windows programs). If we try this in site-start.el:
>
> (generate-new-buffer "untitled")
> (switch-to-buffer "untitled")
>
> we are almost there - Emacs starts with the new "untitled"
> buffer. However, if he then exits Emacs, Emacs does not warn about a
> modified buffer and potential data loss, although the buffer is marked
> dirty. How can we get the usual behaviour for this new buffer?

How about setting buffer-offer-save to t (with setq-default if you want
it for all buffers)?

Steve Berman