[OS X Emacs] scratch and scratch <2>

[David Reitter]

OK, it's related to your customization (but that doesn't mean it's  
your fault!).
Have you tried my other suggestion?

On 15 Oct 2008, at 14:55, Ivan Werning wrote:

> Thanks David and Nathaniel,
>
> I tried the Start Aqumacs without customizations. It opened a second  
> Aquamacs (didn't close the first). But it seems that for that  
> Aquamacs I only have 1 scratch buffer and only one frame. So it must  
> be progress?
>
> -Ivan
>
> On Oct 15, 2008, at 1:59 PM, David Reitter wrote:
>
>> How do you start Aquamacs?
>> Please try the Help -> Diagnose menu, which offers to start  
>> Aquamacs without any customizations.
>> Do you still get two frames?
>>
>> Does this
>>
>> (setq aquamacs-scratch-file nil)
>>
>> in your Preferences.el
>>
>> change anything?
>>
>>
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>> On 15 Oct 2008, at 13:00, Ivan Werning wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> I understand that getting completely rid of the scratch may be a  
>>> sensitive issue.
>>>
>>> But certainly I am having troubles beyond that! I am getting a  
>>> scratch buffer with a frame along with a scratch <2> buffer with  
>>> it's own frame or as a tab along with other previously opened  
>>> documents. Either way, when I open Aquamacs I get two frames. This  
>>> happens regardless of whether I kill them before exiting, do  
>>> Windows>Merge all Frames, etc.
>>>
>>> So I think this is misbehaviour. Has anyone experienced this? Any  
>>> ideas for getting back to just the regular one scratch buffer state?
>>>
>>> -Ivan
>>>
>>> On Oct 15, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Adrian wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ivan,
>>>>
>>>> The scratch buffer is a bit of a touchy subject in the Emacs  
>>>> community.  I agree with you in that I find it to be an annoyance  
>>>> that I would rather not have to deal with in Aquamacs.  I hope to  
>>>> start work soon on developing an optional "no scratch" mode that  
>>>> will disable the scratch buffer entirely.  In the mean time, you  
>>>> might want to take a look at my recent posts on this mailing list  
>>>> in the archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.macintosh.osx.   
>>>> I wrote a fix, but it's pretty buggy at this point.  Hence, my  
>>>> desire to make it a more "official" optional mode.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry I can't give you a fix yet.  Hopefully the scratch hassle  
>>>> will be gone soon.
>>>> Adrian
>>>>
>>>> 2008/10/14 Ivan Werning <iwerning at gmail.com>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm having trouble with my emacs. everytime I open Aquamacs 1.5  
>>>> (but this started happening with 1.3) I am getting scratch  
>>>> opening in a new frame, even if I closed it before (which I wish  
>>>> I could avoid, but I know there are some issues with that...) AND  
>>>> a scratch <2> buffer opened in another frame (sometimes as a tab  
>>>> along with other buffers of mine).
>>>>
>>>> I close the buffer and frame, to no avail... next time I open  
>>>> aquamacs I get them again!
>>>>
>>>> How do I control this scratch behavior. In particular, how can I  
>>>> reduce the bother to just one scratch buffer? If not to zero 0? :D
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> -Ivan
>>>>
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