Timeline for Can I recover the contents of a scratch buffer?
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| Jun 28, 2023 at 7:19 | comment | added | Y. E. |
Those all are legit questions. If that's a *scratch* buffer created by default by Emacs, Ask for saving contents if scratch buffer is modified before exit may help you next time. See also Autosave scratch to a directory thread.
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| Jun 28, 2023 at 2:50 | comment | added | JonahHuron | @shynur I'm not sure what you're asking. I'm not familiar with your vocabulary, I guess. When I open a new Emacs GUI instance from the OS menu, it opens as a new window that says scratch at the bottom. That's what I lost. | |
| Jun 27, 2023 at 23:58 | comment | added | shynur |
If not, did you lossage-size a large number? If so, there may be some hope. If not ...
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| Jun 27, 2023 at 23:38 | comment | added | NickD |
Was the buffer a scratch buffer (as in: you scribbled in it but neglected to save it),or the *scratch* buffer (as in: the buffer that Emacs normally provides automatically, so you can evaluate Lisp expressions in it)? Was the buffer you closed associated with a file? If so, there may be some hope. If not ...
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| Jun 27, 2023 at 22:09 | history | edited | Drew |
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| Jun 27, 2023 at 21:36 | comment | added | shynur |
Not sure what you're asking. (1) About *scratch*? or buffer? (2) scratch message? or buffer content? If both the latter one, why did you mention *scratch* here?
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| Jun 27, 2023 at 20:51 | history | asked | JonahHuron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |