https://github.com/EricCrosson/unkillable-scratch

Disallow the *scratch* buffer from being killed
https://github.com/EricCrosson/unkillable-scratch

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Disallow the *scratch* buffer from being killed

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/EricCrosson/unkillable-scratch
• Owner: EricCrosson
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2015-03-12T02:35:38.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-15T13:23:51.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-05T06:04:03.532Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: buffer, emacs, gnu, scratch, unkillable
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Size: 51.8 KB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: license

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> Disallow the \*scratch\* buffer from being killed

## Install

From [MELPA](https://melpa.org/)

``` {.sourceCode .lisp}

(use-package unkillable-scratch

  :ensure t

  :pin melpa-stable

  :config (unkillable-scratch t))

```

Or manually, after downloading into your `load-path`

``` {.sourceCode .lisp}

(require 'unkillable-scratch)

(unkillable-scratch t)

```

## Use

The variable `unkillable-scratch-behavior` defines the action taken when a kill

is attempted on a buffer matching one or more of the regexp's in the list

`unkillable-buffers`. This list will only match one buffer by default, the

`*scratch*` buffer.

This package treats the `*scratch*` buffer specially; in the event of a call to

`kill-buffer` the buffer contents will be replaced with

`initial-scratch-message`. To disable this behavior set

`unkillable-scratch-do-not-reset-scratch-buffer` to `t`.

The following values of `unkillable-scratch-behavior` are supported

|       Setting | Meaning                                             |

|--------------:|-----------------------------------------------------|

|       `'bury` | bury the buffer instead of killing it (default)     |

| `'do-nothing` | disallow the attempted kill from occurring          |

|       `'kill` | kill the buffer -- same as disabling the minor mode |

## Related

[persistent-scratch](https://github.com/Fanael/persistent-scratch) is

definitely worth a look.

## Acknowledgments

The inspiration to make the `unkillable-buffers` list came from

[Donald Curtis (milkypostman)](http://emacswiki.org/emacs/RecreateScratchBuffer)

## Contributors

- [@tarsius](https://github.com/tarsius) for advice on best-practices

- [@djl](https://github.com/djl) for the feature to persist `*scratch*`-buffer contents

## Regrets

If I were the type of person to proliferate breaking-changes, I would

rename the `unkillable-scratch` minor-mode to

`unkillable-scratch-mode` for conventions' sake.

Making this change would necessitate re-publishing the package to

MELPA and only consume the time of the MELPA maintainers and every

user of this package without making any functional changes, so for now

just note that said function is enabling a global minor-mode.

## License

GPL 2 (or higher) © [Free Software Foundation, Inc](http://www.fsf.org/about).