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From: drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: gnuemacs quesion: what does (put 'xxxx-mode 'mode-class 'special) do?
Message-ID: <1514@cullvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 12:38:56 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  1 12:38:56 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 04:04:46 EDT
Organization: Cullinet Software, Westwood, MA, USA
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mayer@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Niels Mayer) writes:
> Oh yeah, and while I've got your attention let me ask another question:
> what is it about the buffers created by shell-command, dired, etc. that allows
> kill-buffer to delete the buffer without querying the user with
> "Buffer xyzzy modified; kill anyway?".

I think it's the fact that the buffer name starts with '*'.  At least,
if I manually  make such a buffer (via c-X B), I can delete it without
it questioning me.

Dale
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