buffer-protect

Protect Emacs buffers from being killed inadvertently.

This package provides a configurable list of buffer names that should never be killed.

ARCHIVED

I no longer use this package, replacing this workflow with the built-in emacs-lock package.

Usage

The *Messages* and *scratch* buffers are protected by default. Customize buffer-protect-buffers to change the list of protected buffer names.

The list of protected buffers can also be updated interactively:

• Use buffer-protect-add-buffer to add the current buffer's name to the list.

• Use buffer-protect-kill-buffer to force kill the current buffer and remove its name from the list.

Ibuffer integration

This package advises certain ibuffer commands to be aware of protected buffers: attempts to kill a protected buffer via ibuffer will be silently ignored.

You can safely mark for deletion a set of buffers that includes a protected buffer. Upon hitting x to kill the marked buffers, the mark will be cleared on any protected buffers and they will be preserved without causing an ibuffer error.