worley@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Dale Worley) (10/18/88)
Sometimes you want to save the *Help* buffer for later examination, e.g., when you do an apropos. save-help will rename the *Help* buffer *Help<1>*, *Help<2>*, etc., so the information won't get clobbered by further help requests. Dale (defun save-help () (interactive) (save-excursion (let ((i 1) (buffer (get-buffer "*Help*")) name) (if (not buffer) (ding) (while (progn (setq name (concat "*Help<" (int-to-string i) ">*")) (get-buffer name)) (setq i (1+ i))) (set-buffer buffer) (rename-buffer name) (message (concat "Help buffer renamed " name)))))) -- Dale Worley, Compass, Inc. mit-eddie!think!compass!worley Seen in a net discussion: "It took work to make tofu politically correct."