quickly generate a temporary Emacs buffer

mktmp.el

;; quickly generate a temporary Emacs buffer

;; mktmp.el ==> qtb.el

;; ==> change to qtb = quick temporary buffer

;; current location:
;; https://gist.github.com/thomp/0a8ed29b2094fdf43536a151722ebe6a

;; related:
;; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22289271/in-gnu-emacs-how-to-create-new-empty-buffer-with-one-keystroke
;; aquamacs ~new-tab~
;; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/234963/re-open-scratch-buffer-in-emacs/21071757#21071757
;; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10363982/how-can-i-open-a-temporary-buffer
;; https://github.com/kostafey/temporary-persistent

;; default mode for qtb buffers
(defvar qtb-default-mode 'text-mode ;    (fundamental-mode) might also be a good default
  )

(defun qtb-make-buffer-name ()
  (concat "tmp-" (format-time-string "%m.%dT%H.%M.%S")))

(defun qtb-quick-temp-buffer ()
  "Generate a new buffer. Switch to that buffer. Return ??"
  (interactive)
  ;; maybe make things file-based
  ;; (qtb-make-tmp-file . . .)
  (switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer (concat "tmp-" (format-time-string "%m.%dT%H.%M.%S"))))
  ;; maybe set mode
  (if qtb-default-mode
      (funcall qtb-default-mode))
  )

;(global-set-key (kbd "<f7>") 'qtb-quick-temp-buffer)

(provide 'qtb)