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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001 |
31311 | 3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
25829 | 4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. |
5 @node Buffers, Windows, Files, Top | |
6 @chapter Using Multiple Buffers | |
7 | |
8 @cindex buffers | |
9 The text you are editing in Emacs resides in an object called a | |
10 @dfn{buffer}. Each time you visit a file, a buffer is created to hold the | |
11 file's text. Each time you invoke Dired, a buffer is created to hold the | |
12 directory listing. If you send a message with @kbd{C-x m}, a buffer named | |
13 @samp{*mail*} is used to hold the text of the message. When you ask for a | |
14 command's documentation, that appears in a buffer called @samp{*Help*}. | |
15 | |
16 @cindex selected buffer | |
17 @cindex current buffer | |
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18 At any time, one and only one buffer is @dfn{current}. It is also |
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19 called the @dfn{selected buffer}. Often we say that a command operates on |
25829 | 20 ``the buffer'' as if there were only one; but really this means that the |
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21 command operates on the current buffer (most commands do). |
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24 buffer and displays it; at any time, only one of the windows is | |
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25 selected, and its chosen buffer is the current buffer. Each window's |
37121 | 26 mode line normally displays the name of the window's chosen buffer |
27 (@pxref{Windows}). | |
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29 Each buffer has a name, which can be of any length, and you can select | |
30 any buffer by giving its name. Most buffers are made by visiting files, | |
31 and their names are derived from the files' names. But you can also create | |
32 an empty buffer with any name you want. A newly started Emacs has a buffer | |
33 named @samp{*scratch*} which can be used for evaluating Lisp expressions in | |
34 Emacs. The distinction between upper and lower case matters in buffer | |
35 names. | |
36 | |
37 Each buffer records individually what file it is visiting, whether it is | |
38 modified, and what major mode and minor modes are in effect in it | |
39 (@pxref{Major Modes}). Any Emacs variable can be made @dfn{local to} a | |
40 particular buffer, meaning its value in that buffer can be different from | |
41 the value in other buffers. @xref{Locals}. | |
42 | |
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43 @cindex buffer size, maximum |
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44 A buffer's size cannot be larger than some maximum, which is defined |
37821 | 45 by the largest buffer position representable by the @dfn{Emacs integer} |
46 data type. This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions using that | |
47 data type. For 32-bit machines, the largest buffer size is 128 | |
48 megabytes. | |
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51 * Select Buffer:: Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one. | |
52 * List Buffers:: Getting a list of buffers that exist. | |
53 * Misc Buffer:: Renaming; changing read-onlyness; copying text. | |
54 * Kill Buffer:: Killing buffers you no longer need. | |
55 * Several Buffers:: How to go through the list of all buffers | |
56 and operate variously on several of them. | |
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57 * Indirect Buffers:: An indirect buffer shares the text of another buffer. |
30869 | 58 * Buffer Convenience:: Convenience and customization features for |
59 buffer handling. | |
25829 | 60 @end menu |
61 | |
62 @node Select Buffer | |
63 @section Creating and Selecting Buffers | |
64 @cindex change buffers | |
65 @cindex switch buffers | |
66 | |
67 @table @kbd | |
68 @item C-x b @var{buffer} @key{RET} | |
69 Select or create a buffer named @var{buffer} (@code{switch-to-buffer}). | |
70 @item C-x 4 b @var{buffer} @key{RET} | |
71 Similar, but select @var{buffer} in another window | |
72 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}). | |
73 @item C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET} | |
74 Similar, but select @var{buffer} in a separate frame | |
75 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}). | |
76 @end table | |
77 | |
78 @kindex C-x b | |
79 @findex switch-to-buffer | |
80 To select the buffer named @var{bufname}, type @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname} | |
81 @key{RET}}. This runs the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument | |
82 @var{bufname}. You can use completion on an abbreviation for the buffer | |
83 name you want (@pxref{Completion}). An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b} | |
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85 now displayed in any window. |
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87 @kindex C-x 4 b |
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88 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-window |
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89 @vindex even-window-heights |
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90 To select a buffer in a window other than the current one, type |
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91 @kbd{C-x 4 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This runs the command |
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92 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} which displays the buffer |
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93 @var{bufname} in another window. By default, if displaying the buffer |
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95 those windows are evened out; to countermand that and preserve the |
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96 window configuration, set the variable @code{even-window-heights} to |
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97 @code{nil}. |
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99 @kindex C-x 5 b |
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100 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-frame |
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101 Similarly, @kbd{C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}} runs the command |
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102 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame} which selects a buffer in another |
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103 frame. |
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105 @vindex display-buffer-reuse-frames |
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106 You can control how certain buffers are handled by these commands by |
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107 customizing the variables @code{special-display-buffer-names}, |
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108 @code{special-display-regexps}, @code{same-window-buffer-names}, and |
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109 @code{same-window-regexps}. See @ref{Force Same Window}, and |
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110 @ref{Special Buffer Frames}, for more about these variables. In |
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111 addition, if the value of @code{display-buffer-reuse-frames} is |
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112 non-@code{nil}, and the buffer you want to switch to is already |
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113 displayed in some frame, Emacs will raise that frame. |
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25829 | 115 Most buffers are created by visiting files, or by Emacs commands that |
116 want to display some text, but you can also create a buffer explicitly | |
117 by typing @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This makes a new, empty | |
118 buffer that is not visiting any file, and selects it for editing. Such | |
119 buffers are used for making notes to yourself. If you try to save one, | |
120 you are asked for the file name to use. The new buffer's major mode is | |
121 determined by the value of @code{default-major-mode} (@pxref{Major | |
122 Modes}). | |
123 | |
124 Note that @kbd{C-x C-f}, and any other command for visiting a file, | |
125 can also be used to switch to an existing file-visiting buffer. | |
126 @xref{Visiting}. | |
127 | |
128 Emacs uses buffer names that start with a space for internal purposes. | |
129 It treats these buffers specially in minor ways---for example, by | |
130 default they do not record undo information. It is best to avoid using | |
131 such buffer names yourself. | |
132 | |
133 @node List Buffers | |
134 @section Listing Existing Buffers | |
135 | |
136 @table @kbd | |
137 @item C-x C-b | |
138 List the existing buffers (@code{list-buffers}). | |
139 @end table | |
140 | |
141 @cindex listing current buffers | |
142 @kindex C-x C-b | |
143 @findex list-buffers | |
144 To display a list of all the buffers that exist, type @kbd{C-x C-b}. | |
145 Each line in the list shows one buffer's name, major mode and visited | |
146 file. The buffers are listed in the order that they were current; the | |
147 buffers that were current most recently come first. | |
148 | |
149 @samp{*} at the beginning of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.'' | |
150 If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s} | |
151 (@pxref{Saving}). @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer. @samp{.} marks the | |
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152 current buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill |
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154 @smallexample | |
155 MR Buffer Size Mode File | |
156 -- ------ ---- ---- ---- | |
157 .* emacs.tex 383402 Texinfo /u2/emacs/man/emacs.tex | |
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158 *Help* 1287 Fundamental |
25829 | 159 files.el 23076 Emacs-Lisp /u2/emacs/lisp/files.el |
160 % RMAIL 64042 RMAIL /u/rms/RMAIL | |
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161 *% man 747 Dired /u2/emacs/man/ |
25829 | 162 net.emacs 343885 Fundamental /u/rms/net.emacs |
163 fileio.c 27691 C /u2/emacs/src/fileio.c | |
164 NEWS 67340 Text /u2/emacs/etc/NEWS | |
165 *scratch* 0 Lisp Interaction | |
166 @end smallexample | |
167 | |
168 @noindent | |
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169 Note that the buffer @samp{*Help*} was made by a help request; it is |
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171 directory @file{/u2/emacs/man/}. You can list only buffers that are |
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172 visiting files by giving the command a prefix; for instance, by typing |
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173 @kbd{C-u C-x C-b}. |
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179 @node Misc Buffer | |
180 @section Miscellaneous Buffer Operations | |
181 | |
182 @table @kbd | |
183 @item C-x C-q | |
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184 Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{toggle-read-only}). |
25829 | 185 @item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET} |
186 Change the name of the current buffer. | |
187 @item M-x rename-uniquely | |
188 Rename the current buffer by adding @samp{<@var{number}>} to the end. | |
189 @item M-x view-buffer @key{RET} @var{buffer} @key{RET} | |
190 Scroll through buffer @var{buffer}. | |
191 @end table | |
192 | |
193 @kindex C-x C-q | |
194 @vindex buffer-read-only | |
195 @cindex read-only buffer | |
196 A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change | |
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197 its contents are not allowed. The mode line indicates read-only |
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198 buffers with @samp{%%} or @samp{%*} near the left margin. Read-only |
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199 buffers are usually made by subsystems such as Dired and Rmail that |
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200 have special commands to operate on the text; also by visiting a file |
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201 whose access control says you cannot write it. |
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203 @findex toggle-read-only |
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205 @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{toggle-read-only}). It makes a read-only buffer |
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206 writable, and makes a writable buffer read-only. This |
25829 | 207 works by setting the variable @code{buffer-read-only}, which has a local |
208 value in each buffer and makes the buffer read-only if its value is | |
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209 non-@code{nil}. If you have files under version control, you may find |
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210 it convenient to bind @kbd{C-x C-q} to @code{vc-toggle-read-only} |
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211 instead. Then, typing @kbd{C-x C-q} not only changes the read-only |
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212 flag, but it also checks the file in or out. @xref{Version |
25829 | 213 Control}. |
214 | |
215 @findex rename-buffer | |
216 @kbd{M-x rename-buffer} changes the name of the current buffer. Specify | |
217 the new name as a minibuffer argument. There is no default. If you | |
218 specify a name that is in use for some other buffer, an error happens and | |
219 no renaming is done. | |
220 | |
221 @kbd{M-x rename-uniquely} renames the current buffer to a similar name | |
222 with a numeric suffix added to make it both different and unique. This | |
223 command does not need an argument. It is useful for creating multiple | |
224 shell buffers: if you rename the @samp{*Shell*} buffer, then do @kbd{M-x | |
225 shell} again, it makes a new shell buffer named @samp{*Shell*}; | |
226 meanwhile, the old shell buffer continues to exist under its new name. | |
227 This method is also good for mail buffers, compilation buffers, and most | |
228 Emacs features that create special buffers with particular names. | |
229 | |
230 @findex view-buffer | |
231 @kbd{M-x view-buffer} is much like @kbd{M-x view-file} (@pxref{Misc | |
232 File Ops}) except that it examines an already existing Emacs buffer. | |
233 View mode provides commands for scrolling through the buffer | |
234 conveniently but not for changing it. When you exit View mode with | |
235 @kbd{q}, that switches back to the buffer (and the position) which was | |
236 previously displayed in the window. Alternatively, if you exit View | |
237 mode with @kbd{e}, the buffer and the value of point that resulted from | |
238 your perusal remain in effect. | |
239 | |
240 The commands @kbd{M-x append-to-buffer} and @kbd{M-x insert-buffer} | |
241 can be used to copy text from one buffer to another. @xref{Accumulating | |
242 Text}.@refill | |
243 | |
244 @node Kill Buffer | |
245 @section Killing Buffers | |
246 | |
247 @cindex killing buffers | |
248 If you continue an Emacs session for a while, you may accumulate a | |
249 large number of buffers. You may then find it convenient to @dfn{kill} | |
250 the buffers you no longer need. On most operating systems, killing a | |
251 buffer releases its space back to the operating system so that other | |
252 programs can use it. Here are some commands for killing buffers: | |
253 | |
254 @table @kbd | |
255 @item C-x k @var{bufname} @key{RET} | |
256 Kill buffer @var{bufname} (@code{kill-buffer}). | |
257 @item M-x kill-some-buffers | |
258 Offer to kill each buffer, one by one. | |
259 @end table | |
260 | |
261 @findex kill-buffer | |
262 @findex kill-some-buffers | |
263 @kindex C-x k | |
264 | |
265 @kbd{C-x k} (@code{kill-buffer}) kills one buffer, whose name you | |
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274 The command @kbd{M-x kill-some-buffers} asks about each buffer, one by | |
275 one. An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer. Killing the current | |
276 buffer or a buffer containing unsaved changes selects a new buffer or asks | |
277 for confirmation just like @code{kill-buffer}. | |
278 | |
279 The buffer menu feature (@pxref{Several Buffers}) is also convenient | |
280 for killing various buffers. | |
281 | |
282 @vindex kill-buffer-hook | |
283 If you want to do something special every time a buffer is killed, you | |
284 can add hook functions to the hook @code{kill-buffer-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}). | |
285 | |
286 @findex clean-buffer-list | |
287 If you run one Emacs session for a period of days, as many people do, | |
288 it can fill up with buffers that you used several days ago. The command | |
289 @kbd{M-x clean-buffer-list} is a convenient way to purge them; it kills | |
290 all the unmodified buffers that you have not used for a long time. An | |
291 ordinary buffer is killed if it has not been displayed for three days; | |
292 however, you can specify certain buffers that should never be killed | |
293 automatically, and others that should be killed if they have been unused | |
294 for a mere hour. | |
295 | |
296 @cindex Midnight mode | |
297 @vindex midnight-mode | |
298 @vindex midnight-hook | |
299 You can also have this buffer purging done for you, every day at | |
300 midnight, by enabling Midnight mode. Midnight mode operates each day at | |
301 midnight; at that time, it runs @code{clean-buffer-list}, or whichever | |
302 functions you have placed in the normal hook @code{midnight-hook} | |
303 (@pxref{Hooks}). | |
304 | |
305 To enable Midnight mode, use the Customization buffer to set the | |
306 variable @code{midnight-mode} to @code{t}. @xref{Easy Customization}. | |
307 | |
308 @node Several Buffers | |
309 @section Operating on Several Buffers | |
310 @cindex buffer menu | |
311 | |
312 The @dfn{buffer-menu} facility is like a ``Dired for buffers''; it allows | |
313 you to request operations on various Emacs buffers by editing an Emacs | |
314 buffer containing a list of them. You can save buffers, kill them | |
315 (here called @dfn{deleting} them, for consistency with Dired), or display | |
316 them. | |
317 | |
318 @table @kbd | |
319 @item M-x buffer-menu | |
320 Begin editing a buffer listing all Emacs buffers. | |
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324 | |
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338 @table @kbd | |
339 @item d | |
340 Request to delete (kill) the buffer, then move down. The request | |
341 shows as a @samp{D} on the line, before the buffer name. Requested | |
342 deletions take place when you type the @kbd{x} command. | |
343 @item C-d | |
344 Like @kbd{d} but move up afterwards instead of down. | |
345 @item s | |
346 Request to save the buffer. The request shows as an @samp{S} on the | |
347 line. Requested saves take place when you type the @kbd{x} command. | |
348 You may request both saving and deletion for the same buffer. | |
349 @item x | |
350 Perform previously requested deletions and saves. | |
351 @item u | |
352 Remove any request made for the current line, and move down. | |
353 @item @key{DEL} | |
354 Move to previous line and remove any request made for that line. | |
355 @end table | |
356 | |
357 The @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d}, @kbd{s} and @kbd{u} commands to add or remove | |
358 flags also move down (or up) one line. They accept a numeric argument | |
359 as a repeat count. | |
360 | |
361 These commands operate immediately on the buffer listed on the current | |
362 line: | |
363 | |
364 @table @kbd | |
365 @item ~ | |
366 Mark the buffer ``unmodified.'' The command @kbd{~} does this | |
367 immediately when you type it. | |
368 @item % | |
369 Toggle the buffer's read-only flag. The command @kbd{%} does | |
370 this immediately when you type it. | |
371 @item t | |
372 Visit the buffer as a tags table. @xref{Select Tags Table}. | |
373 @end table | |
374 | |
375 There are also commands to select another buffer or buffers: | |
376 | |
377 @table @kbd | |
378 @item q | |
379 Quit the buffer menu---immediately display the most recent formerly | |
380 visible buffer in its place. | |
381 @item @key{RET} | |
382 @itemx f | |
383 Immediately select this line's buffer in place of the @samp{*Buffer | |
384 List*} buffer. | |
385 @item o | |
386 Immediately select this line's buffer in another window as if by | |
387 @kbd{C-x 4 b}, leaving @samp{*Buffer List*} visible. | |
388 @item C-o | |
389 Immediately display this line's buffer in another window, but don't | |
390 select the window. | |
391 @item 1 | |
392 Immediately select this line's buffer in a full-screen window. | |
393 @item 2 | |
394 Immediately set up two windows, with this line's buffer in one, and the | |
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397 @item b | |
398 Bury the buffer listed on this line. | |
399 @item m | |
400 Mark this line's buffer to be displayed in another window if you exit | |
401 with the @kbd{v} command. The request shows as a @samp{>} at the | |
402 beginning of the line. (A single buffer may not have both a delete | |
403 request and a display request.) | |
404 @item v | |
405 Immediately select this line's buffer, and also display in other windows | |
406 any buffers previously marked with the @kbd{m} command. If you have not | |
407 marked any buffers, this command is equivalent to @kbd{1}. | |
408 @end table | |
409 | |
410 All that @code{buffer-menu} does directly is create and switch to a | |
411 suitable buffer, and turn on Buffer Menu mode. Everything else | |
412 described above is implemented by the special commands provided in | |
413 Buffer Menu mode. One consequence of this is that you can switch from | |
414 the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer to another Emacs buffer, and edit there. | |
415 You can reselect the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer later, to perform the | |
416 operations already requested, or you can kill it, or pay no further | |
417 attention to it. | |
418 | |
419 The only difference between @code{buffer-menu} and @code{list-buffers} | |
420 is that @code{buffer-menu} switches to the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer | |
421 in the selected window; @code{list-buffers} displays it in another | |
422 window. If you run @code{list-buffers} (that is, type @kbd{C-x C-b}) | |
423 and select the buffer list manually, you can use all of the commands | |
424 described here. | |
425 | |
426 The buffer @samp{*Buffer List*} is not updated automatically when | |
427 buffers are created and killed; its contents are just text. If you have | |
428 created, deleted or renamed buffers, the way to update @samp{*Buffer | |
429 List*} to show what you have done is to type @kbd{g} | |
430 (@code{revert-buffer}) or repeat the @code{buffer-menu} command. | |
431 | |
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437 @section Indirect Buffers | |
438 @cindex indirect buffer | |
439 @cindex base buffer | |
440 | |
441 An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which | |
442 is called the @dfn{base buffer} of the indirect buffer. In some ways it | |
443 is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link between files. | |
444 | |
445 @table @kbd | |
446 @findex make-indirect-buffer | |
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457 select it in another window (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window}). |
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459 | |
460 The text of the indirect buffer is always identical to the text of its | |
461 base buffer; changes made by editing either one are visible immediately | |
462 in the other. But in all other respects, the indirect buffer and its | |
463 base buffer are completely separate. They have different names, | |
464 different values of point, different narrowing, different markers, | |
465 different major modes, and different local variables. | |
466 | |
467 An indirect buffer cannot visit a file, but its base buffer can. If | |
468 you try to save the indirect buffer, that actually works by saving the | |
469 base buffer. Killing the base buffer effectively kills the indirect | |
470 buffer, but killing an indirect buffer has no effect on its base buffer. | |
471 | |
472 One way to use indirect buffers is to display multiple views of an | |
473 outline. @xref{Outline Views}. | |
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493 @section Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling | |
494 | |
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496 convenient to switch between buffers. | |
497 | |
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31311 | 499 * Uniquify:: Buffer names can contain directory parts. |
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507 @cindex unique buffer names | |
508 @cindex directories in buffer names | |
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524 of @samp{Makefile} and @samp{Makefile<2>}). |
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526 By contrast, the @code{post-forward} naming method would call the |
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527 buffers @samp{Makefile|tmp} and @samp{Makefile|zaphod}, and the |
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528 @code{reverse} naming method would call them @samp{Makefile\tmp} and |
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529 @samp{Makefile\zaphod}. The nontrivial difference between |
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530 @code{post-forward} and @code{reverse} occurs when just one directory |
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531 name is not enough to distinguish two files; then @code{reverse} puts |
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532 the directory names in reverse order, so that @file{/top/middle/file} |
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533 becomes @samp{file\middle\top}, while @code{post-forward} puts them in |
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534 forward order after the file name, as in @samp{file|top/middle}. |
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536 Which rule to follow for putting the directory names in the buffer |
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537 name is not very important if you are going to @emph{look} at the |
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538 buffer names before you type one. But as an experienced user, if you |
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539 know the rule, you won't have to look. And then you may find that one |
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540 rule or another is easier for you to remember and utilize fast. |
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543 @subsection Switching Between Buffers using Substrings | |
544 | |
545 @findex iswitchb-mode | |
546 @cindex Iswitchb mode | |
547 @cindex mode, Iswitchb | |
548 @kindex C-x b @r{(Iswitchb mode)} | |
549 @kindex C-x 4 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)} | |
550 @kindex C-x 5 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)} | |
551 @kindex C-x 4 C-o @r{(Iswitchb mode)} | |
552 | |
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553 Iswitchb global minor mode provides convenient switching between |
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554 buffers using substrings of their names. It replaces the normal |
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555 definitions of @kbd{C-x b}, @kbd{C-x 4 b}, @kbd{C-x 5 b}, and @kbd{C-x |
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556 4 C-o} with alternative commands that are somewhat ``smarter.'' |
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558 When one of these commands prompts you for a buffer name, you can |
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559 type in just a substring of the name you want to choose. As you enter |
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560 the substring, Iswitchb mode continuously displays a list of buffers |
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561 that match the substring you have typed. |
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563 At any time, you can type @key{RET} to select the first buffer in |
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564 the list. So the way to select a particular buffer is to make it the |
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565 first in the list. There are two ways to do this. You can type more |
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566 of the buffer name and thus narrow down the list, excluding unwanted |
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567 buffers above the desired one. Alternatively, you can use @kbd{C-s} |
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568 and @kbd{C-r} to rotate the list until the desired buffer is first. |
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570 @key{TAB} while entering the buffer name performs completion on the |
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571 string you have entered, based on the displayed list of buffers. |
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37121 | 573 To enable Iswitchb mode, type @kbd{M-x iswitchb-mode}, or customize |
574 the variable @code{iswitchb-mode} to @code{t} (@pxref{Easy | |
575 Customization}). | |
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578 @subsection Customizing Buffer Menus |
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581 @cindex buffer list, customizable | |
582 @table @kbd | |
583 @item M-x bs-show | |
584 Make a list of buffers similarly to @kbd{M-x list-buffers} but | |
585 customizable. | |
586 @end table | |
587 | |
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588 @kbd{M-x bs-show} pops up a buffer list similar to the one normally |
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589 displayed by @kbd{C-x C-b} but which you can customize. If you prefer |
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590 this to the usual buffer list, you can bind this command to @kbd{C-x |
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591 C-b}. To customize this buffer list, use the @code{bs} Custom group |
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592 (@pxref{Easy Customization}). |
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595 @cindex mode, MSB | |
596 @cindex MSB mode | |
597 @cindex buffer menu | |
598 @findex mouse-buffer-menu | |
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599 @kindex C-Down-Mouse-1 |
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600 MSB global minor mode (``MSB'' stands for ``mouse select buffer'') |
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602 prefer. It replaces the bindings of @code{mouse-buffer-menu}, |
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603 normally on @kbd{C-Down-Mouse-1}, and the menu bar buffer menu. You |
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604 can customize the menu in the @code{msb} Custom group. |