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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2001, 2004
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3 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @node Buffers, Windows, Files, Top
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6 @chapter Using Multiple Buffers
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7
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8 @cindex buffers
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9 The text you are editing in Emacs resides in an object called a
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10 @dfn{buffer}. Each time you visit a file, a buffer is created to hold the
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11 file's text. Each time you invoke Dired, a buffer is created to hold the
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12 directory listing. If you send a message with @kbd{C-x m}, a buffer named
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13 @samp{*mail*} is used to hold the text of the message. When you ask for a
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14 command's documentation, that appears in a buffer called @samp{*Help*}.
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15
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16 @cindex selected buffer
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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
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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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22
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23 When Emacs has multiple windows, each window has its own chosen
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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
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26 mode line normally displays the name of the window's chosen buffer
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27 (@pxref{Windows}).
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28
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29 Each buffer has a name, which can be of any length, and you can select
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30 any buffer by giving its name. Most buffers are made by visiting files,
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31 and their names are derived from the files' names. But you can also create
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32 an empty buffer with any name you want. A newly started Emacs has a buffer
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33 named @samp{*scratch*} which can be used for evaluating Lisp expressions in
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34 Emacs. The distinction between upper and lower case matters in buffer
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35 names.
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36
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37 Each buffer records individually what file it is visiting, whether it is
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38 modified, and what major mode and minor modes are in effect in it
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39 (@pxref{Major Modes}). Any Emacs variable can be made @dfn{local to} a
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40 particular buffer, meaning its value in that buffer can be different from
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41 the value in other buffers. @xref{Locals}.
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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
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45 by the largest buffer position representable by the @dfn{Emacs integer}
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46 data type. This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions using that
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47 data type. For 32-bit machines, the largest buffer size is 256
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48 megabytes.
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49
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50 @menu
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51 * Select Buffer:: Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one.
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52 * List Buffers:: Getting a list of buffers that exist.
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53 * Misc Buffer:: Renaming; changing read-onlyness; copying text.
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54 * Kill Buffer:: Killing buffers you no longer need.
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55 * Several Buffers:: How to go through the list of all buffers
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56 and operate variously on several of them.
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57 * Indirect Buffers:: An indirect buffer shares the text of another buffer.
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58 * Buffer Convenience:: Convenience and customization features for
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59 buffer handling.
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60 @end menu
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61
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62 @node Select Buffer
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63 @section Creating and Selecting Buffers
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64 @cindex change buffers
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65 @cindex switch buffers
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66
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67 @table @kbd
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68 @item C-x b @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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69 Select or create a buffer named @var{buffer} (@code{switch-to-buffer}).
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70 @item C-x @key{LEFT}
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71 Select the previous buffer in the list of existing buffers.
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72 @item C-x @key{RIGHT}
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73 Select the next buffer in the list of existing buffers.
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74 @item C-x 4 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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75 Similar, but select @var{buffer} in another window
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76 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}).
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77 @item C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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78 Similar, but select @var{buffer} in a separate frame
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79 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}).
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80 @end table
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81
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82 @kindex C-x b
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83 @findex switch-to-buffer
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84 To select the buffer named @var{bufname}, type @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname}
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85 @key{RET}}. This runs the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument
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86 @var{bufname}. You can use completion on an abbreviation for the buffer
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87 name you want (@pxref{Completion}). An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b}
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88 specifies the buffer that was current most recently among those not
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89 now displayed in any window.
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91 @kindex C-x @key{LEFT}
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92 @kindex C-x @key{RIGHT}
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93 @findex next-buffer
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94 @findex prev-buffer
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95 For conveniently switching between a few buffers, use the commands
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96 @kbd{C-x @key{LEFT}} and @kbd{C-x @key{RIGHT}}. @kbd{C-x @key{RIGHT}}
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97 (@code{prev-buffer}) selects the previous buffer (following the order
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98 of most recent selection), while @kbd{C-x @key{LEFT}}
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99 (@code{next-buffer}) moves through buffers in the reverse direction.
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100
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101 @kindex C-x 4 b
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102 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
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103 @vindex even-window-heights
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104 To select a buffer in a window other than the current one, type
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105 @kbd{C-x 4 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This runs the command
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106 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} which displays the buffer
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107 @var{bufname} in another window. By default, if displaying the buffer
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108 causes two vertically adjacent windows to be displayed, the heights of
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109 those windows are evened out; to countermand that and preserve the
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110 window configuration, set the variable @code{even-window-heights} to
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111 @code{nil}.
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112
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113 @kindex C-x 5 b
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114 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-frame
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115 Similarly, @kbd{C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}} runs the command
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116 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame} which selects a buffer in another
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117 frame.
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118
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119 @vindex display-buffer-reuse-frames
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120 You can control how certain buffers are handled by these commands by
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121 customizing the variables @code{special-display-buffer-names},
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122 @code{special-display-regexps}, @code{same-window-buffer-names}, and
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123 @code{same-window-regexps}. See @ref{Force Same Window}, and
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124 @ref{Special Buffer Frames}, for more about these variables. In
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125 addition, if the value of @code{display-buffer-reuse-frames} is
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126 non-@code{nil}, and the buffer you want to switch to is already
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127 displayed in some frame, Emacs will raise that frame.
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128
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129 Most buffers are created by visiting files, or by Emacs commands that
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130 want to display some text, but you can also create a buffer explicitly
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131 by typing @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This makes a new, empty
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132 buffer that is not visiting any file, and selects it for editing. Such
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133 buffers are used for making notes to yourself. If you try to save one,
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134 you are asked for the file name to use. The new buffer's major mode is
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135 determined by the value of @code{default-major-mode} (@pxref{Major
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136 Modes}).
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137
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138 Note that @kbd{C-x C-f}, and any other command for visiting a file,
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139 can also be used to switch to an existing file-visiting buffer.
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140 @xref{Visiting}.
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141
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142 Emacs uses buffer names that start with a space for internal purposes.
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143 It treats these buffers specially in minor ways---for example, by
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144 default they do not record undo information. It is best to avoid using
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145 such buffer names yourself.
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146
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147 @node List Buffers
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148 @section Listing Existing Buffers
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149
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150 @table @kbd
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151 @item C-x C-b
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152 List the existing buffers (@code{list-buffers}).
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153 @end table
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154
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155 @cindex listing current buffers
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156 @kindex C-x C-b
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157 @findex list-buffers
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158 To display a list of existing buffers, type @kbd{C-x C-b}. Each
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159 line in the list shows one buffer's name, major mode and visited file.
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160 The buffers are listed in the order that they were current; the
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161 buffers that were current most recently come first.
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162
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163 @samp{*} in the first field of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.''
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164 If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s}
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165 (@pxref{Saving}). @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer. @samp{.} marks the
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166 current buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
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167
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168 @smallexample
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169 CRM Buffer Size Mode File
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170 . * .emacs 3294 Emacs-Lisp ~/.emacs
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171 % *Help* 101 Help
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173 % src 20959 Dired by name ~/cvs/emacs/src/
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174 * *mail* 42 Mail
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175 % HELLO 1607 Fundamental ~/cvs/emacs/etc/HELLO
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176 % NEWS 481184 Outline ~/cvs/emacs/etc/NEWS
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177 *scratch* 191 Lisp Interaction
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178 * *Messages* 1554 Fundamental
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181 @noindent
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183 not visiting any file. The buffer @code{src} was made by Dired on the
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186 @kbd{C-u C-x C-b}.
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187
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188 @code{list-buffers} omits buffers whose names begin with a space,
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189 unless they visit files: such buffers are used internally by Emacs.
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190
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191 @need 2000
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192 @node Misc Buffer
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193 @section Miscellaneous Buffer Operations
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194
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195 @table @kbd
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196 @item C-x C-q
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197 Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{toggle-read-only}).
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198 @item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}
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199 Change the name of the current buffer.
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200 @item M-x rename-uniquely
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201 Rename the current buffer by adding @samp{<@var{number}>} to the end.
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202 @item M-x view-buffer @key{RET} @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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203 Scroll through buffer @var{buffer}.
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204 @end table
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205
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206 @kindex C-x C-q
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207 @vindex buffer-read-only
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208 @cindex read-only buffer
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209 A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change
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210 its contents are not allowed. The mode line indicates read-only
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211 buffers with @samp{%%} or @samp{%*} near the left margin. Read-only
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212 buffers are usually made by subsystems such as Dired and Rmail that
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213 have special commands to operate on the text; also by visiting a file
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214 whose access control says you cannot write it.
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215
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216 @findex toggle-read-only
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217 If you wish to make changes in a read-only buffer, use the command
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218 @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{toggle-read-only}). It makes a read-only buffer
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219 writable, and makes a writable buffer read-only. This
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221 value in each buffer and makes the buffer read-only if its value is
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222 non-@code{nil}. If you have files under version control, you may find
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223 it convenient to bind @kbd{C-x C-q} to @code{vc-toggle-read-only}
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224 instead. Then, typing @kbd{C-x C-q} not only changes the read-only
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225 flag, but it also checks the file in or out. @xref{Version
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226 Control}.
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227
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228 @findex rename-buffer
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229 @kbd{M-x rename-buffer} changes the name of the current buffer. Specify
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230 the new name as a minibuffer argument. There is no default. If you
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231 specify a name that is in use for some other buffer, an error happens and
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232 no renaming is done.
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233
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234 @findex rename-uniquely
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235 @kbd{M-x rename-uniquely} renames the current buffer to a similar
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236 name with a numeric suffix added to make it both different and unique.
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237 This command does not need an argument. It is useful for creating
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238 multiple shell buffers: if you rename the @samp{*Shell*} buffer, then
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239 do @kbd{M-x shell} again, it makes a new shell buffer named
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240 @samp{*Shell*}; meanwhile, the old shell buffer continues to exist
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241 under its new name. This method is also good for mail buffers,
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242 compilation buffers, and most Emacs features that create special
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243 buffers with particular names. (With some of these features, such as
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244 @kbd{M-x compile}, @kbd{M-x grep} an @kbd{M-x info}, you need to
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245 switch to some other buffer before using the command, in order for it
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246 to make a different buffer.)
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248 @findex view-buffer
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249 @kbd{M-x view-buffer} is much like @kbd{M-x view-file} (@pxref{Misc
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250 File Ops}) except that it examines an already existing Emacs buffer.
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251 View mode provides commands for scrolling through the buffer
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252 conveniently but not for changing it. When you exit View mode with
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253 @kbd{q}, that switches back to the buffer (and the position) which was
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254 previously displayed in the window. Alternatively, if you exit View
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255 mode with @kbd{e}, the buffer and the value of point that resulted from
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256 your perusal remain in effect.
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257
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258 The commands @kbd{M-x append-to-buffer} and @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}
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259 can be used to copy text from one buffer to another. @xref{Accumulating
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260 Text}.@refill
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261
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262 @node Kill Buffer
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263 @section Killing Buffers
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264
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265 @cindex killing buffers
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266 If you continue an Emacs session for a while, you may accumulate a
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267 large number of buffers. You may then find it convenient to @dfn{kill}
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268 the buffers you no longer need. On most operating systems, killing a
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269 buffer releases its space back to the operating system so that other
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270 programs can use it. Here are some commands for killing buffers:
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271
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272 @table @kbd
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273 @item C-x k @var{bufname} @key{RET}
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274 Kill buffer @var{bufname} (@code{kill-buffer}).
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275 @item M-x kill-some-buffers
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276 Offer to kill each buffer, one by one.
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277 @end table
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278
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279 @findex kill-buffer
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280 @findex kill-some-buffers
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281 @kindex C-x k
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282
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283 @kbd{C-x k} (@code{kill-buffer}) kills one buffer, whose name you
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284 specify in the minibuffer. The default, used if you type just
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285 @key{RET} in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer. If you
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286 kill the current buffer, another buffer becomes current: one that was
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287 current in the recent past but is not displayed in any window now. If
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288 you ask to kill a file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved
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289 editing), then you must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is
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290 killed.
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292 The command @kbd{M-x kill-some-buffers} asks about each buffer, one by
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293 one. An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer. Killing the current
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294 buffer or a buffer containing unsaved changes selects a new buffer or asks
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295 for confirmation just like @code{kill-buffer}.
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296
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297 The buffer menu feature (@pxref{Several Buffers}) is also convenient
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298 for killing various buffers.
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299
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300 @vindex kill-buffer-hook
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301 If you want to do something special every time a buffer is killed, you
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302 can add hook functions to the hook @code{kill-buffer-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).
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303
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304 @findex clean-buffer-list
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305 If you run one Emacs session for a period of days, as many people do,
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306 it can fill up with buffers that you used several days ago. The command
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307 @kbd{M-x clean-buffer-list} is a convenient way to purge them; it kills
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308 all the unmodified buffers that you have not used for a long time. An
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309 ordinary buffer is killed if it has not been displayed for three days;
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310 however, you can specify certain buffers that should never be killed
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311 automatically, and others that should be killed if they have been unused
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312 for a mere hour.
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313
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314 @cindex Midnight mode
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315 @vindex midnight-mode
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316 @vindex midnight-hook
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317 You can also have this buffer purging done for you, every day at
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318 midnight, by enabling Midnight mode. Midnight mode operates each day at
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319 midnight; at that time, it runs @code{clean-buffer-list}, or whichever
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320 functions you have placed in the normal hook @code{midnight-hook}
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321 (@pxref{Hooks}).
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322
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323 To enable Midnight mode, use the Customization buffer to set the
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324 variable @code{midnight-mode} to @code{t}. @xref{Easy Customization}.
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325
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326 @node Several Buffers
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327 @section Operating on Several Buffers
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328 @cindex buffer menu
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329
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330 The @dfn{buffer-menu} facility is like a ``Dired for buffers''; it allows
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331 you to request operations on various Emacs buffers by editing an Emacs
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332 buffer containing a list of them. You can save buffers, kill them
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333 (here called @dfn{deleting} them, for consistency with Dired), or display
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334 them.
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335
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336 @table @kbd
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337 @item M-x buffer-menu
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338 Begin editing a buffer listing all Emacs buffers.
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339 @item M-x buffer-menu-other-window.
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340 Similar, but do it in another window.
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341 @end table
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342
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343 @findex buffer-menu
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344 @findex buffer-menu-other-window
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345 The command @code{buffer-menu} writes a list of all Emacs
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346 buffers@footnote{Buffers which don't visit files and whose names begin
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348 buffer @samp{*Buffer List*}, and selects that buffer in Buffer Menu
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349 mode.
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351 The buffer is read-only, and can be
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352 changed only through the special commands described in this section.
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353 The usual Emacs cursor motion commands can be used in the @samp{*Buffer
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354 List*} buffer. The following commands apply to the buffer described on
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355 the current line.
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356
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357 @table @kbd
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358 @item d
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359 Request to delete (kill) the buffer, then move down. The request
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360 shows as a @samp{D} on the line, before the buffer name. Requested
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361 deletions take place when you type the @kbd{x} command.
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362 @item C-d
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363 Like @kbd{d} but move up afterwards instead of down.
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364 @item s
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365 Request to save the buffer. The request shows as an @samp{S} on the
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366 line. Requested saves take place when you type the @kbd{x} command.
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367 You may request both saving and deletion for the same buffer.
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368 @item x
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369 Perform previously requested deletions and saves.
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370 @item u
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371 Remove any request made for the current line, and move down.
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372 @item @key{DEL}
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373 Move to previous line and remove any request made for that line.
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374 @end table
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375
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376 The @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d}, @kbd{s} and @kbd{u} commands to add or remove
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377 flags also move down (or up) one line. They accept a numeric argument
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378 as a repeat count.
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379
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380 These commands operate immediately on the buffer listed on the current
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381 line:
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382
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383 @table @kbd
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384 @item ~
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385 Mark the buffer ``unmodified.'' The command @kbd{~} does this
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386 immediately when you type it.
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387 @item %
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388 Toggle the buffer's read-only flag. The command @kbd{%} does
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389 this immediately when you type it.
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390 @item t
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391 Visit the buffer as a tags table. @xref{Select Tags Table}.
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392 @end table
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393
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394 There are also commands to select another buffer or buffers:
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395
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396 @table @kbd
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397 @item q
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398 Quit the buffer menu---immediately display the most recent formerly
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399 visible buffer in its place.
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400 @item @key{RET}
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401 @itemx f
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402 Immediately select this line's buffer in place of the @samp{*Buffer
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403 List*} buffer.
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404 @item o
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405 Immediately select this line's buffer in another window as if by
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406 @kbd{C-x 4 b}, leaving @samp{*Buffer List*} visible.
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407 @item C-o
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408 Immediately display this line's buffer in another window, but don't
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409 select the window.
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410 @item 1
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411 Immediately select this line's buffer in a full-screen window.
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412 @item 2
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413 Immediately set up two windows, with this line's buffer selected in
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414 one, and the previously current buffer (aside from the buffer
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415 @samp{*Buffer List*}) displayed in the other.
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416 @item b
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417 Bury the buffer listed on this line.
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418 @item m
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419 Mark this line's buffer to be displayed in another window if you exit
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420 with the @kbd{v} command. The request shows as a @samp{>} at the
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421 beginning of the line. (A single buffer may not have both a delete
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422 request and a display request.)
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423 @item v
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424 Immediately select this line's buffer, and also display in other windows
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425 any buffers previously marked with the @kbd{m} command. If you have not
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426 marked any buffers, this command is equivalent to @kbd{1}.
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427 @end table
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428
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429 There is also a command that affects the entire buffer list:
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430
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431 @table @kbd
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432 @item T
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433 Delete, or reinsert, lines for non-file buffers. This command toggles
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434 the inclusion of such buffers in the buffer list.
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435 @end table
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436
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437 What @code{buffer-menu} actually does is create and switch to a
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438 suitable buffer, and turn on Buffer Menu mode in it. Everything else
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439 described above is implemented by the special commands provided in
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440 Buffer Menu mode. One consequence of this is that you can switch from
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441 the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer to another Emacs buffer, and edit
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442 there. You can reselect the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer later, to
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443 perform the operations already requested, or you can kill it, or pay
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444 no further attention to it.
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445
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446 The list in the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer looks exactly like the
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447 buffer list described in @ref{List Buffers}, because they really are
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448 the same. The only difference between @code{buffer-menu} and
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449 @code{list-buffers} is that @code{buffer-menu} switches to the
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450 @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer in the selected window;
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451 @code{list-buffers} displays the same buffer in another window. If
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452 you run @code{list-buffers} (that is, type @kbd{C-x C-b}) and select
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453 the buffer list manually, you can use all of the commands described
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454 here.
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455
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456 Normally, the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*} is not updated automatically when
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457 buffers are created and killed; its contents are just text. If you have
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458 created, deleted or renamed buffers, the way to update @samp{*Buffer
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459 List*} to show what you have done is to type @kbd{g}
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460 (@code{revert-buffer}) or repeat the @code{buffer-menu} command.
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461
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462 The @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer does automatically update every
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463 @code{auto-revert-interval} seconds if you enable Auto Revert mode in
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464 it. (As long as it is not marked modified.) Global Auto Revert mode
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465 does not update the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer by default, but it
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466 does if @code{global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers} is non-@code{nil}.
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467 @inforef{Autorevert,, emacs-xtra}, for details.
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468
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469 The command @code{buffer-menu-other-window} works the same as
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470 @code{buffer-menu}, except that it displays the buffers list in
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471 another window.
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472
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473 @node Indirect Buffers
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474 @section Indirect Buffers
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475 @cindex indirect buffer
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476 @cindex base buffer
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477
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478 An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which
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479 is called the @dfn{base buffer} of the indirect buffer. In some ways it
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480 is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link between files.
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481
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482 @table @kbd
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483 @findex make-indirect-buffer
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484 @item M-x make-indirect-buffer @key{RET} @var{base-buffer} @key{RET} @var{indirect-name} @key{RET}
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485 Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} whose base buffer
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486 is @var{base-buffer}.
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487 @findex clone-indirect-buffer
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488 @item M-x clone-indirect-buffer @key{RET}
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489 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer.
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490 @item C-x 4 c
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491 @kindex C-x 4 c
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492 @findex clone-indirect-buffer-other-window
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493 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer, and
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494 select it in another window (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window}).
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495 @end table
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496
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497 The text of the indirect buffer is always identical to the text of its
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498 base buffer; changes made by editing either one are visible immediately
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499 in the other. But in all other respects, the indirect buffer and its
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500 base buffer are completely separate. They have different names,
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501 different values of point, different narrowing, different markers,
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502 different major modes, and different local variables.
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503
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504 An indirect buffer cannot visit a file, but its base buffer can. If
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505 you try to save the indirect buffer, that actually works by saving the
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506 base buffer. Killing the base buffer effectively kills the indirect
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507 buffer, but killing an indirect buffer has no effect on its base buffer.
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508
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509 One way to use indirect buffers is to display multiple views of an
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510 outline. @xref{Outline Views}.
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511
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512 A quick and handy way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
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513 @kbd{M-x clone-indirect-buffer}. It creates and selects an indirect
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514 buffer whose base buffer is the current buffer. With a numeric
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515 argument, it prompts for the name of the indirect buffer; otherwise it
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516 defaults to the name of the current buffer, modifying it by adding a
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517 @samp{<@var{n}>} suffix if required. @kbd{C-x 4 c}
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518 (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window}) works like @kbd{M-x
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519 clone-indirect-buffer}, but it selects the new buffer in another
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520 window.
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521
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522 The more general way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
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523 @kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}. It creates an indirect buffer from
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524 buffer @var{base-buffer}, under the name @var{indirect-name}. It
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525 prompts for both @var{base-buffer} and @var{indirect-name} using the
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526 minibuffer.
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528 @node Buffer Convenience
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529 @section Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling
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530
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531 This section describes several modes and features that make it more
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532 convenient to switch between buffers.
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533
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534 @menu
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535 * Uniquify:: Making buffer names unique with directory parts.
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536 * Iswitchb:: Switching between buffers with substrings.
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537 * Buffer Menus:: Configurable buffer menu.
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538 @end menu
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539
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540 @node Uniquify
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541 @subsection Making Buffer Names Unique
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542
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543 @cindex unique buffer names
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544 @cindex directories in buffer names
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545 When several buffers visit identically-named files, Emacs must give
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546 the buffers distinct names. The usual method for making buffer names
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547 unique adds @samp{<2>}, @samp{<3>}, etc. to the end of the buffer
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548 names (all but one of them).
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549
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550 @vindex uniquify-buffer-name-style
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551 Other methods work by adding parts of each file's directory to the
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552 buffer name. To select one, customize the variable
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553 @code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
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554
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555 For instance, the @code{forward} naming method puts part of the
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556 directory name at the beginning of the buffer name; using this method,
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557 buffers visiting @file{/u/mernst/tmp/Makefile} and
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558 @file{/usr/projects/zaphod/Makefile} would be named
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559 @samp{tmp/Makefile} and @samp{zaphod/Makefile}, respectively (instead
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560 of @samp{Makefile} and @samp{Makefile<2>}).
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561
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562 By contrast, the @code{post-forward} naming method would call the
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563 buffers @samp{Makefile|tmp} and @samp{Makefile|zaphod}, and the
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564 @code{reverse} naming method would call them @samp{Makefile\tmp} and
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565 @samp{Makefile\zaphod}. The nontrivial difference between
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566 @code{post-forward} and @code{reverse} occurs when just one directory
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567 name is not enough to distinguish two files; then @code{reverse} puts
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568 the directory names in reverse order, so that @file{/top/middle/file}
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569 becomes @samp{file\middle\top}, while @code{post-forward} puts them in
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570 forward order after the file name, as in @samp{file|top/middle}.
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571
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572 Which rule to follow for putting the directory names in the buffer
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573 name is not very important if you are going to @emph{look} at the
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574 buffer names before you type one. But as an experienced user, if you
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575 know the rule, you won't have to look. And then you may find that one
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576 rule or another is easier for you to remember and utilize fast.
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577
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578 @node Iswitchb
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579 @subsection Switching Between Buffers using Substrings
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580
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581 @findex iswitchb-mode
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582 @cindex Iswitchb mode
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583 @cindex mode, Iswitchb
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584 @kindex C-x b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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585 @kindex C-x 4 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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586 @kindex C-x 5 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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587 @kindex C-x 4 C-o @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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588
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589 Iswitchb global minor mode provides convenient switching between
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590 buffers using substrings of their names. It replaces the normal
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591 definitions of @kbd{C-x b}, @kbd{C-x 4 b}, @kbd{C-x 5 b}, and @kbd{C-x
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592 4 C-o} with alternative commands that are somewhat ``smarter.''
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593
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594 When one of these commands prompts you for a buffer name, you can
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595 type in just a substring of the name you want to choose. As you enter
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596 the substring, Iswitchb mode continuously displays a list of buffers
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597 that match the substring you have typed.
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598
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599 At any time, you can type @key{RET} to select the first buffer in
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600 the list. So the way to select a particular buffer is to make it the
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601 first in the list. There are two ways to do this. You can type more
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602 of the buffer name and thus narrow down the list, excluding unwanted
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603 buffers above the desired one. Alternatively, you can use @kbd{C-s}
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604 and @kbd{C-r} to rotate the list until the desired buffer is first.
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605
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606 @key{TAB} while entering the buffer name performs completion on the
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607 string you have entered, based on the displayed list of buffers.
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608
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609 To enable Iswitchb mode, type @kbd{M-x iswitchb-mode}, or customize
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610 the variable @code{iswitchb-mode} to @code{t} (@pxref{Easy
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611 Customization}).
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612
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613 @node Buffer Menus
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614 @subsection Customizing Buffer Menus
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615
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616 @findex bs-show
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617 @cindex buffer list, customizable
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618 @table @kbd
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619 @item M-x bs-show
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620 Make a list of buffers similarly to @kbd{M-x list-buffers} but
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621 customizable.
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622 @end table
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623
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624 @kbd{M-x bs-show} pops up a buffer list similar to the one normally
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625 displayed by @kbd{C-x C-b} but which you can customize. If you prefer
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626 this to the usual buffer list, you can bind this command to @kbd{C-x
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627 C-b}. To customize this buffer list, use the @code{bs} Custom group
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628 (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
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629
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630 @findex msb-mode
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631 @cindex mode, MSB
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632 @cindex MSB mode
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633 @cindex buffer menu
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634 @findex mouse-buffer-menu
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635 @kindex C-Down-Mouse-1
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636 MSB global minor mode (``MSB'' stands for ``mouse select buffer'')
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637 provides a different and customizable mouse buffer menu which you may
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638 prefer. It replaces the bindings of @code{mouse-buffer-menu},
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639 normally on @kbd{C-Down-Mouse-1}, and the menu bar buffer menu. You
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640 can customize the menu in the @code{msb} Custom group.
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641
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642 @ignore
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643 arch-tag: 08c43460-f4f4-4b43-9cb5-1ea9ad991695
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644 @end ignore