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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001,
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3 @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 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 4 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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71 Similar, but select @var{buffer} in another window
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72 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}).
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73 @item C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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74 Similar, but select @var{buffer} in a separate frame
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75 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame}).
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76 @item C-x @key{LEFT}
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77 Select the previous buffer in the list of existing buffers.
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78 @item C-x @key{RIGHT}
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79 Select the next buffer in the list of existing buffers.
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80 @item C-u M-g M-g
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81 @itemx C-u M-g g
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82 Read a number @var{n} and move to line @var{n} in the most recently
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83 selected buffer other than the current buffer.
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84 @end table
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85
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86 @kindex C-x b
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87 @findex switch-to-buffer
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88 To select the buffer named @var{bufname}, type @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname}
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89 @key{RET}}. This runs the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument
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90 @var{bufname}. You can use completion to enter the buffer
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91 name (@pxref{Completion}). An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b}
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92 specifies the buffer that was current most recently among those not
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93 now displayed in any window.
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95 @kindex C-x @key{LEFT}
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96 @kindex C-x @key{RIGHT}
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97 @findex next-buffer
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98 @findex previous-buffer
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99 For conveniently switching between a few buffers, use the commands
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100 @kbd{C-x @key{LEFT}} and @kbd{C-x @key{RIGHT}}. @kbd{C-x @key{RIGHT}}
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101 (@code{previous-buffer}) selects the previous buffer (following the order
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102 of most recent selection in the current frame), while @kbd{C-x @key{LEFT}}
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103 (@code{next-buffer}) moves through buffers in the reverse direction.
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104
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105 @kindex C-x 4 b
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106 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
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107 @vindex even-window-heights
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108 To select a buffer in a window other than the current one, type
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109 @kbd{C-x 4 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This runs the command
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110 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} which displays the buffer
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111 @var{bufname} in another window. By default, if displaying the buffer
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112 causes two vertically adjacent windows to be displayed, the heights of
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113 those windows are evened out; to countermand that and preserve the
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114 window configuration, set the variable @code{even-window-heights} to
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115 @code{nil}.
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116
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117 @kindex C-x 5 b
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118 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-frame
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119 Similarly, @kbd{C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}} runs the command
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120 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame} which selects a buffer in another
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121 frame.
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122
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123 @vindex display-buffer-reuse-frames
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124 You can control how certain buffers are handled by these commands by
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125 customizing the variables @code{special-display-buffer-names},
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126 @code{special-display-regexps}, @code{same-window-buffer-names}, and
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127 @code{same-window-regexps}. See @ref{Force Same Window}, and
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128 @ref{Special Buffer Frames}, for more about these variables. In
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129 addition, if the value of @code{display-buffer-reuse-frames} is
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130 non-@code{nil}, and the buffer you want to switch to is already
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131 displayed in some frame, Emacs will just raise that frame.
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132
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133 Most buffers are created by visiting files, or by Emacs commands that
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134 want to display some text, but you can also create a buffer explicitly
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135 by typing @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This makes a new, empty
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136 buffer that is not visiting any file, and selects it for editing. Such
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137 buffers are used for making notes to yourself. If you try to save one,
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138 you are asked for the file name to use. The new buffer's major mode is
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139 determined by the value of @code{default-major-mode} (@pxref{Major
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140 Modes}).
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141
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142 Note that @kbd{C-x C-f}, and any other command for visiting a file,
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143 can also be used to switch to an existing file-visiting buffer.
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144 @xref{Visiting}.
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145
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146 @kbd{C-u M-g M-g}, that is @code{goto-line} with a prefix argument
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147 of just @kbd{C-u}, reads a number @var{n} using the minibuffer,
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148 selects the most recently selected buffer other than the current
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149 buffer in another window, and then moves point to the beginning of
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150 line number @var{n} in that buffer. This is mainly useful in a buffer
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151 that refers to line numbers in another buffer: if point is on or just
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152 after a number, @code{goto-line} uses that number as the default for
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153 @var{n}. Note that prefix arguments other than just @kbd{C-u} behave
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154 differently. @kbd{C-u 4 M-g M-g} goes to line 4 in the @emph{current}
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155 buffer, without reading a number from the minibuffer. (Remember that
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156 @kbd{M-g M-g} without prefix argument reads a number @var{n} and then
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159 Emacs uses buffer names that start with a space for internal purposes.
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160 It treats these buffers specially in minor ways---for example, by
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164 @node List Buffers
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165 @section Listing Existing Buffers
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173 @kindex C-x C-b
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174 @findex list-buffers
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175 To display a list of existing buffers, type @kbd{C-x C-b}. Each
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180 @samp{*} in the first field of a line indicates the buffer is
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181 ``modified.'' If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save
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182 some with @kbd{C-x s} (@pxref{Save Commands}). @samp{%} indicates a
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183 read-only buffer. @samp{.} marks the current buffer. Here is an
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184 example of a buffer list:@refill
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186 @smallexample
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187 CRM Buffer Size Mode File
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188 . * .emacs 3294 Emacs-Lisp ~/.emacs
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189 % *Help* 101 Help
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190 search.c 86055 C ~/cvs/emacs/src/search.c
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191 % src 20959 Dired by name ~/cvs/emacs/src/
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192 * *mail* 42 Mail
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193 % HELLO 1607 Fundamental ~/cvs/emacs/etc/HELLO
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194 % NEWS 481184 Outline ~/cvs/emacs/etc/NEWS
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195 *scratch* 191 Lisp Interaction
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196 * *Messages* 1554 Fundamental
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199 @noindent
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200 Note that the buffer @samp{*Help*} was made by a help request; it is
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203 visiting files by giving the command a prefix argument, as in
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204 @kbd{C-u C-x C-b}.
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206 @code{list-buffers} omits buffers whose names begin with a space,
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207 unless they visit files: such buffers are used internally by Emacs.
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208
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210 @node Misc Buffer
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211 @section Miscellaneous Buffer Operations
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212
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213 @table @kbd
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215 Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{toggle-read-only}).
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216 @item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}
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217 Change the name of the current buffer.
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218 @item M-x rename-uniquely
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219 Rename the current buffer by adding @samp{<@var{number}>} to the end.
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220 @item M-x view-buffer @key{RET} @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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221 Scroll through buffer @var{buffer}.
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222 @end table
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224 @kindex C-x C-q
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225 @vindex buffer-read-only
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226 @cindex read-only buffer
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227 A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change
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228 its contents are not allowed. The mode line indicates read-only
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229 buffers with @samp{%%} or @samp{%*} near the left margin. Read-only
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230 buffers are usually made by subsystems such as Dired and Rmail that
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231 have special commands to operate on the text; also by visiting a file
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232 whose access control says you cannot write it.
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234 @findex toggle-read-only
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235 If you wish to make changes in a read-only buffer, use the command
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236 @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{toggle-read-only}). It makes a read-only buffer
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237 writable, and makes a writable buffer read-only. This
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239 value in each buffer and makes the buffer read-only if its value is
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240 non-@code{nil}. If you have files under version control, you may find
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241 it convenient to bind @kbd{C-x C-q} to @code{vc-toggle-read-only}
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242 instead. Then, typing @kbd{C-x C-q} not only changes the read-only
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243 flag, but it also checks the file in or out. @xref{Version
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246 @findex rename-buffer
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247 @kbd{M-x rename-buffer} changes the name of the current buffer. You
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248 specify the new name as a minibuffer argument; there is no default.
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249 If you specify a name that is in use for some other buffer, an error
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250 happens and no renaming is done.
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252 @findex rename-uniquely
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253 @kbd{M-x rename-uniquely} renames the current buffer to a similar
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254 name with a numeric suffix added to make it both different and unique.
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255 This command does not need an argument. It is useful for creating
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256 multiple shell buffers: if you rename the @samp{*shell*} buffer, then
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257 do @kbd{M-x shell} again, it makes a new shell buffer named
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258 @samp{*shell*}; meanwhile, the old shell buffer continues to exist
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259 under its new name. This method is also good for mail buffers,
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260 compilation buffers, and most Emacs features that create special
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261 buffers with particular names. (With some of these features, such as
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262 @kbd{M-x compile}, @kbd{M-x grep} an @kbd{M-x info}, you need to
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263 switch to some other buffer before using the command, in order for it
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264 to make a different buffer.)
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266 @findex view-buffer
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267 @kbd{M-x view-buffer} is much like @kbd{M-x view-file} (@pxref{Misc
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269 View mode provides commands for scrolling through the buffer
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270 conveniently but not for changing it. When you exit View mode with
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271 @kbd{q}, that switches back to the buffer (and the position) which was
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272 previously displayed in the window. Alternatively, if you exit View
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276 The commands @kbd{M-x append-to-buffer} and @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}
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278 Text}.
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280 @node Kill Buffer
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281 @section Killing Buffers
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283 @cindex killing buffers
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284 If you continue an Emacs session for a while, you may accumulate a
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285 large number of buffers. You may then find it convenient to @dfn{kill}
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286 the buffers you no longer need. On most operating systems, killing a
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287 buffer releases its space back to the operating system so that other
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288 programs can use it. Here are some commands for killing buffers:
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290 @table @kbd
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291 @item C-x k @var{bufname} @key{RET}
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292 Kill buffer @var{bufname} (@code{kill-buffer}).
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293 @item M-x kill-some-buffers
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294 Offer to kill each buffer, one by one.
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295 @end table
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297 @findex kill-buffer
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298 @findex kill-some-buffers
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299 @kindex C-x k
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301 @kbd{C-x k} (@code{kill-buffer}) kills one buffer, whose name you
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302 specify in the minibuffer. The default, used if you type just
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303 @key{RET} in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer. If you
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304 kill the current buffer, another buffer becomes current: one that was
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305 current in the recent past but is not displayed in any window now. If
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306 you ask to kill a file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved
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307 editing), then you must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is
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308 killed.
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311 one. An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer. Killing the current
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312 buffer or a buffer containing unsaved changes selects a new buffer or asks
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313 for confirmation just like @code{kill-buffer}.
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316 for killing various buffers.
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318 @vindex kill-buffer-hook
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319 If you want to do something special every time a buffer is killed, you
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320 can add hook functions to the hook @code{kill-buffer-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).
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322 @findex clean-buffer-list
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324 it can fill up with buffers that you used several days ago. The command
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325 @kbd{M-x clean-buffer-list} is a convenient way to purge them; it kills
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326 all the unmodified buffers that you have not used for a long time. An
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327 ordinary buffer is killed if it has not been displayed for three days;
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329 automatically, and others that should be killed if they have been unused
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332 @cindex Midnight mode
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333 @vindex midnight-mode
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334 @vindex midnight-hook
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335 You can also have this buffer purging done for you, every day at
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336 midnight, by enabling Midnight mode. Midnight mode operates each day at
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337 midnight; at that time, it runs @code{clean-buffer-list}, or whichever
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338 functions you have placed in the normal hook @code{midnight-hook}
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339 (@pxref{Hooks}).
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340
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341 To enable Midnight mode, use the Customization buffer to set the
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342 variable @code{midnight-mode} to @code{t}. @xref{Easy Customization}.
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343
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344 @node Several Buffers
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345 @section Operating on Several Buffers
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346 @cindex buffer menu
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347
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348 The @dfn{buffer-menu} facility is like a ``Dired for buffers''; it allows
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349 you to request operations on various Emacs buffers by editing an Emacs
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350 buffer containing a list of them. You can save buffers, kill them
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351 (here called @dfn{deleting} them, for consistency with Dired), or display
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352 them.
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353
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354 @table @kbd
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355 @item M-x buffer-menu
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356 Begin editing a buffer listing all Emacs buffers.
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357 @item M-x buffer-menu-other-window.
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358 Similar, but do it in another window.
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359 @end table
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360
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361 @findex buffer-menu
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362 @findex buffer-menu-other-window
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363 The command @code{buffer-menu} writes a list of all Emacs
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364 buffers@footnote{Buffers which don't visit files and whose names begin
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365 with a space are omitted: these are used internally by Emacs.} into the
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366 buffer @samp{*Buffer List*}, and selects that buffer in Buffer Menu
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367 mode.
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368
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369 The buffer is read-only, and can be
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370 changed only through the special commands described in this section.
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371 The usual Emacs cursor motion commands can be used in the @samp{*Buffer
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372 List*} buffer. The following commands apply to the buffer described on
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373 the current line.
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374
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375 @table @kbd
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376 @item d
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377 Request to delete (kill) the buffer, then move down. The request
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378 shows as a @samp{D} on the line, before the buffer name. Requested
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379 deletions take place when you type the @kbd{x} command.
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380 @item C-d
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381 Like @kbd{d} but move up afterwards instead of down.
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382 @item s
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383 Request to save the buffer. The request shows as an @samp{S} on the
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384 line. Requested saves take place when you type the @kbd{x} command.
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385 You may request both saving and deletion for the same buffer.
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386 @item x
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387 Perform previously requested deletions and saves.
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388 @item u
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389 Remove any request made for the current line, and move down.
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390 @item @key{DEL}
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391 Move to previous line and remove any request made for that line.
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392 @end table
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393
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394 The @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d}, @kbd{s} and @kbd{u} commands to add or remove
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395 flags also move down (or up) one line. They accept a numeric argument
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396 as a repeat count.
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397
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398 These commands operate immediately on the buffer listed on the current
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399 line:
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400
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401 @table @kbd
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402 @item ~
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403 Mark the buffer ``unmodified.'' The command @kbd{~} does this
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404 immediately when you type it.
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405 @item %
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406 Toggle the buffer's read-only flag. The command @kbd{%} does
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407 this immediately when you type it.
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408 @item t
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409 Visit the buffer as a tags table. @xref{Select Tags Table}.
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410 @end table
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411
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412 There are also commands to select another buffer or buffers:
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413
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414 @table @kbd
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415 @item q
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416 Quit the buffer menu---immediately display the most recent formerly
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417 visible buffer in its place.
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418 @item @key{RET}
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419 @itemx f
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420 Immediately select this line's buffer in place of the @samp{*Buffer
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421 List*} buffer.
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422 @item o
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423 Immediately select this line's buffer in another window as if by
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424 @kbd{C-x 4 b}, leaving @samp{*Buffer List*} visible.
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425 @item C-o
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426 Immediately display this line's buffer in another window, but don't
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427 select the window.
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428 @item 1
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429 Immediately select this line's buffer in a full-screen window.
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430 @item 2
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431 Immediately set up two windows, with this line's buffer selected in
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432 one, and the previously current buffer (aside from the buffer
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433 @samp{*Buffer List*}) displayed in the other.
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434 @item b
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435 Bury the buffer listed on this line.
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436 @item m
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437 Mark this line's buffer to be displayed in another window if you exit
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438 with the @kbd{v} command. The request shows as a @samp{>} at the
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439 beginning of the line. (A single buffer may not have both a delete
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440 request and a display request.)
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441 @item v
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442 Immediately select this line's buffer, and also display in other windows
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443 any buffers previously marked with the @kbd{m} command. If you have not
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444 marked any buffers, this command is equivalent to @kbd{1}.
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445 @end table
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446
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447 There is also a command that affects the entire buffer list:
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448
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449 @table @kbd
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450 @item T
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451 Delete, or reinsert, lines for non-file buffers. This command toggles
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452 the inclusion of such buffers in the buffer list.
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453 @end table
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454
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455 What @code{buffer-menu} actually does is create and switch to a
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456 suitable buffer, and turn on Buffer Menu mode in it. Everything else
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457 described above is implemented by the special commands provided in
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458 Buffer Menu mode. One consequence of this is that you can switch from
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459 the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer to another Emacs buffer, and edit
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460 there. You can reselect the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer later, to
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461 perform the operations already requested, or you can kill it, or pay
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462 no further attention to it.
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463
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464 The list in the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer looks exactly like the
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465 buffer list described in @ref{List Buffers}, because they really are
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466 the same. The only difference between @code{buffer-menu} and
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467 @code{list-buffers} is that @code{buffer-menu} switches to the
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468 @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer in the selected window;
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469 @code{list-buffers} displays the same buffer in another window. If
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470 you run @code{list-buffers} (that is, type @kbd{C-x C-b}) and select
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471 the buffer list manually, you can use all of the commands described
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472 here.
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473
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474 Normally, the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*} is not updated
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475 automatically when buffers are created and killed; its contents are
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476 just text. If you have created, deleted or renamed buffers, the way
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477 to update @samp{*Buffer List*} to show what you have done is to type
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478 @kbd{g} (@code{revert-buffer}). You can make this happen regularly
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479 every @code{auto-revert-interval} seconds if you enable Auto Revert
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480 mode in this buffer, as long as it is not marked modified. Global
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481 Auto Revert mode applies to the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer only if
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482 @code{global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers} is non-@code{nil}.
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483 @inforef{Autorevert,, emacs-xtra}, for details.
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484
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485 The command @code{buffer-menu-other-window} works the same as
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486 @code{buffer-menu}, except that it displays the buffers list in
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487 another window.
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488
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489 @node Indirect Buffers
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490 @section Indirect Buffers
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491 @cindex indirect buffer
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492 @cindex base buffer
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493
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494 An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which
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496 is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link between files.
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497
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498 @table @kbd
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499 @findex make-indirect-buffer
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500 @item M-x make-indirect-buffer @key{RET} @var{base-buffer} @key{RET} @var{indirect-name} @key{RET}
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501 Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} whose base buffer
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502 is @var{base-buffer}.
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503 @findex clone-indirect-buffer
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504 @item M-x clone-indirect-buffer @key{RET}
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505 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer.
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506 @item C-x 4 c
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507 @kindex C-x 4 c
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508 @findex clone-indirect-buffer-other-window
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509 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer, and
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510 select it in another window (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window}).
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511 @end table
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512
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513 The text of the indirect buffer is always identical to the text of its
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514 base buffer; changes made by editing either one are visible immediately
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515 in the other. But in all other respects, the indirect buffer and its
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516 base buffer are completely separate. They have different names,
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517 different values of point, different narrowing, different markers,
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518 different major modes, and different local variables.
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519
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520 An indirect buffer cannot visit a file, but its base buffer can. If
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521 you try to save the indirect buffer, that actually works by saving the
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522 base buffer. Killing the base buffer effectively kills the indirect
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523 buffer, but killing an indirect buffer has no effect on its base buffer.
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524
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525 One way to use indirect buffers is to display multiple views of an
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526 outline. @xref{Outline Views}.
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527
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528 A quick and handy way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
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529 @kbd{M-x clone-indirect-buffer}. It creates and selects an indirect
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530 buffer whose base buffer is the current buffer. With a numeric
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531 argument, it prompts for the name of the indirect buffer; otherwise it
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532 uses the name of the current buffer, with a @samp{<@var{n}>} suffix
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533 added. @kbd{C-x 4 c} (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window})
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534 works like @kbd{M-x clone-indirect-buffer}, but it selects the new
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535 buffer in another window.
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536
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537 The more general way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
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538 @kbd{M-x make-indirect-buffer}. It creates an indirect buffer from
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539 buffer @var{base-buffer}, under the name @var{indirect-name}. It
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540 prompts for both @var{base-buffer} and @var{indirect-name} using the
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541 minibuffer.
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542
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543 @node Buffer Convenience
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544 @section Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling
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545
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546 This section describes several modes and features that make it more
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547 convenient to switch between buffers.
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548
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549 @menu
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550 * Uniquify:: Making buffer names unique with directory parts.
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551 * Iswitchb:: Switching between buffers with substrings.
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552 * Buffer Menus:: Configurable buffer menu.
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553 @end menu
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554
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555 @node Uniquify
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556 @subsection Making Buffer Names Unique
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557
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558 @cindex unique buffer names
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559 @cindex directories in buffer names
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560 When several buffers visit identically-named files, Emacs must give
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561 the buffers distinct names. The usual method for making buffer names
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562 unique adds @samp{<2>}, @samp{<3>}, etc. to the end of the buffer
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563 names (all but one of them).
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564
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565 @vindex uniquify-buffer-name-style
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566 Other methods work by adding parts of each file's directory to the
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567 buffer name. To select one, customize the variable
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568 @code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
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569
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570 For instance, the @code{forward} naming method puts part of the
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571 directory name at the beginning of the buffer name; using this method,
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572 buffers visiting @file{/u/mernst/tmp/Makefile} and
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573 @file{/usr/projects/zaphod/Makefile} would be named
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574 @samp{tmp/Makefile} and @samp{zaphod/Makefile}, respectively (instead
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575 of @samp{Makefile} and @samp{Makefile<2>}).
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576
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577 By contrast, the @code{post-forward} naming method would call the
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578 buffers @samp{Makefile|tmp} and @samp{Makefile|zaphod}, and the
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579 @code{reverse} naming method would call them @samp{Makefile\tmp} and
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580 @samp{Makefile\zaphod}. The nontrivial difference between
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581 @code{post-forward} and @code{reverse} occurs when just one directory
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582 name is not enough to distinguish two files; then @code{reverse} puts
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583 the directory names in reverse order, so that @file{/top/middle/file}
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584 becomes @samp{file\middle\top}, while @code{post-forward} puts them in
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585 forward order after the file name, as in @samp{file|top/middle}.
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586
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587 Which rule to follow for putting the directory names in the buffer
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588 name is not very important if you are going to @emph{look} at the
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589 buffer names before you type one. But as an experienced user, if you
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590 know the rule, you won't have to look. And then you may find that one
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591 rule or another is easier for you to remember and apply quickly.
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592
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593 @node Iswitchb
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594 @subsection Switching Between Buffers using Substrings
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595
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596 @findex iswitchb-mode
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597 @cindex Iswitchb mode
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598 @cindex mode, Iswitchb
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599 @kindex C-x b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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600 @kindex C-x 4 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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601 @kindex C-x 5 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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602 @kindex C-x 4 C-o @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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603
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604 Iswitchb global minor mode provides convenient switching between
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605 buffers using substrings of their names. It replaces the normal
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606 definitions of @kbd{C-x b}, @kbd{C-x 4 b}, @kbd{C-x 5 b}, and @kbd{C-x
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607 4 C-o} with alternative commands that are somewhat ``smarter.''
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608
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609 When one of these commands prompts you for a buffer name, you can
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610 type in just a substring of the name you want to choose. As you enter
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611 the substring, Iswitchb mode continuously displays a list of buffers
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612 that match the substring you have typed.
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613
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614 At any time, you can type @key{RET} to select the first buffer in
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615 the list. So the way to select a particular buffer is to make it the
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616 first in the list. There are two ways to do this. You can type more
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617 of the buffer name and thus narrow down the list, excluding unwanted
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618 buffers above the desired one. Alternatively, you can use @kbd{C-s}
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619 and @kbd{C-r} to rotate the list until the desired buffer is first.
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620
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621 @key{TAB} while entering the buffer name performs completion on the
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622 string you have entered, based on the displayed list of buffers.
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623
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624 To enable Iswitchb mode, type @kbd{M-x iswitchb-mode}, or customize
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625 the variable @code{iswitchb-mode} to @code{t} (@pxref{Easy
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626 Customization}).
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627
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628 @node Buffer Menus
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629 @subsection Customizing Buffer Menus
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630
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631 @findex bs-show
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632 @cindex buffer list, customizable
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633 @table @kbd
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634 @item M-x bs-show
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635 Make a list of buffers similarly to @kbd{M-x list-buffers} but
a04fdd7a9207 bs-show
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636 customizable.
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637 @end table
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638
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639 @kbd{M-x bs-show} pops up a buffer list similar to the one normally
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640 displayed by @kbd{C-x C-b} but which you can customize. If you prefer
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641 this to the usual buffer list, you can bind this command to @kbd{C-x
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642 C-b}. To customize this buffer list, use the @code{bs} Custom group
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643 (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
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644
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645 @findex msb-mode
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646 @cindex mode, MSB
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647 @cindex MSB mode
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648 @cindex buffer menu
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649 @findex mouse-buffer-menu
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650 @kindex C-Down-Mouse-1
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651 MSB global minor mode (``MSB'' stands for ``mouse select buffer'')
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652 provides a different and customizable mouse buffer menu which you may
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653 prefer. It replaces the bindings of @code{mouse-buffer-menu},
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654 normally on @kbd{C-Down-Mouse-1}, and the menu bar buffer menu. You
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657 @ignore
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658 arch-tag: 08c43460-f4f4-4b43-9cb5-1ea9ad991695
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659 @end ignore