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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
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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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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 128
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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 @end table
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77
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78 @kindex C-x b
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79 @findex switch-to-buffer
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80 To select the buffer named @var{bufname}, type @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname}
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81 @key{RET}}. This runs the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument
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82 @var{bufname}. You can use completion on an abbreviation for the buffer
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83 name you want (@pxref{Completion}). An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b}
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84 specifies the buffer that was current most recently among those not
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85 now displayed in any window.
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87 @kindex C-x 4 b
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88 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
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89 @vindex even-window-heights
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90 To select a buffer in a window other than the current one, type
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91 @kbd{C-x 4 b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This runs the command
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92 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-window} which displays the buffer
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93 @var{bufname} in another window. By default, if displaying the buffer
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94 causes two vertically adjacent windows to be displayed, the heights of
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95 those windows are evened out; to countermand that and preserve the
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96 window configuration, set the variable @code{even-window-heights} to
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97 @code{nil}.
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98
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99 @kindex C-x 5 b
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100 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-frame
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101 Similarly, @kbd{C-x 5 b @var{buffer} @key{RET}} runs the command
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102 @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame} which selects a buffer in another
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103 frame.
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104
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105 @vindex display-buffer-reuse-frames
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106 You can control how certain buffers are handled by these commands by
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107 customizing the variables @code{special-display-buffer-names},
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108 @code{special-display-regexps}, @code{same-window-buffer-names}, and
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109 @code{same-window-regexps}. See @ref{Force Same Window}, and
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110 @ref{Special Buffer Frames}, for more about these variables. In
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111 addition, if the value of @code{display-buffer-reuse-frames} is
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112 non-@code{nil}, and the buffer you want to switch to is already
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113 displayed in some frame, Emacs will raise that frame.
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114
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115 Most buffers are created by visiting files, or by Emacs commands that
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116 want to display some text, but you can also create a buffer explicitly
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117 by typing @kbd{C-x b @var{bufname} @key{RET}}. This makes a new, empty
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118 buffer that is not visiting any file, and selects it for editing. Such
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119 buffers are used for making notes to yourself. If you try to save one,
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120 you are asked for the file name to use. The new buffer's major mode is
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121 determined by the value of @code{default-major-mode} (@pxref{Major
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122 Modes}).
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123
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124 Note that @kbd{C-x C-f}, and any other command for visiting a file,
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125 can also be used to switch to an existing file-visiting buffer.
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126 @xref{Visiting}.
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127
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128 Emacs uses buffer names that start with a space for internal purposes.
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129 It treats these buffers specially in minor ways---for example, by
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130 default they do not record undo information. It is best to avoid using
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131 such buffer names yourself.
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132
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133 @node List Buffers
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134 @section Listing Existing Buffers
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135
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136 @table @kbd
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137 @item C-x C-b
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138 List the existing buffers (@code{list-buffers}).
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139 @end table
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140
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141 @cindex listing current buffers
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142 @kindex C-x C-b
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143 @findex list-buffers
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144 To display a list of all the buffers that exist, type @kbd{C-x C-b}.
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145 Each line in the list shows one buffer's name, major mode and visited
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146 file. The buffers are listed in the order that they were current; the
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147 buffers that were current most recently come first.
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148
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149 @samp{*} in the first field of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.''
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150 If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s}
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151 (@pxref{Saving}). @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer. @samp{.} marks the
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152 current buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
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153
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154 @smallexample
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155 CRM Buffer Size Mode File
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156 . * .emacs 3294 Emacs-Lisp ~/.emacs
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157 % *Help* 101 Help
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158 search.c 86055 C ~/cvs/emacs/src/search.c
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159 % src 20959 Dired by name ~/cvs/emacs/src/
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160 * *mail* 42 Mail
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161 % HELLO 1607 Fundamental ~/cvs/emacs/etc/HELLO
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162 % NEWS 481184 Outline ~/cvs/emacs/etc/NEWS
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163 *scratch* 191 Lisp Interaction
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164 * *Messages* 1554 Fundamental
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165 @end smallexample
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167 @noindent
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168 Note that the buffer @samp{*Help*} was made by a help request; it is
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169 not visiting any file. The buffer @code{src} was made by Dired on the
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170 directory @file{~/cvs/emacs/src/}. You can list only buffers that are
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171 visiting files by giving the command a prefix; for instance, by typing
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172 @kbd{C-u C-x C-b}.
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174 @code{list-buffers} omits buffers whose name begins with a blank,
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178 @node Misc Buffer
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179 @section Miscellaneous Buffer Operations
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180
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181 @table @kbd
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182 @item C-x C-q
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183 Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{toggle-read-only}).
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184 @item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}
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185 Change the name of the current buffer.
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186 @item M-x rename-uniquely
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187 Rename the current buffer by adding @samp{<@var{number}>} to the end.
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188 @item M-x view-buffer @key{RET} @var{buffer} @key{RET}
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189 Scroll through buffer @var{buffer}.
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190 @end table
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191
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192 @kindex C-x C-q
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193 @vindex buffer-read-only
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194 @cindex read-only buffer
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195 A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change
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199 have special commands to operate on the text; also by visiting a file
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200 whose access control says you cannot write it.
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202 @findex toggle-read-only
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203 If you wish to make changes in a read-only buffer, use the command
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204 @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{toggle-read-only}). It makes a read-only buffer
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207 value in each buffer and makes the buffer read-only if its value is
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208 non-@code{nil}. If you have files under version control, you may find
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210 instead. Then, typing @kbd{C-x C-q} not only changes the read-only
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211 flag, but it also checks the file in or out. @xref{Version
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213
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214 @findex rename-buffer
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215 @kbd{M-x rename-buffer} changes the name of the current buffer. Specify
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216 the new name as a minibuffer argument. There is no default. If you
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217 specify a name that is in use for some other buffer, an error happens and
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218 no renaming is done.
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219
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220 @kbd{M-x rename-uniquely} renames the current buffer to a similar name
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221 with a numeric suffix added to make it both different and unique. This
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222 command does not need an argument. It is useful for creating multiple
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223 shell buffers: if you rename the @samp{*Shell*} buffer, then do @kbd{M-x
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224 shell} again, it makes a new shell buffer named @samp{*Shell*};
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225 meanwhile, the old shell buffer continues to exist under its new name.
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226 This method is also good for mail buffers, compilation buffers, and most
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227 Emacs features that create special buffers with particular names.
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228
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229 @findex view-buffer
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230 @kbd{M-x view-buffer} is much like @kbd{M-x view-file} (@pxref{Misc
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231 File Ops}) except that it examines an already existing Emacs buffer.
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232 View mode provides commands for scrolling through the buffer
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233 conveniently but not for changing it. When you exit View mode with
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234 @kbd{q}, that switches back to the buffer (and the position) which was
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235 previously displayed in the window. Alternatively, if you exit View
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236 mode with @kbd{e}, the buffer and the value of point that resulted from
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237 your perusal remain in effect.
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238
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239 The commands @kbd{M-x append-to-buffer} and @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}
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240 can be used to copy text from one buffer to another. @xref{Accumulating
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241 Text}.@refill
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242
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243 @node Kill Buffer
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244 @section Killing Buffers
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245
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246 @cindex killing buffers
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247 If you continue an Emacs session for a while, you may accumulate a
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248 large number of buffers. You may then find it convenient to @dfn{kill}
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249 the buffers you no longer need. On most operating systems, killing a
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250 buffer releases its space back to the operating system so that other
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251 programs can use it. Here are some commands for killing buffers:
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252
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253 @table @kbd
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254 @item C-x k @var{bufname} @key{RET}
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255 Kill buffer @var{bufname} (@code{kill-buffer}).
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256 @item M-x kill-some-buffers
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257 Offer to kill each buffer, one by one.
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258 @end table
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259
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260 @findex kill-buffer
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261 @findex kill-some-buffers
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262 @kindex C-x k
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263
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264 @kbd{C-x k} (@code{kill-buffer}) kills one buffer, whose name you
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265 specify in the minibuffer. The default, used if you type just
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266 @key{RET} in the minibuffer, is to kill the current buffer. If you
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267 kill the current buffer, another buffer becomes current: one that was
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268 current in the recent past but is not displayed in any window now. If
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269 you ask to kill a file-visiting buffer that is modified (has unsaved
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270 editing), then you must confirm with @kbd{yes} before the buffer is
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271 killed.
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273 The command @kbd{M-x kill-some-buffers} asks about each buffer, one by
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274 one. An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer. Killing the current
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275 buffer or a buffer containing unsaved changes selects a new buffer or asks
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276 for confirmation just like @code{kill-buffer}.
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277
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278 The buffer menu feature (@pxref{Several Buffers}) is also convenient
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279 for killing various buffers.
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280
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281 @vindex kill-buffer-hook
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282 If you want to do something special every time a buffer is killed, you
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283 can add hook functions to the hook @code{kill-buffer-hook} (@pxref{Hooks}).
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284
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285 @findex clean-buffer-list
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286 If you run one Emacs session for a period of days, as many people do,
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287 it can fill up with buffers that you used several days ago. The command
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288 @kbd{M-x clean-buffer-list} is a convenient way to purge them; it kills
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289 all the unmodified buffers that you have not used for a long time. An
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290 ordinary buffer is killed if it has not been displayed for three days;
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291 however, you can specify certain buffers that should never be killed
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292 automatically, and others that should be killed if they have been unused
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293 for a mere hour.
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294
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295 @cindex Midnight mode
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296 @vindex midnight-mode
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297 @vindex midnight-hook
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298 You can also have this buffer purging done for you, every day at
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299 midnight, by enabling Midnight mode. Midnight mode operates each day at
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300 midnight; at that time, it runs @code{clean-buffer-list}, or whichever
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301 functions you have placed in the normal hook @code{midnight-hook}
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302 (@pxref{Hooks}).
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304 To enable Midnight mode, use the Customization buffer to set the
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305 variable @code{midnight-mode} to @code{t}. @xref{Easy Customization}.
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306
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307 @node Several Buffers
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308 @section Operating on Several Buffers
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309 @cindex buffer menu
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310
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311 The @dfn{buffer-menu} facility is like a ``Dired for buffers''; it allows
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312 you to request operations on various Emacs buffers by editing an Emacs
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313 buffer containing a list of them. You can save buffers, kill them
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314 (here called @dfn{deleting} them, for consistency with Dired), or display
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315 them.
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316
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317 @table @kbd
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318 @item M-x buffer-menu
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319 Begin editing a buffer listing all Emacs buffers.
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320 @item M-x buffer-menu-other-window.
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321 Similar, but do it in another window.
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322 @end table
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323
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324 @findex buffer-menu
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325 @findex buffer-menu-other-window
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326 The command @code{buffer-menu} writes a list of all Emacs
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327 buffers@footnote{Buffers which don't visit files and whose names begin
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329 buffer @samp{*Buffer List*}, and selects that buffer in Buffer Menu
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330 mode. The list in the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer looks exactly as
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331 described in @ref{List Buffers}. The buffer is read-only, and can be
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332 changed only through the special commands described in this section.
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333 The usual Emacs cursor motion commands can be used in the @samp{*Buffer
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334 List*} buffer. The following commands apply to the buffer described on
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335 the current line.
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337 @table @kbd
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338 @item d
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339 Request to delete (kill) the buffer, then move down. The request
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340 shows as a @samp{D} on the line, before the buffer name. Requested
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341 deletions take place when you type the @kbd{x} command.
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342 @item C-d
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343 Like @kbd{d} but move up afterwards instead of down.
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344 @item s
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345 Request to save the buffer. The request shows as an @samp{S} on the
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346 line. Requested saves take place when you type the @kbd{x} command.
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347 You may request both saving and deletion for the same buffer.
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348 @item x
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349 Perform previously requested deletions and saves.
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350 @item u
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351 Remove any request made for the current line, and move down.
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352 @item @key{DEL}
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353 Move to previous line and remove any request made for that line.
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354 @end table
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355
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356 The @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d}, @kbd{s} and @kbd{u} commands to add or remove
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358 as a repeat count.
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359
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360 These commands operate immediately on the buffer listed on the current
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361 line:
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362
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363 @table @kbd
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364 @item ~
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365 Mark the buffer ``unmodified.'' The command @kbd{~} does this
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366 immediately when you type it.
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367 @item %
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368 Toggle the buffer's read-only flag. The command @kbd{%} does
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369 this immediately when you type it.
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370 @item t
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371 Visit the buffer as a tags table. @xref{Select Tags Table}.
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372 @end table
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373
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375
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376 @table @kbd
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377 @item q
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378 Quit the buffer menu---immediately display the most recent formerly
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379 visible buffer in its place.
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380 @item @key{RET}
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381 @itemx f
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382 Immediately select this line's buffer in place of the @samp{*Buffer
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383 List*} buffer.
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384 @item o
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385 Immediately select this line's buffer in another window as if by
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386 @kbd{C-x 4 b}, leaving @samp{*Buffer List*} visible.
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387 @item C-o
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388 Immediately display this line's buffer in another window, but don't
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389 select the window.
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390 @item 1
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391 Immediately select this line's buffer in a full-screen window.
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392 @item 2
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393 Immediately set up two windows, with this line's buffer in one, and the
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394 previously current buffer (aside from the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*})
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395 in the other.
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396 @item b
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397 Bury the buffer listed on this line.
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398 @item m
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399 Mark this line's buffer to be displayed in another window if you exit
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400 with the @kbd{v} command. The request shows as a @samp{>} at the
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401 beginning of the line. (A single buffer may not have both a delete
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402 request and a display request.)
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403 @item v
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404 Immediately select this line's buffer, and also display in other windows
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405 any buffers previously marked with the @kbd{m} command. If you have not
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406 marked any buffers, this command is equivalent to @kbd{1}.
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407 @end table
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408
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409 All that @code{buffer-menu} does directly is create and switch to a
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410 suitable buffer, and turn on Buffer Menu mode. Everything else
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411 described above is implemented by the special commands provided in
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412 Buffer Menu mode. One consequence of this is that you can switch from
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413 the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer to another Emacs buffer, and edit there.
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414 You can reselect the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer later, to perform the
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415 operations already requested, or you can kill it, or pay no further
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416 attention to it.
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417
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418 The only difference between @code{buffer-menu} and @code{list-buffers}
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419 is that @code{buffer-menu} switches to the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer
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420 in the selected window; @code{list-buffers} displays it in another
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421 window. If you run @code{list-buffers} (that is, type @kbd{C-x C-b})
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422 and select the buffer list manually, you can use all of the commands
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423 described here.
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424
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425 The buffer @samp{*Buffer List*} is not updated automatically when
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426 buffers are created and killed; its contents are just text. If you have
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427 created, deleted or renamed buffers, the way to update @samp{*Buffer
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428 List*} to show what you have done is to type @kbd{g}
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429 (@code{revert-buffer}) or repeat the @code{buffer-menu} command.
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431 The command @code{buffer-menu-other-window} works the same as
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432 @code{buffer-menu}, except that it displays the buffers list in
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433 another window.
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434
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435 @node Indirect Buffers
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436 @section Indirect Buffers
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437 @cindex indirect buffer
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438 @cindex base buffer
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439
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440 An @dfn{indirect buffer} shares the text of some other buffer, which
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441 is called the @dfn{base buffer} of the indirect buffer. In some ways it
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442 is the analogue, for buffers, of a symbolic link between files.
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443
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444 @table @kbd
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445 @findex make-indirect-buffer
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446 @item M-x make-indirect-buffer @key{RET} @var{base-buffer} @key{RET} @var{indirect-name} @key{RET}
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447 Create an indirect buffer named @var{indirect-name} whose base buffer
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448 is @var{base-buffer}.
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449 @findex clone-indirect-buffer
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450 @item M-x clone-indirect-buffer @key{RET}
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451 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer.
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452 @item C-x 4 c
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453 @kindex C-x 4 c
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454 @findex clone-indirect-buffer-other-window
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455 Create an indirect buffer that is a twin copy of the current buffer, and
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456 select it in another window (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window}).
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457 @end table
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458
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459 The text of the indirect buffer is always identical to the text of its
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460 base buffer; changes made by editing either one are visible immediately
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461 in the other. But in all other respects, the indirect buffer and its
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462 base buffer are completely separate. They have different names,
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463 different values of point, different narrowing, different markers,
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464 different major modes, and different local variables.
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465
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466 An indirect buffer cannot visit a file, but its base buffer can. If
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467 you try to save the indirect buffer, that actually works by saving the
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468 base buffer. Killing the base buffer effectively kills the indirect
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469 buffer, but killing an indirect buffer has no effect on its base buffer.
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470
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471 One way to use indirect buffers is to display multiple views of an
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472 outline. @xref{Outline Views}.
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473
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474 @cindex multiple @samp{*info*} and @samp{*Help*} buffers
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475 A quick and handy way to make an indirect buffer is with the command
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476 @kbd{M-x clone-indirect-buffer}. It creates and selects an indirect
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477 buffer whose base buffer is the current buffer. With a numeric
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478 argument, it prompts for the name of the indirect buffer; otherwise it
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479 defaults to the name of the current buffer, modifying it by adding a
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480 @samp{<@var{n}>} prefix if required. @kbd{C-x 4 c}
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481 (@code{clone-indirect-buffer-other-window}) works like @kbd{M-x
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482 clone-indirect-buffer}, but it selects the cloned buffer in another
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483 window. These commands come in handy if you want to create new
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484 @samp{*info*} or @samp{*Help*} buffers, for example.
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485
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486 The more general way is with the command @kbd{M-x
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487 make-indirect-buffer}. It creates an indirect buffer from buffer
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488 @var{base-buffer}, under the name @var{indirect-name}. It prompts for
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489 both @var{base-buffer} and @var{indirect-name} using the minibuffer.
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490
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491 @node Buffer Convenience
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492 @section Convenience Features and Customization of Buffer Handling
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493
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494 This section describes several modes and features that make it more
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495 convenient to switch between buffers.
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496
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497 @menu
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498 * Uniquify:: Buffer names can contain directory parts.
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499 * Iswitchb:: Switching between buffers with substrings.
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500 * Buffer Menus:: Configurable buffer menu.
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501 @end menu
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502
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503 @node Uniquify
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504 @subsection Making Buffer Names Unique
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505
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506 @cindex unique buffer names
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507 @cindex directories in buffer names
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508 When several buffers visit identically-named files, Emacs must give
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509 the buffers distinct names. The usual method for making buffer names
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510 unique adds @samp{<2>}, @samp{<3>}, etc. to the end of the buffer
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511 names (all but one of them).
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512
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513 @vindex uniquify-buffer-name-style
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514 Other methods work by adding parts of each file's directory to the
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515 buffer name. To select one, customize the variable
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516 @code{uniquify-buffer-name-style} (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
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517
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518 For instance, the @code{forward} naming method puts part of the
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519 directory name at the beginning of the buffer name; using this method,
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520 buffers visiting @file{/u/mernst/tmp/Makefile} and
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521 @file{/usr/projects/zaphod/Makefile} would be named
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522 @samp{tmp/Makefile} and @samp{zaphod/Makefile}, respectively (instead
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523 of @samp{Makefile} and @samp{Makefile<2>}).
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524
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525 By contrast, the @code{post-forward} naming method would call the
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526 buffers @samp{Makefile|tmp} and @samp{Makefile|zaphod}, and the
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527 @code{reverse} naming method would call them @samp{Makefile\tmp} and
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528 @samp{Makefile\zaphod}. The nontrivial difference between
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529 @code{post-forward} and @code{reverse} occurs when just one directory
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530 name is not enough to distinguish two files; then @code{reverse} puts
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531 the directory names in reverse order, so that @file{/top/middle/file}
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532 becomes @samp{file\middle\top}, while @code{post-forward} puts them in
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533 forward order after the file name, as in @samp{file|top/middle}.
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534
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535 Which rule to follow for putting the directory names in the buffer
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536 name is not very important if you are going to @emph{look} at the
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537 buffer names before you type one. But as an experienced user, if you
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538 know the rule, you won't have to look. And then you may find that one
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539 rule or another is easier for you to remember and utilize fast.
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540
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541 @node Iswitchb
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542 @subsection Switching Between Buffers using Substrings
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543
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544 @findex iswitchb-mode
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545 @cindex Iswitchb mode
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546 @cindex mode, Iswitchb
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547 @kindex C-x b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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548 @kindex C-x 4 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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549 @kindex C-x 5 b @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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550 @kindex C-x 4 C-o @r{(Iswitchb mode)}
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551
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552 Iswitchb global minor mode provides convenient switching between
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553 buffers using substrings of their names. It replaces the normal
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554 definitions of @kbd{C-x b}, @kbd{C-x 4 b}, @kbd{C-x 5 b}, and @kbd{C-x
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555 4 C-o} with alternative commands that are somewhat ``smarter.''
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556
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557 When one of these commands prompts you for a buffer name, you can
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558 type in just a substring of the name you want to choose. As you enter
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559 the substring, Iswitchb mode continuously displays a list of buffers
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560 that match the substring you have typed.
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561
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562 At any time, you can type @key{RET} to select the first buffer in
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563 the list. So the way to select a particular buffer is to make it the
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564 first in the list. There are two ways to do this. You can type more
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565 of the buffer name and thus narrow down the list, excluding unwanted
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566 buffers above the desired one. Alternatively, you can use @kbd{C-s}
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567 and @kbd{C-r} to rotate the list until the desired buffer is first.
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568
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569 @key{TAB} while entering the buffer name performs completion on the
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570 string you have entered, based on the displayed list of buffers.
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571
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572 To enable Iswitchb mode, type @kbd{M-x iswitchb-mode}, or customize
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573 the variable @code{iswitchb-mode} to @code{t} (@pxref{Easy
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574 Customization}).
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575
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576 @node Buffer Menus
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577 @subsection Customizing Buffer Menus
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578
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579 @findex bs-show
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580 @cindex buffer list, customizable
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581 @table @kbd
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582 @item M-x bs-show
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583 Make a list of buffers similarly to @kbd{M-x list-buffers} but
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584 customizable.
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585 @end table
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586
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587 @kbd{M-x bs-show} pops up a buffer list similar to the one normally
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588 displayed by @kbd{C-x C-b} but which you can customize. If you prefer
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589 this to the usual buffer list, you can bind this command to @kbd{C-x
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590 C-b}. To customize this buffer list, use the @code{bs} Custom group
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591 (@pxref{Easy Customization}).
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592
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593 @findex msb-mode
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594 @cindex mode, MSB
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595 @cindex MSB mode
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596 @cindex buffer menu
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597 @findex mouse-buffer-menu
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598 @kindex C-Down-Mouse-1
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599 MSB global minor mode (``MSB'' stands for ``mouse select buffer'')
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600 provides a different and customizable mouse buffer menu which you may
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601 prefer. It replaces the bindings of @code{mouse-buffer-menu},
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602 normally on @kbd{C-Down-Mouse-1}, and the menu bar buffer menu. You
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603 can customize the menu in the @code{msb} Custom group.
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604
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605 @ignore
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606 arch-tag: 08c43460-f4f4-4b43-9cb5-1ea9ad991695
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607 @end ignore