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Clarify when buffer list is reordered.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 06 Apr 2003 20:23:10 +0000 |
parents | 5d28b76b587c |
children | 803b9aa5604e |
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676 @node The Buffer List | 676 @node The Buffer List |
677 @section The Buffer List | 677 @section The Buffer List |
678 @cindex buffer list | 678 @cindex buffer list |
679 | 679 |
680 The @dfn{buffer list} is a list of all live buffers. Creating a | 680 The @dfn{buffer list} is a list of all live buffers. Creating a |
681 buffer adds it to this list, and killing a buffer excises it. The order | 681 buffer adds it to this list, and killing a buffer removes it. The |
682 of the buffers in the list is based primarily on how recently each | 682 order of the buffers in the list is based primarily on how recently |
683 buffer has been displayed in the selected window. Buffers move to the | 683 each buffer has been displayed in the selected window. Buffers move |
684 front of the list when they are selected and to the end when they are | 684 to the front of the list when they are selected (selecting a window |
685 buried (see @code{bury-buffer}, below). Several functions, notably | 685 that already displays the buffer counts as selecting the buffer), and |
686 @code{other-buffer}, use this ordering. A buffer list displayed for the | 686 to the end when they are buried (see @code{bury-buffer}, below). |
687 user also follows this order. | 687 Several functions, notably @code{other-buffer}, use this ordering. A |
688 buffer list displayed for the user also follows this order. | |
688 | 689 |
689 In addition to the fundamental Emacs buffer list, each frame has its | 690 In addition to the fundamental Emacs buffer list, each frame has its |
690 own version of the buffer list, in which the buffers that have been | 691 own version of the buffer list, in which the buffers that have been |
691 selected in that frame come first, starting with the buffers most | 692 selected in that frame come first, starting with the buffers most |
692 recently selected @emph{in that frame}. (This order is recorded in | 693 recently selected @emph{in that frame}. (This order is recorded in |