test/xemacs_manual/buffers.texi

7 @dfn{buffer}.  Each time you visit a file, Emacs creates a buffer to
9 to hold the directory listing.  If you send a message with @kbd{C-x m},
10 a buffer named @samp{*mail*} is used to hold the text of the message.
35 (@pxref{Major Modes}).  Any Emacs variable can be made @dfn{local to} a
44 * Several Buffers:: How to go through the list of all buffers
55 Select or create a buffer named @var{buffer} (@code{switch-to-buffer}).
58 (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}).
59 @item M-x switch-to-other-buffer @var{n}
60 Switch to the previous buffer.
65 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
67 @findex switch-to-buffer
68 @findex switch-to-buffer-other-frame
70 @key{RET}}.  This is the command @code{switch-to-buffer} with argument
72 name you want (@pxref{Completion}).  An empty argument to @kbd{C-x b}
82 files are usually used for making notes to yourself.  If you try to save
83 one, you are asked for the file name to use.
85  The function @code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame} is similar to
86 @code{switch-to-buffer} except that it creates a new frame in which to
89 @findex switch-to-other-buffer
90 Use @kbd{M-x switch-to-other-buffer} to visit the previous buffer. If
93 moved to the bottom of the buffer stack.
96 visiting a file to switch buffers.  @xref{Visiting}.
111 ``modified''.  If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save
139 commands which are bound to keys in the @samp{*Buffer List*} buffer.
157   A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change
159 subsystems such as Dired and Rmail that have special commands to operate
170 prompting for the new name in the minibuffer.  There is no default.  If you
175   @kbd{M-x view-buffer} is similar to @kbd{M-x view-file} (@pxref{Misc
181 To copy text from one buffer to another, use the commands @kbd{M-x
182 append-to-buffer} and @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}.  @xref{Accumulating
189 buffers and may want to eliminate the ones you no
197 Offer to kill each buffer, one by one.
205 specify in the minibuffer.  If you type just @key{RET} in the
206 minibuffer, the default, killing the current buffer, is used.  If the
209 killed contains unsaved changes, you are asked to confirm with @kbd{yes}
213 one.  An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer.  Killing the current
222 you to request operations on various Emacs buffers by editing a
239 buffer, the following  special commands apply to that buffer:
243 Request to delete (kill) the buffer, then move down.  A @samp{D} before
251 Request to save the buffer.  An @samp{S} before the buffer name on a line
263 Move to previous line and remove any request made for that line.
266   All commands that add or remove flags to request later operations
270   There are also special commands to use the buffer list to select another
271 buffer, and to specify one or more other buffers for display in additional
289 buffers flagged with @kbd{m}, this command is equivalent to @kbd{1}.
291 Flag this buffer to be displayed in another window if the @kbd{q}
298 easy.  You can, for example, switch from the @samp{*Buffer List*}
299 buffer to another Emacs buffer, and edit there.  You can then reselect the
301 requested, or you can kill that buffer or pay no further attention to it.