@item C-u M-g M-g
@itemx C-u M-g g
Read a number @var{n} and move to line @var{n} in the most recently
-selected buffer other than the current buffer.
+selected buffer other than the current buffer, in another window.
@end table
@kindex C-x b
While entering the buffer name, you can use the usual completion and
history commands (@pxref{Minibuffer}). Note that @kbd{C-x b}, and
-related commands, use @dfn{permissive completion with confirmation} for
-minibuffer completion: if you type @key{RET} immediately after
-completing up to a nonexistent buffer name, Emacs prints
-@samp{[Confirm]} and you must type a second @key{RET} to submit that
-buffer name. @xref{Completion Exit}, for details. For other
-completion options and features, see @ref{Completion Options}.
+related commands, use @dfn{permissive completion with confirmation}
+for minibuffer completion: if you type @key{RET} when the minibuffer
+text names a nonexistent buffer, Emacs prints @samp{[Confirm]} and you
+must type a second @key{RET} to submit that buffer name.
+@xref{Completion Exit}, for details. For other completion options and
+features, see @ref{Completion Options}.
If you specify a buffer that does not exist, @kbd{C-x b} creates a
new, empty buffer that is not visiting any file, and selects it for
@kindex C-x 4 b
@findex switch-to-buffer-other-window
- To select a buffer in a window other than the current one, type
-@kbd{C-x 4 b} (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}). This prompts
-for a buffer name using the minibuffer, displays that buffer in
-another window, and selects that window.
+ To select a buffer in a window other than the current one
+(@pxref{Windows}), type @kbd{C-x 4 b}
+(@code{switch-to-buffer-other-window}). This prompts for a buffer
+name using the minibuffer, displays that buffer in another window, and
+selects that window.
@kindex C-x 5 b
@findex switch-to-buffer-other-frame
Similarly, @kbd{C-x 5 b} (@code{switch-to-buffer-other-frame})
-prompts for a buffer name, displays that buffer in another frame, and
-selects that frame. If the buffer is already being shown in a window
-on another frame, Emacs selects that window and frame instead of
-creating a new frame.
+prompts for a buffer name, displays that buffer in another frame
+(@pxref{Frames}), and selects that frame. If the buffer is already
+being shown in a window on another frame, Emacs selects that window
+and frame instead of creating a new frame.
@xref{Displaying Buffers}, for how the @kbd{C-x 4 b} and @kbd{C-x 5
b} commands get the window and/or frame to display in.
@table @kbd
@item C-x C-q
Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{read-only-mode}).
-@item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET}
+@item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{buffer} @key{RET}
Change the name of the current buffer.
@item M-x rename-uniquely
Rename the current buffer by adding @samp{<@var{number}>} to the end.
its contents are not allowed. The mode line indicates read-only
buffers with @samp{%%} or @samp{%*} near the left margin. @xref{Mode
Line}. Read-only buffers are usually made by subsystems such as Dired
-and Rmail that have special commands to operate on the text; also by
-visiting a file whose access control says you cannot write it.
+and Rmail that have special commands to operate on the text. Visiting
+a file whose access control says you cannot write it also makes the
+buffer read-only.
@findex read-only-mode
@vindex view-read-only
the buffers you no longer need. (Some other editors call this
operation @dfn{close}, and talk about ``closing the buffer'' or
``closing the file'' visited in the buffer.) On most operating
-systems, killing a buffer releases its space back to the operating
-system so that other programs can use it. Here are some commands for
-killing buffers:
+systems, killing a buffer releases the memory Emacs used for the buffer
+back to the operating system so that other programs can use it. Here
+are some commands for killing buffers:
@table @kbd
-@item C-x k @var{bufname} @key{RET}
-Kill buffer @var{bufname} (@code{kill-buffer}).
+@item C-x k @var{buffer} @key{RET}
+Kill buffer @var{buffer} (@code{kill-buffer}).
@item M-x kill-some-buffers
Offer to kill each buffer, one by one.
@item M-x kill-matching-buffers
@findex kill-some-buffers
The command @kbd{M-x kill-some-buffers} asks about each buffer, one
-by one. An answer of @kbd{y} means to kill the buffer, just like
+by one. An answer of @kbd{yes} means to kill the buffer, just like
@code{kill-buffer}. This command ignores buffers whose names begin
with a space, which are used internally by Emacs.
ordinary buffer is killed if it has not been displayed for three days;
however, you can specify certain buffers that should never be killed
automatically, and others that should be killed if they have been unused
-for a mere hour.
+for a mere hour. These defaults, and other aspects of this command's
+behavior, can be controlled by customizing several options described
+in the doc string of @code{clean-buffer-list}.
@cindex Midnight mode
@vindex midnight-mode
@findex Buffer-menu-unmark-all-buffers
@kindex M-DEL @r{(Buffer Menu)}
Remove a particular flag from all lines
-(@code{Buffer-menu-unmark-all-buffers}).
+(@code{Buffer-menu-unmark-all-buffers}). This asks for a single
+character, and unmarks buffers marked with that character; typing
+@key{RET} removes all marks.
@item U
@findex Buffer-menu-unmark-all
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