Bind Buffer-menu-view-other-window to "O"

* lisp/buff-menu.el (Buffer-menu-mode-map): Bind
'Buffer-menu-view-other-window' to "O".
(Buffer-menu-mode): Clean up docstring.  (Bug#59280)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8cb54ca7401af597ee8b85bcd8c66a6b66a6244f..13f213812466d04312e0c1c8afa06b6896add1bb 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2906,6 +2906,11 @@ It copies the current line into the kill ring.
 The new face 'abbrev-table-name' is used to display the abbrev table
 name.
 
+---
+*** New key binding "O" in `M-x list-buffer'.
+This key is now bound to 'Buffer-menu-view-other-window', which will
+view this line's buffer in View mode in another window.
+
 \f
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 29.1
 

diff --git a/lisp/buff-menu.el b/lisp/buff-menu.el
index aa5f70edf23bf0db1ca37f6de1fdac17bfd6a604..588fe599a466aa1c43ee8323891eb973bff18233 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/buff-menu.el
+++ b/lisp/buff-menu.el
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 
 ;; The Buffer Menu is used to view, edit, delete, or change attributes
-;; of buffers.  The entry points are C-x C-b (`list-buffers') and
-;; M-x buffer-menu.
+;; of buffers.  The entry points are `C-x C-b' (`list-buffers') and
+;; `M-x buffer-menu'.
 
 ;;; Code:
 
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ then the buffer will be displayed in the buffer list.")
   "%"           #'Buffer-menu-toggle-read-only
   "b"           #'Buffer-menu-bury
   "V"           #'Buffer-menu-view
+  "O"           #'Buffer-menu-view-other-window
   "T"           #'Buffer-menu-toggle-files-only
   "M-s a C-s"   #'Buffer-menu-isearch-buffers
   "M-s a C-M-s" #'Buffer-menu-isearch-buffers-regexp
@@ -208,26 +209,25 @@ See `buffer-menu' for a description of its contents.
 In Buffer Menu mode, the following commands are defined:
 \\<Buffer-menu-mode-map>
 \\[quit-window]    Remove the Buffer Menu from the display.
-\\[Buffer-menu-this-window]  Select current line's buffer in place of the buffer menu.
+\\[Buffer-menu-this-window]    Select current line's buffer in place of the buffer menu.
 \\[Buffer-menu-other-window]    Select that buffer in another window,
      so the Buffer Menu remains visible in its window.
-\\[Buffer-menu-view]    Select current line's buffer, in View mode.
-\\[Buffer-menu-view-other-window]  Select that buffer in
-     another window, in `view-mode'.
+\\[Buffer-menu-view]    Select current line's buffer, in `view-mode'.
+\\[Buffer-menu-view-other-window]    Select that buffer in another window, in `view-mode'.
 \\[Buffer-menu-switch-other-window]  Make another window display that buffer.
 \\[Buffer-menu-mark]    Mark current line's buffer to be displayed.
 \\[Buffer-menu-select]    Select current line's buffer.
-     Also show buffers marked with m, in other windows.
+     Also show buffers marked with \"m\", in other windows.
 \\[Buffer-menu-1-window]    Select that buffer in full-frame window.
 \\[Buffer-menu-2-window]    Select that buffer in one window, together with the
      buffer selected before this one in another window.
 \\[Buffer-menu-isearch-buffers]    Incremental search in the marked buffers.
 \\[Buffer-menu-isearch-buffers-regexp]  Isearch for regexp in the marked buffers.
-\\[Buffer-menu-multi-occur] Show lines matching regexp in the marked buffers.
+\\[Buffer-menu-multi-occur]    Show lines matching regexp in the marked buffers.
 \\[Buffer-menu-visit-tags-table]    `visit-tags-table' this buffer.
 \\[Buffer-menu-not-modified]    Clear modified-flag on that buffer.
 \\[Buffer-menu-save]    Mark that buffer to be saved, and move down.
-\\[Buffer-menu-delete]  Mark that buffer to be deleted, and move down.
+\\[Buffer-menu-delete]    Mark that buffer to be deleted, and move down.
 \\[Buffer-menu-delete-backwards]  Mark that buffer to be deleted, and move up.
 \\[Buffer-menu-execute]    Delete or save marked buffers.
 \\[Buffer-menu-unmark]    Remove all marks from current line.