From 3b199614ccc81ae35218a93c7c09aee49ceed3fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:19:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Minor improvements of buffer documentation * doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Buffers): Say that buffers are killed when no longer needed. Suggested by Jean-Christophe Helary . --- doc/emacs/buffers.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi index 7b4e070d1b9..fc2ee6f638d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ the directory listing. If you send a message with @kbd{C-x m}, a buffer is used to hold the text of the message. When you ask for a command's documentation, that appears in a buffer named @file{*Help*}. + Buffers exist as long as they are in use, and are deleted +(``killed'') when no longer needed, either by you (@pxref{Kill +Buffer}) or by Emacs (e.g., when you exit Emacs, @pxref{Exiting}). + Each buffer has a unique name, which can be of any length. When a buffer is displayed in a window, its name is shown in the mode line (@pxref{Mode Line}). The distinction between upper and lower case -- 2.39.2