From 4081af2fef1eb00cd4a33ac5829278331713b5c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:59:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (List Buffers, Several Buffers): Document that internal buffers are omitted from the list. (Several Buffers): Document buffer-menu-other-window. --- man/buffers.texi | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/buffers.texi b/man/buffers.texi index 149a7bd0ff4..021d006feb9 100644 --- a/man/buffers.texi +++ b/man/buffers.texi @@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ directory @file{/u2/emacs/man/}. You can list only buffers that are visiting files by giving the command a prefix; for instance, by typing @kbd{C-u C-x C-b}. +@code{list-buffers} omits buffers whose name begins with a blank, +unless they visit files: such buffers are used internally by Emacs. + @need 2000 @node Misc Buffer @section Miscellaneous Buffer Operations @@ -316,10 +319,15 @@ them. @table @kbd @item M-x buffer-menu Begin editing a buffer listing all Emacs buffers. +@item M-x buffer-menu-other-window. +Similar, but do it in another window. @end table @findex buffer-menu - The command @code{buffer-menu} writes a list of all Emacs buffers into +@findex buffer-menu-other-window + The command @code{buffer-menu} writes a list of all Emacs +buffers@footnote{Buffers which don't visit files and whose names begin +with a space are omitted: these are used internally by Emacs.} into the buffer @samp{*Buffer List*}, and selects that buffer in Buffer Menu mode. The buffer is read-only, and can be changed only through the special commands described in this section. The usual Emacs cursor @@ -420,6 +428,10 @@ created, deleted or renamed buffers, the way to update @samp{*Buffer List*} to show what you have done is to type @kbd{g} (@code{revert-buffer}) or repeat the @code{buffer-menu} command. + The command @code{buffer-menu-other-window} works the same as +@code{buffer-menu}, except that it displays the buffers list in +another window. + @node Indirect Buffers @section Indirect Buffers @cindex indirect buffer -- 2.39.2