From 759569fe40ecf7d4dc4e1ec300c9d6f41ea6ac4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 19:27:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the "Buffers" chapter of the user manual * doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Several Buffers): Correct description of prefix arguments. Clarify "bury". (Buffer Menus): Clarify wording. Reported by John Cummings in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org. --- doc/emacs/buffers.texi | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi index 6a8e32bc84b..f8c1856058a 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/buffers.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/buffers.texi @@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ Perform all flagged deletions and saves (@code{Buffer-menu-execute}). @findex Buffer-menu-unmark @kindex u @r{(Buffer Menu)} Remove all flags from the current line, and move down -(@code{Buffer-menu-unmark}). +(@code{Buffer-menu-unmark}). With a prefix argument, moves up after +removing the flags. @item @key{DEL} @findex Buffer-menu-backup-unmark @@ -438,8 +439,8 @@ Remove all flags from all the lines @end table @noindent -The commands for adding or removing flags, @kbd{d}, @kbd{C-d}, @kbd{s} -and @kbd{u}, all accept a numeric argument as a repeat count. +The commands for removing flags, @kbd{d} and @kbd{C-d}, accept a +numeric argument as a repeat count. The following commands operate immediately on the buffer listed on the current line. They also accept a numeric argument as a repeat @@ -511,7 +512,8 @@ selected in one, and a previously current buffer (aside from @item b @findex Buffer-menu-bury @kindex b @r{(Buffer Menu)} -Bury this line's buffer (@code{Buffer-menu-bury}). +Bury this line's buffer (@code{Buffer-menu-bury}) (i.e., move it to +the end of the buffer list). @item m @findex Buffer-menu-mark @@ -733,10 +735,10 @@ C-b}. To customize this buffer list, use the @code{bs} Custom group @kindex C-Down-mouse-1 MSB global minor mode (``MSB'' stands for ``mouse select buffer'') provides a different and customizable mouse buffer menu which you may -prefer. It replaces the bindings of @code{mouse-buffer-menu}, -normally on @kbd{C-Down-mouse-1} and @kbd{C-@key{F10}}, and the menu -bar buffer menu. You can customize the menu in the @code{msb} Custom -group. +prefer. It replaces the @code{mouse-buffer-menu} commands, normally +bound to @kbd{C-Down-mouse-1} and @kbd{C-@key{F10}}, with its own +commands, and also modifies the menu-bar buffer menu. You can +customize the menu in the @code{msb} Custom group. @findex ibuffer IBuffer is a major mode for viewing a list of buffers and operating -- 2.39.2