Deleting Buffers

There is no real need to delete buffers, those that haven't been used for a while just hang around at the end of the list. If you're short on memory though it can help to kill some of the unused buffers which you have accumulated.

The command to kill a buffer is,

Ctrl-x k

Prompts for the name of a buffer (with completion) then deletes that buffer (if the buffer contains unsaved modifications you are asked if you really want to lose them). It is removed from all window's buffer-lists and any window which is displaying it is switched to another buffer (the next in its list). Any marks which point to the buffer are made "non-resident" (that is, they point to the name of the file in the buffer) and the buffer is discarded.

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