The Buffer Menu

The buffer menu presents you with a list of all the buffers accessible from the current window in most-recently-used order. You are then able to manipulate the buffer list using several simple commands.

Ctrl-x Ctrl-b

Enters the buffer menu; the buffer `*Buffer Menu*' is selected and a list of available buffers is printed in it.

The following example shows how the buffer list is printed.

   MR   Name            Mode            File
   --   ----            ----            ----
    -   *Buffer Menu*   Buffer Menu
   +    user.texi       Texinfo         man/user.texi
        *jade*          Lisp

The column headed `M' shows whether the buffer has been modified since it was last saved and the column `R' shows whether or not the buffer is read-only. The other columns should be self-explanatory.

When the `*Buffer Menu*' buffer is selected the following commands are available. When a single buffer is to be manipulated by a command, the buffer described by the line which the cursor is on is chosen.

d

Mark the buffer for deletion and move to the next buffer. A `D' is displayed in the first column of a line if that buffer is marked for deletion.

s

Ctrl-s

Mark the buffer to be saved then move to the next buffer in the list. A `S' in the second column of a line denotes a buffer which has been marked to be saved.

x

Execute previously-marked saves and deletions.

u

Unmark the current line (i.e. clear any `D' or `S' markers) then move to the next entry in the buffer list.

~

Toggle the modified flag of the current line's buffer, then move down.

%

-

Toggle the read-only status of the current line's buffer, then move to the next entry.

1

RET

Select the current line's buffer in this window.

o

Select the current line's buffer in the other window.

Ctrl-f

TAB

Move to the next line in the buffer list.

Ctrl-b

Move to the previous line in the buffer list.

Ctrl-l

Redraw the buffer list, incorporating any changes made to the available buffers.

q

Quit the buffer menu.

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