Hi, Emacs!
Emacs 21.3, .../lispref/buffers.texi V1.43:
When I evaluate the following form by M-:
(progn (generate-new-buffer "asdf") (set-buffer "asdf") (buffer-list))
, I find that the new buffer is at the _end_ of the buffer list. Having
done a set-buffer, I would have expected it to be at the front of the
list.
Would some kind soul please be nice enough to tell me what function I
need here to get my new buffer to the front of the buffer list? Surely I
don't need to go through a loop calling `bury-buffer' on the other
(infinity - 1) buffers, as suggested in the manual?
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Looking at the fine manual, chapter "The Buffer List" in Elisp, I read
this:
The "buffer list" is a list of all live buffers. Creating a buffer
adds[1] it to this list, and killing a buffer removes it. The order
of the buffers in the list is based primarily on[2] how recently each
buffer has been displayed in the selected window[3]. Buffers move to
the front of the list when they are selected[4] (selecting a window
that already displays the buffer counts as selecting the buffer), and
to the end when they are buried (see `bury-buffer', below). ......
My reactions to it:
[1] Shouldn't this read "adds it to THE END of this list"?
[2] "Based primarily on ..."? This is very vague, and very irritating.
[3] Surely the Elisp manual (as opposed to the Emacs manual), should say
what lisp functions change this order, not what user actions.
[4] "when they are selected". What is the lisp function which does this
"selection"? I assumed that it would be `set-buffer', but no.
Thanks in advance for the help!
--
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
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