>> Hello, i would like to know why there is not an user-option for the
 >> `quit-window' function to kill windows instead burying them.
                                   ^^^^^^^
				  buffers

 >> I find this useful in buffers like `help-mode' to avoid filling
 >> list-buffers with unnecessary buffers.
 >>
 >> I'm currently using an `advice' to achieve this:
 >>
 >>    (advice-add #'quit-window :around
 >>                (lambda (orig-fn _ &rest window)
 >>                  (funcall orig-fn 't window)))
 >>
 >> and honestly I would prefer an option like: "quit-window-kill-buffer"
 >> (set to `nil' by default).
 >
 > I completely agree.  The lack of this option causes so much trouble.
 > For example, I needed to define in the init file:
 >
 >    (defun quit-window-kill-buffer ()
 >      "Quit WINDOW and kill its buffer."
 >      (interactive)
 >      (quit-window 1))
 >
 > and then update each and every keymap to override 'quit-window'
 > with 'quit-window-kill-buffer':
 >
 >    (define-key archive-mode-map "q" 'quit-window-kill-buffer)
 >    (define-key tar-mode-map "q" 'quit-window-kill-buffer)
 >    (define-key dired-mode-map "q" 'quit-window-kill-buffer)
 >    ...

I attach a patch that could simplify that.

martin