Subject: bug#16024: 24.3.50; [PATCH] `switch-to-buffer*': prefix arg kills original buffer

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:56:31 -0800

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

>> > The attached patch makes `switch-to-buffer(-other-(window|frame))'
>> > with a prefix arg act analogously to `find-alternate-file': the
>> > buffer current before the switch is killed.
>> 
>> Hm...  what's the use case?
>
> Just what it says: kill the current buffer and switch to another.
>
> Same use case as for `find-alternate-file', but for any buffer,
> not just a file buffer.

Adding a prefix to a gazillion buffer switching commands (to kill the
buffer you're in) doesn't seem like a "use case".

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