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

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 16024 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16024: 24.3.50; [PATCH] `switch-to-buffer*': prefix arg kills original buffer
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 21:20:55 -0800 (PST)

> > 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.

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