GNU bug report logs - #20463
25.0.50; New deletion commands in buffer-menu [PATCH]

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Message #8 received at 20463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Filipp Gunbin <fgunbin <at> fastmail.fm>
Cc: 20463 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20463: 25.0.50; New deletion commands in buffer-menu [PATCH]
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 03:12:34 -0400

Filipp Gunbin wrote:

> What about these new commands in buffer-menu?  I find these useful in
> sessions with lots of buffers.
>
> `D m' Prompt for major mode name and delete all buffers in that mode.
>
> `D b' Prompt for regexp and mark for deletion all buffers with matching
> names.
>
> `D f' Prompt for regexp and mark for deletion all buffers with mathing
> file names.


IMO the right solution is to replace buffer-menu with the more
featureful ibuffer, which already does all those things and more.

It's a long-standing TODO item; eg
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-10/msg00305.html

(the length of that thread suggests it's one of those "fun" Emacs topics
with more heat than light.)

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