Subject: Re: bug#38294: [PATCH] Handle killing of virtual buffers in Ido

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 15:56:08 -0700

Dario Gjorgjevski <[email-masked]> writes:

>> But the virtual buffers are only visible on `C-x C-f', not on `C-x b',
>> right?
>
> They’re visible everywhere: also on ‘C-x b’ and ‘C-x k’.  The latter is
> what this patch is related to.
>
>> 2. (setq ido-virtual-buffers t)
>
> The correct variable is ‘ido-use-virtual-buffers’, not
> ‘ido-virtual-buffers’.

Uhm, okay, yes that explains why I didn't see it...

But my question is then why this buffer even shows up on `C-x k' if it's
a virtual buffer.  Instead of making it do something on kill, isn't it
better to just never show it if it's not actually open?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas