GNU bug report logs - #38818
Dired: mention deleting buffers, not just windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:45:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Dired: mention deleting buffers, not just windows
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:09:08 +0800

At (info "(emacs) Dired Enter")

   Typing ‘q’ (‘quit-window’) buries the Dired buffer, and deletes its
   window if the window was created just for that buffer.

Add:

  To delete the buffer instead of just burying it, type "1 q".

  To make deleting the buffer the default instead of burying it, use
  (setq ... ...)

  Users might find this helps keeping their buffer-list free of old
  dired buffers crowding.

emacs-version "26.3"
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