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Hitting C-b should not only say Begging of buffer, but also the name of the buffer...

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Marek Ľach <halcek <at> tutanota.com>
Cc: 54081 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54081: Hitting C-b should not only say Begging of buffer,
 but also the name of the buffer...
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:13:38 -0500

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   > Currently, pressing the key combination Ctrl-b only states Beginning of buffer. But new users could benefit from also knowing quickly which buffer they are currently editing, so perhaps a phrase like: Beginning of buffer <buffername.extension>, such as: Beginning of buffer mygreatnovel.org could be more helpful to novices?

Is this really a significant problem for beginners?
Do they really get lost in that way?

Normally the buffer name appears in the mode line, which (in simple
cases) is just above the error message.  If you split the window, the mode
line of the selected window will not be so close to the error message;
but at that point you're probably not such a beginner any more.

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