GNU bug report logs - #6954
all viewed images left sitting in buffer-list

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Message #60 received at 6954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com>
Cc: 6954 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org,
	martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>,
	Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
	8615 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6954: bug#8615: Please make sure v q removes the buffer for
	JPGs just like	it does for other files
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:09:27 -0400

Christoph Scholtes <cschol2112 <at> googlemail.com> writes:

> `q' buries the buffer and does not kill it, like it used to before
> special-mode was introduced.
>
> I still think view-mode and special-mode need to be aligned in terms
> of these common actions.

I don't see why it's important for `q' to do exactly the same thing in
view-mode and special-mode.  It seems reasonable for `q' to bury the
buffer in special-mode, which knows nothing about what the inheriting
mode's buffers are for (so burying is safer than killing).  In
view-mode, killing the buffer is reasonable if we regard view-mode as a
"less"-like quick way to view and then discard a file, in which case it
would be a nuisance to keep the buffer around afterward.

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