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[Feature Request] user-option for killing buffer in `quit-window'.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Elijah Gabe Perez <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76248 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Subject: bug#76248: [Feature Request] user-option for killing buffer in `quit-window'.
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 09:10:53 +0200

> Hello, i would like to know why there is not an user-option for the
> `quit-window' function to kill windows instead burying them.
>
> I find this useful in buffers like `help-mode' to avoid filling
> list-buffers with unnecessary buffers.
>
> I'm currently using an `advice' to achieve this:
>
>   (advice-add #'quit-window :around
>               (lambda (orig-fn _ &rest window)
>                 (funcall orig-fn 't window)))
>
> and honestly I would prefer an option like: "quit-window-kill-buffer"
> (set to `nil' by default).

I completely agree.  The lack of this option causes so much trouble.
For example, I needed to define in the init file:

  (defun quit-window-kill-buffer ()
    "Quit WINDOW and kill its buffer."
    (interactive)
    (quit-window 1))

and then update each and every keymap to override 'quit-window'
with 'quit-window-kill-buffer':

  (define-key archive-mode-map "q" 'quit-window-kill-buffer)
  (define-key tar-mode-map "q" 'quit-window-kill-buffer)
  (define-key dired-mode-map "q" 'quit-window-kill-buffer)
  ...

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