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bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#49139: Cannot delete *help* buffer |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:19:01 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
philip-agee@africamel.net writes:
> I use the help buffer to read documentation or to write some information
> temporarily. Do we really need such complication (C-u) to kill the buffer
> when just clicking the icon is a standard way to kill it ?.
The standard for these buffers in Emacs is to bury them, not killing
them. This has been somewhat inconsistently applied in the past and the
`q' (and related commands) have sometimes killed the buffers instead,
but we're moving more to burying.
Closing.
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