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envelope-from=tim@akwebsoft.com; helo=gateway22.websitewelcome.com X-Spam_score_int: -10 X-Spam_score: -1.1 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NEUTRAL=0.779 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130735 Archived-At: On 6/10/21 3:31 PM, pillule wrote: > Tim Johnson writes: > >> GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) >>  of 2021-06-04 ubuntu 20.04 >> >> I would like to write three simple elisp routines that would each visit one of: >> *scratch*, *messages* and *shell* >> >> For *messages* I would only be reading or copying text. >> For *scratch* and *shell* I would be modifying those buffers. >> >> which elisp function is best for each of >> these buffers? >> >> Would it be switch-to-buffer, display-buffer, set-buffer or something else.? >> Thanks > Do you need to see the window displaying the buffer ? Yes. I would need to see the window that displays the buffer. > If not you can use 'set-buffer' or the macro 'with-current-buffer' that call it. > > The others options are meant to display a buffer and not for batch processing. If I grok you correctly, batch processing would mean that a whole list of buffers would be processed and displayed. No, I would not need to do that. It sounds like switch-to-buffer would work fine? Thanks pillule > > -- > -- Tim tj49.com