RE: check to see if a buffer with a certain name exists?

[Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca>]

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 08:45 -0800, Drew Adams wrote:
> > i want to be able to check if there's a buffer
> > open named *Mutt* .  what's the best way to do this?  in python, for
> > instance, i would just say:
> > if "*Mutt*" in buffer-list : return true else : return false
> > in lisp i'm not seeing a quick way to test for something like this.
> 
> C-h f get-buffer
> 
> (get-buffer "*Mutt*")
> 
> The Elisp manual is your friend. In the manual, `i buffer RET' takes you to the
> Buffers chapter. Buffer Names in the menu there shows you this:
> 
>     Function: get-buffer buffer-or-name
>      This function returns the buffer specified by BUFFER-OR-NAME.  If
>      BUFFER-OR-NAME is a string and there is no buffer with that name,
>      the value is `nil'.  If BUFFER-OR-NAME is a buffer, it is returned
>      as given; that is not very useful, so the argument is usually a
>      name.  For example:
> 
>           (setq b (get-buffer "lewis"))
>                => #<buffer lewis>
>           (get-buffer b)
>                => #<buffer lewis>
>           (get-buffer "Frazzle-nots")
>                => nil
> 
>      See also the function `get-buffer-create' in *note Creating
>      Buffers::.
> 
thanks Drew!  i am still getting used to info, thanks.  i had looked up
buffers inthe online manual but missed get-buffer, clearly it's exactly
what i'm looking for, thanks again!

matt


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Matt Price
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