Re: can't open the same buffer in a second frame

[ken <gebser@mousecar.com>]

On 12/05/2017 04:50 PM, Dale Snell wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017 16:30:31 -0500, in message
> 9df860de-de40-773c-44ad-3079ba29390b@mousecar.com, ken wrote:
>
>> It used to be nice that I could open the same buffer in a second
>> frame (aka window).  Sometimes I need to edit the same file in three
>> or four places and it's necessary to have all of them showing at the
>> same time... and for other reasons.  But I tried doing "C-x 5 b" and
>> also "C-x 5 f" yesterday and couldn't do it either way.  I could open
>> a different (not currently open file or buffer), but couldn't open
>> the same one.  It worked years ago. Why take away perfectly good and
>> useful functionality?  More importantly, how do I get it back?
>
> I tried this here, and both "C-x 5 b" and "C-x 5 f" worked just
> fine, though they both wanted me to specify the filename.  "C-x 5 2"
> opened a new frame and automatically displayed the buffer from
> the previous frame.

"C-x 5 2" worked... didn't know about it, and it actually does what I 
need more directly and efficiently.  Thanks.