From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mario_Domg=F6rgen?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: killing completion buffers Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:46:31 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k745m65k.fsf@gmx.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073404915 32026 80.91.224.253 (6 Jan 2004 16:01:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 16:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 06 17:01:53 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AdteT-00056j-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:01:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AduaP-0006cz-Fp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2004 12:01:45 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!skynet.be!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!xdsl-213-196-246-20.netcologne.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: xdsl-213-196-246-20.netcologne.de (213.196.246.20) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1073403897 6620297 213.196.246.20 ([97899]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QLCnZ8MGctcCMQSIezixODEa/ps= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119779 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15723 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15723 Kester Clegg writes: > Just looked in the manual in the bit about completion - there doesn't > seem to be a way of automatically killing off completion buffers. That > is, the possible completions pop up, I see the one I want and type it. > The file loads but behind it, the completion buffer (and hundreds > others) are still hanging around. > Anyone got any tips? Not directly, you can use a timer to kill all buffer you don't want from time to time, but if you only care about Completion buffers, i don't understand your problem? Here is just one *Completion* buffer that is reused every time completion is called.... Mario -- Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return.