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s=badeba3b8450; t=1570524304; bh=YfAfj0PpOMRlKCeKVeEXKmzmoziY2e3hR1kBiFJFjDA=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=PQwTMwzkvMaB1YWX48dbK3ZVDOrCu+ialKkEEL0VQ1JfJrQ7LZi142QOY/S1fL5h2 6Z4Tpd15pJay5s59Q0VDYDySk4T2u8e7DjGnuJYjXFiMH837QLswRC4nFHLdQ4UGv7 cRsUFypxIq4nFu05Y3B9qv2K3Xz6KWPoIHT/cuQ0= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([46.125.249.114]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx104 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MTAFb-1ifdfT0Gbv-00UaWw; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:45:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87muec7saq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Content-Language: de-AT X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:6r37VVhvNfc+KA3iVVjiT1a540Lawa864A3PZglL3IHovem0Gl+ zjlqojYCigO0jsVxTO07jr3Ko8aS9eutZ/l1AQs7cgmtWKawbYYvdXBfdVzRaTsD3VNFtgu JIfRul5DAJUAQTJm8zG8UV4Tqujv6rjdx0C/5gWSrcCwEMdEUKwotDUDJIfUA/nZODZCmuH aItlhU5iezcVQiI0p/0fw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:diBtndp6eEI=:19oVMEls7LlJYR/8smFX1r JjrsoMs5ep6yQ6rQ+kl00qg1qJEy+PxbyWUdfQIRu9DwXivfMQunkyVXfcRV0bgKu8EyxBAB1 tpWY5m8L5owPRzkq4yAMqjOiagcrLA9mFgfV7QMURMHEnpA8jEnjeQ17pOaK66R1f5YWzYBr8 ywUgtMSM2c2oJB0Y01qKyWk8czOYOJHnsrk3z7v7Cb7d8fFmqz4/uUYr/FT1ICUSdpxDRIrGQ 8pWZtwZCLVEE487wem+2nf1Dti9qWXBOsa+CWzoKWIDkLzseTYIcj+vy5zgzUoJyMHA/Xogdz PchXkn2w0N5NmDXhlsg//J7izQlliBPT2m9zjiXJrI/eIBWYsPFURBgjI6Lo9wY/oZAm8U9dJ SY45xYJOlBLu/ZzmGqKLw6fMWfGwHiMYS0QhhW0YFQnU/Mfx6tH86u1VysAxRyBWrlb3wai0m AFBQ8LTRPvMkHE0RliNiTnT20h+xnXYGNKzOKSLLOCe++TaVc31lOGpN3k/54GAHVIon3dN1z WU2Z3QbAeHUa4dPmVmNwIbxsxNAR5E8w60tL8t3u/zpzsTo0ZoHicKhXZROvbvefLzE+tB6z3 KWc0WTLOxSk/tTLffjqAyXRSpGEpfcC0VR2UifqNFWOqqyFVI5/D+x91CtLsgknyt3Pzm2V1C LQM/QV/w1goqx7DWK7G7Xcqs83VN7CpIL3X9QptA0gWwmZonjZYePjoMjtHPJ3Gt/SZan5BjN MVYFWyAbLzP7ewfRgCy/9ImZxWxYtjONbSV3vmP/J4OgIAKSfs8Zt3wbE9SayDMBhYHzMhzC X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:168612 Archived-At: > Fortunately we already have several default key bindings for this: > > C-x , C-x , > C-x , C-x , These are not auto-repeatable, alas. > But nevertheless customizability of buffers for the C-x b prompt > could be improved. The current gratuitous removing visible buffers from > C-x b prompt sometimes makes more harm than good. One example case: > > 0. emacs -Q > 1. C-h e -- this displays *Messages* in another window > > Now try to show the *scratch* buffer in another window, > the most convenient way is: > > 2. C-x 4 b -- and select the current buffer *scratch* > > but there is no "*scratch*" in completions of C-x 4 b, > because completions doesn't include the current buffer, > so need to type the whole string "*scratch* RET". To me that's two bugs in the completions mechanism itself. It does propose *Messages* first although that buffer is already displayed in another window and does not propose *scratch* although that buffer does not show in another window. For me, a correct interpretation of C-x 4 b is to propose *scratch* first and _maybe_ propose *Messages* additionally for people who don't like C-x o. C-x b in the very same configuration does it right IMHO. martin