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Reputation: 2144

how to avoid the buffer from closing in emacs?

Assume now I have opened File A and then I type C-X-3. Now I have another window with File A. However, if I want to replace File A with File B in the new window by typing C-X C-V, the old window will replace File A with Scratch. How to avoid old window doing this extra action? I mean in fact I do not want to close File A in the old window. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 91

Answers (1)

olaf b
olaf b

Reputation: 606

C-x C-v is usually bound to find-alternate-file, which closes the previous buffer. Seems, this is not what you want.

To open a new file, use C-x C-f (find-file), to select an existing buffer, use C-x C-b.

Generally, to find out what a keybinding does, use C-h k and then type the key combination you are curious about. This will give you the name of the command and a short description. You can then do C-h F (i.e. upper case F) and type in the name of the command: this will show you the relevant section of the manual, in your case various ways of opening a file.

Upvotes: 3

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