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Now you have several options here. First you can mark the specific buffers you want for editing using

m

This will prompt a ">" next to the buffer name. Now use

C-k

to mark the specific buffers for deletion.

That's not what m does--it has nothing to do with editing/deleting. Putting a > in front of a buffer name, like this:

does not mark it for deletion. To mark a buffer name for deletion, you type:

d  (or C-k)

in the far left column, which will put a D in front of the buffer name (you don't need to type m first):

To get rid of the D or > or any other mark in front of a buffer name, type:

u   

Or, U (capital u) to remove the marks in front of all the buffer names.

You can also type:

s

to mark a buffer for saving. You can even mark a buffer name with both an s and a d:

Remember, deleting a buffer does not delete the file, it just removes the buffer that is displaying the file. The file will still exist in your file system.

When you type:

x

the deletions and savings will be executed.

For a complete list of the letter/number commands you can type in the Buffer Menu opened by C-x C-b, see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Several-Buffers.html

Now you have several options here. First you can mark the specific buffers you want for editing using

m

This will prompt a ">" next to the buffer name. Now use

C-k

to mark the specific buffers for deletion.

That's not what m does--it has nothing to do with editing/deleting. Putting a > in front of a buffer name, like this:

does not mark it for deletion. To mark a buffer name for deletion, you type:

d  (or C-k)

anywhere on the line with the buffer name which will put a D in the far left column (you don't need to type m first):

You may find it easiest to just click on the far left column of a line (which prevents the buffer from opening), then type d.

To get rid of the D or > or any other mark in front of a buffer name, type:

u   

Or, U (capital u) to remove the marks in front of all the buffer names.

You can also type:

s

to mark a buffer for saving. You can even mark a buffer name with both an s and a d:

Remember, deleting a buffer does not delete the file, it just removes the buffer that is displaying the file. The file will still exist in your file system.

When you type:

x

the deletions and savings will be executed.

For a complete list of the letter/number commands you can type in the Buffer Menu opened by C-x C-b, see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Several-Buffers.html

Now you have several options here. First you can mark the specific buffers you want for editing using

m

This will prompt a ">" next to the buffer name. Now use

C-k

to mark the specific buffers for deletion.

That's not what m does--it has nothing to do with editing/deleting. Putting a > in front of a buffer name, like this:

does not mark it for deletion. To mark a buffer name for deletion, you type:

d  (or C-k)

in the far left column, which will put a D in front of the buffer name (you don't need to type m first):

To get rid of the D or > or any other mark in front of a buffer name, type:

u   

Or, U (capital u) to remove the marks in front of all the buffer names.

You can also type:

s

to mark a buffer for saving.

When you type:

x

the deletions and savings will be executed.

For a complete list of the letter/number commands you can type in the Buffer Menu opened by C-x C-b, see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Several-Buffers.html

Now you have several options here. First you can mark the specific buffers you want for editing using

m

This will prompt a ">" next to the buffer name. Now use

C-k

to mark the specific buffers for deletion.

That's not what m does--it has nothing to do with editing/deleting. Putting a > in front of a buffer name, like this:

does not mark it for deletion. To mark a buffer name for deletion, you type:

d  (or C-k)

in the far left column, which will put a D in front of the buffer name (you don't need to type m first):

To get rid of the D or > or any other mark in front of a buffer name, type:

u   

Or, U (capital u) to remove the marks in front of all the buffer names.

You can also type:

s

to mark a buffer for saving. You can even mark a buffer name with both an s and a d:

Remember, deleting a buffer does not delete the file, it just removes the buffer that is displaying the file. The file will still exist in your file system.

When you type:

x

the deletions and savings will be executed.

For a complete list of the letter/number commands you can type in the Buffer Menu opened by C-x C-b, see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Several-Buffers.html

Now you have several options here. First you can mark the specific buffers you want for editing using

m

This will prompt a ">" next to the buffer name. Now use

C-k

to mark the specific buffers for deletion.

That's not what m does--it has nothing to do with editing/deleting. Putting a > in front of a buffer name, like this:

does not mark it for deletion. To mark a buffer name for deletion, you type:

d  (or C-k)

which will put a D in front of the buffer name:

To get rid of the D or > or any other mark in front of a buffer name, type:

u   

Or, U (capital u) to remove the marks in front of all the buffer names.

You can also type:

s

to mark a buffer for saving.

When you type:

x

the deletions and savings will be executed.

For a complete list of the letter/numbers you can type in the Buffer Menu opened by C-x C-b, see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Several-Buffers.html

Now you have several options here. First you can mark the specific buffers you want for editing using

m

This will prompt a ">" next to the buffer name. Now use

C-k

to mark the specific buffers for deletion.

That's not what m does--it has nothing to do with editing/deleting. Putting a > in front of a buffer name, like this:

does not mark it for deletion. To mark a buffer name for deletion, you type:

d  (or C-k)

in the far left column, which will put a D in front of the buffer name (you don't need to type m first):

To get rid of the D or > or any other mark in front of a buffer name, type:

u   

Or, U (capital u) to remove the marks in front of all the buffer names.

You can also type:

s

to mark a buffer for saving.

When you type:

x

the deletions and savings will be executed.

For a complete list of the letter/number commands you can type in the Buffer Menu opened by C-x C-b, see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Several-Buffers.html