Function: Buffer-menu-delete

Buffer-menu-delete is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in buff-menu.el.gz.

Signature

(Buffer-menu-delete &optional ARG)

Documentation

Mark the buffer on this Buffer Menu buffer line for deletion.

A subsequent x (Buffer-menu-execute) command will delete it.

If prefix argument ARG is non-nil, it specifies the number of buffers to delete; a negative ARG means to delete backwards.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/buff-menu.el.gz
(defun Buffer-menu-delete (&optional arg)
  "Mark the buffer on this Buffer Menu buffer line for deletion.
A subsequent \\<Buffer-menu-mode-map>`\\[Buffer-menu-execute]' command
will delete it.

If prefix argument ARG is non-nil, it specifies the number of
buffers to delete; a negative ARG means to delete backwards."
  (interactive "p" Buffer-menu-mode)
  (if (or (null arg) (= arg 0))
      (setq arg 1))
  (while (> arg 0)
    (when (Buffer-menu-buffer)
      (tabulated-list-set-col 0 (char-to-string Buffer-menu-del-char) t))
    (forward-line 1)
    (setq arg (1- arg)))
  (while (< arg 0)
    (when (Buffer-menu-buffer)
      (tabulated-list-set-col 0 (char-to-string Buffer-menu-del-char) t))
    (forward-line -1)
    (setq arg (1+ arg))))