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Article #7970Re: deleted buffers
From: Randal L. Schwartz Stonehenge
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1988 23:17
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1988 23:17
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In article <1587@harlqn.UUCP>, jcgs@harlqn (John Sturdy) writes:
| Could anyone tell me how to recognize a deleted buffer object? I'm looking
| for something like
| (buffer-deleted-p BUFFER)
| or
| (deleted-buffer-p OBJECT)
| but I can't find anything like them.
How about something like:
(defun deleted-buffer-p (object)
"T if OBJECT is a deleted editor buffer."
(and (bufferp object)
(not (memq object (buffer-list)))))
I tried it on two test cases, and it worked. Your mileage may vary.
Why are you testing for a deleted buffer?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!voder!pyramid!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!merlyn From: merlyn@intelob.biin.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs Subject: Re: deleted buffers Message-ID: <3234@mipos3.intel.com> Date: 26 Nov 88 23:17:18 GMT References: <1587@harlqn.UUCP> Sender: news@mipos3.intel.com Reply-To: merlyn@intelob.biin.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) Organization: Stonehenge; netaccess via BiiN, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA Lines: 25 In-reply-to: jcgs@harlqn.UUCP (John Sturdy)