Re: Killing a possibly non existent buffer

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 1990 12:13

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Frank P. Bresz writes:
 > How can I decide if a buffer exists given it's name.

Call get-buffer with its name.

    get-buffer:
    Return the buffer named NAME (a string).
    It is found by looking up NAME in  buffer-alist.
    If there is no buffer named NAME, nil is returned.
    NAME may also be a buffer; it is returned.

 > I want to do this on several occasions i.e. if a buffer exists
 > go to it otherwise create a new buffer.

In this case use get-buffer-create:

    get-buffer-create:
    Like get-buffer but creates a buffer named NAME and returns
    it if none already exists.

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From: kjones@talos.pm.com (Kyle Jones)
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Subject: Re: Killing a possibly non existent buffer
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Date: 1 Aug 90 12:13:05 GMT
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