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@node Buffers
A buffer's size cannot be larger than some maximum, which is defined
by the largest buffer position representable by @dfn{Emacs integers}.
This is because Emacs tracks buffer positions using that data type.
-For typical 64-bit machines, this maximum buffer size is @math{2^61 -
-2} bytes, or about 2 EiB@. For typical 32-bit machines, the maximum is
-usually @math{2^29 - 2} bytes, or about 512 MiB@. Buffer sizes are
+For typical 64-bit machines, this maximum buffer size is @math{2^{61} - 2}
+bytes, or about 2 EiB@. For typical 32-bit machines, the maximum is
+usually @math{2^{29} - 2} bytes, or about 512 MiB@. Buffer sizes are
also limited by the amount of memory in the system.
@menu
* Select Buffer:: Creating a new buffer or reselecting an old one.
* List Buffers:: Getting a list of buffers that exist.
-* Misc Buffer:: Renaming; changing read-onlyness; copying text.
+* Misc Buffer:: Renaming; changing read-only status; copying text.
* Kill Buffer:: Killing buffers you no longer need.
* Several Buffers:: How to go through the list of all buffers
and operate variously on several of them.
@kindex C-x C-b
@findex list-buffers
To display a list of existing buffers, type @kbd{C-x C-b}. Each
-line in the list shows one buffer's name, major mode and visited file.
+line in the list shows one buffer's name, size, major mode and visited file.
The buffers are listed in the order that they were current; the
buffers that were current most recently come first.