file. The buffers are listed in the order that they were current; the
buffers that were current most recently come first.
- @samp{*} at the beginning of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.''
+ @samp{*} in the first field of a line indicates the buffer is ``modified.''
If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with @kbd{C-x s}
(@pxref{Saving}). @samp{%} indicates a read-only buffer. @samp{.} marks the
current buffer. Here is an example of a buffer list:@refill
@smallexample
- MR Buffer Size Mode File
- -- ------ ---- ---- ----
-.* emacs.tex 383402 Texinfo /u2/emacs/man/emacs.tex
- *Help* 1287 Fundamental
- files.el 23076 Emacs-Lisp /u2/emacs/lisp/files.el
- % RMAIL 64042 RMAIL /u/rms/RMAIL
- *% man 747 Dired /u2/emacs/man/
- net.emacs 343885 Fundamental /u/rms/net.emacs
- fileio.c 27691 C /u2/emacs/src/fileio.c
- NEWS 67340 Text /u2/emacs/etc/NEWS
- *scratch* 0 Lisp Interaction
+CRM Buffer Size Mode File
+. * *mail* 42 Mail
+ search.c 86055 C ~/cvs/emacs/src/search.c
+ % src 20959 Dired by name ~/cvs/emacs/src/
+ * .emacs 3294 Emacs-Lisp ~/.emacs
+ % ~ 7677 Dired by name ~/
+ % HELLO 1607 Fundamental ~/cvs/emacs/etc/HELLO
+ % NEWS 481184 Outline ~/cvs/emacs/etc/NEWS
+ *scratch* 191 Lisp Interaction
+ % cvs 1272 Dired by name ~/cvs/
+ * *Messages* 1554 Fundamental
@end smallexample
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