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0 pointsyourapostasy5y ago0 comments

And in case someone reading is wondering, "how do I count the number of buffers":

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/350526/how-do-i-count-th...

I recommend using the desktop feature also mentioned there.

Now, if I can only get emacs daemon mode to maintain state so if I abruptly disconnect and reconnect with emacsclient over X11 I get the state restored exactly where I left off, so that even the screen is painted exactly where I left off, down to the cursor position. Running something like VNC is a non-starter on my locked-down WinPC, unfortunately.

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gumby5y ago

Just do c-x c-b to get the list of buffers and c-x l to count the lines. Like everything in emacs it’s an editable buffer which is quite handy.

BeetleB5y ago

Ah, but this will be incorrect if you have multiple buffers pointing to the same file.

gumby5y ago

When you have hundreds of buffers it doesn’t really matter.

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gumby5y ago

Just do c-x c-b to get the list of buffers and c-x l to count the lines. Like everything in emacs it’s an editable buffer which is quite handy.

BeetleB5y ago

Ah, but this will be incorrect if you have multiple buffers pointing to the same file.

gumby5y ago

When you have hundreds of buffers it doesn’t really matter.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse