Random Cool Emacs Hack If you spend a lot of time in Emacs, you'll invariably end up with multiple buffers of the same name hanging around. It's sometimes irritating to discern between them while switching. Check out the very useful elisp function that will kill all other Emacs buffers of the same name, courtesy of Trey Jackson at "Life Is Too Short For Bad Code" [0]. [0] http://trey-jackson.blogspot.com/2009/06/emacs-tip-31-kill-other-buffers-of-this.html