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C-x 4 is a prefix key for commands that select another window (splitting the window if there is only one) and select a buffer in that window. Different C-x 4 commands have different ways of finding the buffer to select.
Select buffer bufname in another window. This runs
switch-to-buffer-other-window
.
Display buffer bufname in another window, but
don't select that buffer or that window. This runs
display-buffer
.
Visit file filename and select its buffer in another window. This
runs find-file-other-window
. @xref{Visiting}.
Select a Dired buffer for directory directory in another window.
This runs dired-other-window
. See section Dired, the Directory Editor.
Start composing a mail message in another window. This runs
mail-other-window
; its same-window analogue is C-x m
(@pxref{Sending Mail}).
Find a tag in the current tags table, in another window. This runs
find-tag-other-window
, the multiple-window variant of M-.
(see section Tags Tables).
Visit file filename read-only, and select its buffer in another
window. This runs find-file-read-only-other-window
.
@xref{Visiting}.
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