How do I exit MELPA in emacs?

Question

I'm trying to learn Emacs, and I've installed MELPA as a package manager. The only problem is that the only way I know how to exit MELPA is by quitting Emacs entirely. I'm sure there's a better way to do this. What is it?

Answer 1

Killing buffers with Cx k RET is generally good advice, but it is much easier to quit the package-list-packages screen by simply pressing q .

This also works to exit dired buffers, magit , and many other types of buffers that aren't text-oriented.

Answer 2

When you use package-list-packages , it opens a new buffer which displays the list of available packages. This is the same as any other buffer you open, and anything you could normally do to switch to a difference buffer is still available to you.

If you just want to close out the package list, the easiest way is with Cx k <RET> , which will close the current buffer, and take you back to your previous one. As was pointed out by Chris , this isn't necessary in the package list, as you can simply use q .

Answer 3

• Cx Cf open file
• Cx Cb open buffer list
• Cx b open buffer
• Mx execute command

C - ctrl and M - alt

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