(Buffer-menu-use-frame-buffer-list): New user option.

(list-buffers-noselect): Use it.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/buff-menu.el b/lisp/buff-menu.el
index 818fc19a4fd..95ead284676 100644
--- a/lisp/buff-menu.el
+++ b/lisp/buff-menu.el
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@
   :type 'number
   :group 'Buffer-menu)
 
+(defcustom Buffer-menu-use-frame-buffer-list t
+  "If non-nil, the Buffer Menu uses the selected frame's buffer list.
+Buffers that were never selected in that frame are listed at the end.
+If the value is nil, the Buffer Menu uses the global buffer list.
+This variable matters if the Buffer Menu is sorted by visited order,
+as it is by default."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'Buffer-menu
+  :version "22.1")
+
 ;; This should get updated & resorted when you click on a column heading
 (defvar Buffer-menu-sort-column nil
   "*2 for sorting by buffer names.  5 for sorting by file names.
@@ -722,7 +732,10 @@ For more information, see the function `buffer-menu'."
                                    (if (memq c '(?\n ?\s)) c underline))
                                  header)))))
       ;; Collect info for every buffer we're interested in.
-      (dolist (buffer (or buffer-list (buffer-list (selected-frame))))
+      (dolist (buffer (or buffer-list
+                          (buffer-list
+                           (when Buffer-menu-use-frame-buffer-list
+                             (selected-frame)))))
         (with-current-buffer buffer
           (let ((name (buffer-name))
                 (file buffer-file-name))