Deleting buffer and going to next

Hi vim-list,

I was wondering if there's a way to concoct a command to

- Delete the current buffer and
- Move to the next

without destroying my split layout.

I guess what I really want to do is first move to the next buffer, and
then delete the previous one (which is no longer displayed). However,
I can't figure out a way to reference the previous buffer.

Does anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Martin

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Communications Engineering Lab (CEL)

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Braun
Research Associate

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Building 05.01
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