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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:04:59 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:04:59 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: <3f2beab61002240828r36561412xaae6a89293415d20@mail.gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:06:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:35304 Archived-At: Praveen A wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using emacs terminal mode (ansi-term) extensively as my > primary terminal emulator program. The big reason is support for > properly rendering Indic text (this is important to see file names and > outputs from localised programs properly while using terminal - both > of them quite common if you happen to use a Indic locale). One thing I > found lacking is an easy way to swicth between terminals. Currently > they are treated just as other buffers and if you happen to have lot > of buffers, switching between terminals are not easy, especially when > you have lot of buffers opened by erc. And add to it, there is no way > to differentiate between already opened terminals. I would like to > request an easier way to switch between terminals. Something like what > erc provides or just a menubar button (like the buffers menu - with > just terminal buffers listed). Have you tried running each terminal in its own frame, and then switching among frames to view the terminals? -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA