From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: position on changing defaults? Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:07:01 -0800 Message-ID: <200803070407.m27471TG016558@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200803052230.m25MUORx001881@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204862917 30785 80.91.229.12 (7 Mar 2008 04:08:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 07 05:09:04 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JXTtG-0002Si-Kq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:09:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTsi-0001ZM-Rr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTsd-0001YB-JN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTsZ-0001Tu-8s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTsY-0001Tk-TJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:19 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXTsU-0007fy-RN; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:08:15 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1205467621.6307@1gbDxY550/KAT+33/LqgcQ Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m27471TG016558; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:07:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:38:44 -0500") Original-Lines: 19 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91604 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > That would be great too. But we also need to consider the fact iswitch > is here now, it works and is useful, improvements to completion are not > available yet (or even in the works?). > > I have never tried iswitchb. What incompatible changes would I notice > if this change were made? Nothing fundamentally incompatible, but there are differences in which C-x b works. The essence is that you don't have to press TAB to get completions, they happen as you type. When doing C-x b it will start by showing in the minibuffer a list of the buffers. When typing something the list will shrink to the buffers that match the substring already typed (or grow when you delete something that you typed). You can go forward/backward in the list with C-s/C-r. TAB still works. These are the basics. Please give it a try.