From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Universal/prefix argument for "other window" redirection? Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:16:57 +0000 Message-ID: <9ff81b52facc50337ed6@heytings.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30432"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 08 14:18:00 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lUTbj-0007i8-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:17:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58656 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUTbi-0000K5-Oy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:17:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40850) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUTap-0008JT-RE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:17:03 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:33834) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lUTan-0006Mt-G0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:17:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1617884217; bh=DNdmj3nXtte+TXfN5HCI+REHGLgyhJTRe6n+4otlFEY=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=UFL5mMNswBE3iRi4eL2M3Cz4CsjtOn97vLQtx7ZNhz8V8hoXfMw1alNADXgbN7rsm F+UZoYzdpKuquEFpqp0BDO0kT5USlzY3USWVXp1U2lZM/IK75x2ZBqfj3TqUVWAdiw 6JV4aOK/03V6g5nT+u4vSoA1tR6D/NctZehcUzkTGcZKbJ220z3K7oiHItmKFz8P6Y wzHI6qaAw7ATlkKrk12nVHneRl+r4nySEzOUYDVFFhhrwp96fmgyk6XGw47Z9ZdpR/ cH5Y1gOO5FtFIaluygRbi+3oAiCv9qxM4ukvokDFgepqWCHuFjDgBuEjbaex6d3k1H a6EnHtc3vQovQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:267607 Archived-At: > > Is there already a way to "automatically" modify interactive commands to > "auto-work" in other window instead of current window? > > I know I can scroll other window already and switch to some buffer in > another window with `switch-to-buffer-another-window`, I already use > them. > > What I would like is to have all the cursor motion stuff, expression > evals etc, work on in other window so I don't need to switch back and > forth two buffers (I like to work with two buffers side-by-side). I > wonder if there is already something I could use; prefix > command/universal prefix whatever, to autmoatically modify behaviour of > interactive commands involved or do I have to write my own (if it's > possible :))? > (defun next-command-in-other-window () (interactive) (let ((key (read-key-sequence nil))) (let ((window (other-window-for-scrolling))) (with-selected-window window (execute-kbd-macro key)))))