Easier Window Switching in Emacs

Easier Window Switching in Emacs

[deech]

Hi all,
Has anyone else noticed that window switching in emacs is a
bit cumbersome?

About a month ago I created a new prefix key C-t and bound
h,j,k,l to move to the left, top, bottom, and right window
respectively. Here is the snippet in my .emacs file that makes this
happen. Please note that this destroys C-t which is by default bound
to transpose-char. If you use this a lot try another prefix key.

;;Make window switching a little easier. C-x-o is a pain.
;;Unbind C-t. I don't really care about transposing chars.
(global-unset-key "\C-t")
;; Turn C-t into a prefix key
(define-prefix-command 'ctrl-t-prefix)
;; And within C-t bind vi-style navigation shortcuts
;; to window switching
(define-key 'ctrl-t-prefix "j" 'windmove-down)
(define-key 'ctrl-t-prefix "k" 'windmove-up)
(define-key 'ctrl-t-prefix "h" 'windmove-left)
(define-key 'ctrl-t-prefix "l" 'windmove-right)
(global-set-key "\C-t" 'ctrl-t-prefix)

Deech

Re: Easier Window Switching in Emacs

[Joost Kremers]

deech wrote:
> Hi all,
> Has anyone else noticed that window switching in emacs is a
> bit cumbersome?

not since i discovered windmove:

(windmove-default-keybindings)

in .emacs, then switch windows using shift + arrow key.

there are other solutions to this as well, IIRC.


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Re: Easier Window Switching in Emacs

[Ivan Kanis]

deech <aditya.siram@gmail.com> writes:

> Has anyone else noticed that window switching in emacs is a
> bit cumbersome?

I used to think so till I bound C-o to other-window. Some people will
tell you it's heresy to override default emacs bindings :)
-- 
Ivan
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