opening new buffer in active buffer

opening new buffer in active buffer

[Jannis]

Dear emacs users,


if i have several buffers open in emacs in splitted windows and I hit 
Ctr-X Ctr-B to switch to another buffer, the list of buffers and, hence, 
the new buffer always opens in another buffer window than the one that 
is currently my window. Is there any way to change this so that I always 
stay in the same window? I have figured out a way to first always click 
once in all teh windows where I want the buffer not to open but this 
seems very tedious to me.


Thanks
Jannis

Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 04.07.2013 um 16:48 schrieb Jannis:

> Is there any way to change this so that I always stay in the same window?

Input "o" on the selected buffer's line in the *Buffer List* buffer. This will open the selected buffer in the "o"ther window – I most often do not have so many buffers open…

Another option is to C-x o (i.e. other-window) and then make a choice in the mini-buffer. Typing at least the buffer's first character(s) should enable you to complete the buffer's name and this buffer will take over the window from you started to switch to another buffer. Of course you leave out the first character(s) and press TAB that you can pick an entry from the *completions* list – which will disappear after.

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Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[Bernardo]

> if i have several buffers open in emacs in splitted windows and I hit 
> Ctr-X Ctr-B to switch to another buffer, the list of buffers and, hence, 
> the new buffer always opens in another buffer window than the one that 
> is currently my window. Is there any way to change this so that I always 
> stay in the same window? 

not sure if i interpret this correctly but maybe adding this to your 
.emacs would help

(add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Buffer List*")

Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[Emanuel Berg]

Bernardo <bernardo.bacic@pobox.com> writes:

>> if i have several buffers open in Emacs in splitted windows and
>> I hit C-x C-b to switch to another buffer, the list of buffers
>> and, hence, the new buffer always opens in another buffer
>> window than the one that is currently my window. Is there any
>> way to change this so that I always stay in the same window?

> not sure if i interpret this correctly but maybe adding this to
> your .emacs would help
>
> (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Buffer List*")

From http://stackoverflow.com/a/1231270

(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-b") 'buffer-menu)

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Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 04.07.2013 16:48, schrieb Jannis:
> Dear emacs users,
>
>
> if i have several buffers open in emacs in splitted windows and I hit Ctr-X Ctr-B to

Just C-x b

should provide it

  switch to another buffer, the list of buffers and, hence, the new buffer always opens
> in another buffer window than the one that is currently my window. Is there any way to change this so that I always stay in the same window? I have figured out a way to
> first always click once in all teh windows where I want the buffer not to open but this seems very tedious to me.
>
>
> Thanks
> Jannis
>
>

Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[Bob Proulx]

Jannis wrote:
> if i have several buffers open in emacs in splitted windows and I
> hit Ctr-X Ctr-B to switch to another buffer, the list of buffers
> and, hence, the new buffer always opens in another buffer window
> than the one that is currently my window. Is there any way to change
> this so that I always stay in the same window? I have figured out a
> way to first always click once in all teh windows where I want the
> buffer not to open but this seems very tedious to me.

Have you ever tried electric-buffer-list?  Try it.  You will like it!

  (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'electric-buffer-list) ; originally list-buffers

I love it and wouldn't think of returning to the original list-buffers
routine.

Bob

Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[martin rudalics]

 > (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Buffer List*")

The recommended way to do this with Emacs 24 is to customize
`display-buffer-alist'.  Try, for example,

(setq display-buffer-alist '(("*Buffer List*" display-buffer-same-window (nil))))

martin

Re: opening new buffer in active buffer

[Bernardo]

>  > (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Buffer List*")
> 
> The recommended way to do this with Emacs 24 is to customize
> `display-buffer-alist'.  Try, for example,
> 
> (setq display-buffer-alist '(("*Buffer List*" display-buffer-same-window 
> (nil))))

interesting, thanks for the tip