From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Sven Bretfeld" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: switch-to-EXISTING-buffer Date: 7 Jan 2009 11:21:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87mye3to0p.fsf@gmx.ch> References: <95aff5c3-4c3e-4c29-95b4-297608643d39@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231323913 22092 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2009 10:25:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:25:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 11:26:25 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LKVcG-0005ol-HI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:26:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33165 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKVb0-0004FD-QL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:25:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKVXN-0003Gl-78 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:21:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKVXL-0003Fg-8v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:21:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45381 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKVXK-0003FY-Hw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:21:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mx3.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ([134.147.64.33]:55353) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKVXK-0004ho-4B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:21:18 -0500 X-Queued: (qmail 11929 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2009 10:21:11 -0000 Original-Received: from c2-3-4.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (134.147.64.5) by mx3.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de with SMTP; 7 Jan 2009 10:21:11 -0000 X-Queued: (qmail 9416 invoked by uid 281); 7 Jan 2009 10:21:11 -0000 X-Qmailscanner: from 88.153.162.70 (0axIjN0NPR8JeMdvyAv3Vg==@88.153.162.70) by c2-3-4.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (envelope-from , uid 80) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (sophie: 3.05/2.80/4.35. Clear:RC:1(88.153.162.70):. Processed in 0.018574 secs); 07 Jan 2009 10:21:11 -0000 Original-Received: from ip-88-153-162-70.unitymediagroup.de (HELO kamaloka) (0axIjN0NPR8JeMdvyAv3Vg==@88.153.162.70) by c2-3-4.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de with (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 7 Jan 2009 10:21:11 -0000 In-Reply-To: <95aff5c3-4c3e-4c29-95b4-297608643d39@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> (Ivan's message of "Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:33:44 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61160 Archived-At: Hi Ivan writes: > switch-to-buffer will on a unknown buffer create a new buffer. But for > my use I usually want an existing buffer. It would save me time and > frustration to make a simple enter try to autocomplete the rest of the > buffer name. Just press C-x b type the first few letters and press TAB. Press it twice to see all possible completions of what you have typed so far. Otherwise you can use ibuffer (C-x C-b) to get a list of all existing buffers. Enter them with RET. This is not quite what you want I guess, and possibly I'm telling you things you already know. Saving the time pressing TAB is what you want, right? Greetings Sven