Emacs switches frame when changing buffer

Emacs switches frame when changing buffer

[ChristofferC]

Hi,

Let's say that I have two Emacs frames open. In one of them I've
opened ~/.emacs. If I then go to the other frame and execute the
command "C-x b .emacs", the frame with the already opened file will be
activated. I want the buffer to open in the frame that I execute the
command in. How do I change this behaviour?

The weird thing is that if I execute the command "M-x switch-to-
buffer .emacs", it works as I want it to work. I've tried to bind
switch-to-buffer to another key combination than C-x b, but then I got
the "wrong" behaviour again.

/Christoffer Carlborg

Re: Emacs switches frame when changing buffer

[Tassilo Horn]

ChristofferC <Christoffer.Carlborg@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Christoffer,

> Let's say that I have two Emacs frames open. In one of them I've
> opened ~/.emacs. If I then go to the other frame and execute the
> command "C-x b .emacs", the frame with the already opened file will be
> activated. I want the buffer to open in the frame that I execute the
> command in. How do I change this behaviour?

For ido these two variable control this behavior.

,----[ C-h v ido-default-buffer-method RET ]
| ido-default-buffer-method is a variable defined in `ido.el'.
| Its value is maybe-frame
| 
| Documentation:
| *How to switch to new buffer when using `ido-switch-buffer'.
| See `ido-default-file-method' for details.
`----

,----[ C-h v ido-default-file-method RET ]
| ido-default-file-method is a variable defined in `ido.el'.
| Its value is maybe-frame
| 
| Documentation:
| *How to visit a new file when using `ido-find-file'.
| Possible values:
| `selected-window' Show new file in selected window
| `other-window'	  Show new file in another window (same frame)
| `display'	  Display file in another window without selecting to it
| `other-frame'	  Show new file in another frame
| `maybe-frame'	  If a file is visible in another frame, prompt to ask if you
| 		  you want to see the file in the same window of the current
|   		  frame or in the other frame
| `raise-frame'     If a file is visible in another frame, raise that
| 		  frame; otherwise, visit the file in the same window
`----

If you don't use ido-mode, I have no clue how to do it.

Bye,
Tassilo
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