From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: roodwriter@core.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is there any key shortcut to switch through buffers in the emacs? Date: 09 Mar 2006 05:09:48 -0500 Organization: Linux Private Site Message-ID: <87zmk0oro3.fsf@linux.site> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141899354 6331 80.91.229.2 (9 Mar 2006 10:15:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:15:54 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 09 11:15:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHIBG-0006dp-MB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:15:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHIBF-0004vL-WF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:15:38 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsgate.cistron.nl!news2.euro.net!feeder1.cambrium.nl!feeder2.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!newsfeeder.concepts.nl!feed10.multikabel.net!multikabel.net!feed20.multikabel.net!sn-ams-06!sn-xt-ams-08!sn-post-ams-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138056 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:33670 Archived-At: op132650c@mail.telepac.pt writes: > Is there any key shortcut to switch through buffers in the emacs.? > > Thanks, > Pedro > > If you're talking about just shifting from buffer to buffer use C-x b. By default you can go back to the last buffer just by hitting . If you want a different buffer, type in the buffer's name you want to go to. Don't forget tab-completion. If you type in a partial name you can hit and Emacs will complete the buffer name for you. Then you hit . This is so handy that all my standing buffers begin with different letters so all I have to do is use one letter and then tab-complete. These aren't the only ways. C-x C-b will pop up a list of buffers similar to a file manager. You can use it to travel to another buffer. It also has many other capabilities. A nifty little add-on is ebs.el. Using this you can C-tab through your buffers similar to the way most people alt-tab through their programs. Some window managers will hijack that key combination so it won't work, however. Hope this is what you were looking for. --Rod ______________________ Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." To reply by e-mail take the second "o" out of the e-mail address.