Re: Frame numbering

[Joshua Studen <joshua.studen@gmail.com>]

Number 1 is what I do now, it's just a lot a bit of a slow-down to have to
do it multiple times if I have multiple frames.

#2 is very close. The ONLY issue is that I use emacs both via GUI locally
and on a remote machine, I do emacs --daemon.  When I leave the remote
session, and come back and create a new Emacs client, the frame numbers do
NOT start back at F1,

I need a combination of your #2 and the suggested M-x set-frame-name. Maybe
next emacs, there will be a way to set a frame name :).

Thanks, all.


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> > Is there an easy way to have numbered frames in Emacs? I guess, I'd like
> to
> > setup my environment similar to what screen/tmux offer. I've found
> > elscreen, but after using it for a while, I find it more of a distraction
> > rather than an aid.
> >
> > Like with Tmux or screen, I can do C-b (or C-a) and then a number and it
> > will switch to that screen/tmux pane. I think it COULD be possible with
> > Emacs, but I don't know how to do it.
> >
> > Any advice or suggestions?
>
> This might be some help, though it does not seem to be exactly what you
> are requesting.
>
> 1. `C-x 5 o' cycles among the available frames.  This is true even if you
> use Emacs in a terminal (i.e., without a graphic display) - see the Emacs
> manual, node `Non-Window Terminals'.
>
> 2. Command `select-frame-by-name' raises and selects a frame by name,
> providing completion.  Again, this works also without a graphic display.
> Frame names in a terminal are simple by default: FN1, FN2, etc.
> Bind the command to a key, e.g., `C-a' as you suggested.  Then
> `C-a TAB 3' takes you to frame FN3.
>