From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: how to change buffer like in visual studio, ultraedit etc (like Alt-Tab in windows but for buffers)? Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 13:01:41 -0700 Message-ID: References: <463E26B6.4050300@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178481790 14773 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2007 20:03:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 20:03:10 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 06 22:03:08 2007 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 1Hkmwl-0005hS-7L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 22:03:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkn3e-0004YU-9s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:10:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkn3Q-0004YC-8w for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:10:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkn3P-0004Y0-I8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:09:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkn3P-0004Xx-Dl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:09:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HkmwV-00038Z-DZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 16:02:51 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (rgmgw3.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.112]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l46K2dTV017034 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 14:02:40 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw3.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l46Fpxia008867 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 14:02:39 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-72-57.vpn.oracle.com by acsmt350.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2675038311178481712; Sun, 06 May 2007 13:01:52 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <463E26B6.4050300@gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: 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:43776 Archived-At: > But there is a hugh amount of ways to do buffer switching. I looked once > at Icicle for that, but really have not had the chance to try it out yet. I got the impression that the OP had already looked at this page, but if not, it's a good place to start: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/SwitchingBuffers As Lennart said, there are many ways to switch among buffers. I suggest that the OP try a few or read some doc about them. Each has its advantages, and each will be preferred by some people. Wrt Icicles: Buffer switching is quite customizable in Icicles, so various behaviors are possible. However, the default Icicles behavior is not the behavior that the OP requested. The question of buffer switching comes up here regularly, and it is often followed by messages recommending this or that approach. I suggest that people edit the EmacsWiki page cited above to express their recommendations. That will provide a central, fairly persistent record of their suggestions, and it will possibly hit a wider audience.