From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is there any key shortcut to switch through buffers in the emacs? Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:51:51 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1141923381 7194 80.91.229.2 (9 Mar 2006 16:56:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:56:21 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 09 17:56:20 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 1FHOQ9-0008Lj-Pw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:55:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FHOQ8-0006tM-Mf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:55:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!207.69.154.102.MISMATCH!elnk-atl-nf2!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!0847253b!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.159.166.50 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1141923111 4.159.166.50 (Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:51:51 PST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:51:51 PST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138065 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:33676 Archived-At: wrote in message news:mailman.108.1141861200.2832.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > Is there any key shortcut to switch through buffers in the emacs.? > > Thanks, > Pedro > > Research iswitchb. This overloads the functionality of C-x b so that you can not only make new buffers unconnected with files, but also quickly select existing buffers by way of incremental search and buffer name completion. This may not be the best solution for progammers but is the best built-in solution in support of generic writing, as far as I know. Ed