Re: moving around multiple buffers

[Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com>]

On Aug 20, 10:50 pm, Torben Knudsen <t...@es.aau.dk> wrote:
> Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Aug 20, 1:58 am, Tamas K Papp <tkp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
>
> >> I have seen screenshots of Emacs running with many buffers.  For
> >> example, having Emacs on the whole screen and splitting the buffers
> >> like this:
>
> >> A|B
> >> -+-
> >> C|D
>
> >> I know how to do the splitting, but I am curious about what people use
> >> to move around.  Using C-x o (other-window) is a pain with many
> >> windows, same applies to selecting buffers by name (at least for me),
> >> and I want to avoid using the mouse for this.  I am thinking of
> >> something like "move to buffer B, regardless of what is there".
>
> >> I am interested in how other people handle these setups.  .emacs
> >> snippets are welcome, too.  Also, feel free to tell me if I am
> >> trying to do something silly that does not mesh well with Emacs.
>
> > I reassign it so the key is right on the home row and using thumb
> > instead of pinky.
>
> > after a year or two, this eventually became a system of keybinding.
> >http://code.google.com/p/ergoemacs/
>
> > then, later i added a shifted version to go into the other direction.
>
> > typically, this works well for 2 or 3 split panes. But for 4 or more,
> > mouse is probably best.
> > I almost don't use more than 2 split planes. If needed, i open another
> > window (emacs frame), then there's another easy shortcut to cycle
> > among windows.
>
> > you might as well define another easy key to easily split and unsplit
> > the panes.
>
> > Here's snippet of code, assuming you use dvorak keyboard:
>
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-o") 'move-cursor-next-pane)
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-O") 'move-cursor-previous-pane)
>
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-2") 'split-window-vertically)
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-@") 'split-window-horizontally)
>
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-1") 'delete-other-windows)
> > (global-set-key (kbd "M-!") 'delete-window)
>
> >   Xah
> > ∑http://xahlee.org/
>
> > ☄
>
> I use something similar.  My idea is to stay close to original emacs
> bindings but to avoid to many key strokes.
>
> ;;; Window splitting
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-3") 'split-window-horizontally) ; was digit-argument
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-2") 'split-window-vertically) ; was digit-argument
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-1") 'delete-other-windows) ; was digit-argument
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-0") 'delete-window) ; was digit-argument
> (global-set-key (kbd "M-o") 'other-window) ; was prefix
> ;; Remove locale key binding of M-o in dired
> (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'my-dired-mode-hook)
> (defun my-dired-mode-hook ()
>   (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "M-o") nil)) ; was dired-omit-mode

umm.. that code looks like from
http://code.google.com/p/ergoemacs/

 Xah