From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-x C-b (switch-to-buffer) smarter suggestions? Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:38:40 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265651058 21722 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2010 17:44:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:44:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 08 18:44:16 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NeXeZ-0006Mu-7B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:44:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37852 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NeXdj-00053C-Jt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:43:15 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe18.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yv7q7TZGM27BB3F8HGIkPErcD20= Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@UsenetServer.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:40 UTC Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:176673 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:71740 Archived-At: > So you're implying that Emacs 23 fixes exactly that, or that it > reworks the buffer selection interface completely? I revamped the minibuffer completion code in Emacs-23, and along the way someone installed a patch that provides just the feature you're asking for. > Actually I still use Emacs 21. Emacs 22 is also available as part of > Debian Linux, but I gain more by sticking to 21, which is the one > available at work (semi-officially available -- officially we are > stuck with 20). Emacs-23 is also available in Debian (at least in Debian testing). > So, this annoyance of mine isn't so important that I'm willing to > upgrade to Emacs 23 everywhere just yet. As long as you're a happy Emacs user, Stefan