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: switch-to-EXISTING-buffer Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:38:13 -0600 Message-ID: References: <95aff5c3-4c3e-4c29-95b4-297608643d39@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> <86zli39zpf.fsf@PortableMCC.chez.moi> <45a2438b-11a5-421b-9fee-f2d2393fd439@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231350630 22917 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2009 17:50:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:50:30 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 18:51:41 2009 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 1LKcZ9-0004uK-QL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:51:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57851 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKcXu-0002hn-17 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:50:22 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37:18 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <45a2438b-11a5-421b-9fee-f2d2393fd439@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> Original-Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.72 Original-X-Trace: sv3-s4d13NzL6+2KkKLKlcrbUPpr3T6P7xugIh2/miOgGI5GBqrEGK8BFVbD3iXmV2u3pfbriR7Hrb0+DEB!ANFmehEJPoxJvUT0be8mZ2a9Mm4g70CvnGjchbkODoDMUuRYHV4pjWgqX0JjECjCCf2p0BAhbV4i!rfxD+9UCLdlMHZU22cAw5EbxOOUwfw== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:165829 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:61164 Archived-At: Ivan wrote: > On 7 Jan, 11:29, "Xavier" wrote: >> Le Mercredi 07 janvier 2009 à 10:33, Ivan a écrit : >> >>> switch-to-buffer will on a unknown buffer create a new buffer. But for >>> my use I usually want an existing buffer. It would save me time and >>> frustration to make a simple enter try to autocomplete the rest of the >>> buffer name. >>> Does such a functionality exist? >> Wouldn't ido-mode be what you are looking for ? >> -- >> Xavier > > The ido-mode is exactly what I am looking for, thank you very much! Running Custom on iswitchb put this in my .emacs: '(iswitchb-mode t nil (iswitchb)) This may be even closer to what you want if you find that ido-mode has other side effects. Iswitchb-mode changes the behavior of C-x b so that a list of all buffers (or a customized subset) appears in the minibuffer. Keystokes incrementally move buffer names to the head of the list so that you need only to start typing the buffer name and then press Return when the desired buffer heads the list; no need even to reach for the Tab key. Ed