Re: C-x C-b (switch-to-buffer) smarter suggestions?

[Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se>]

On Mon, 2010-02-08, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> 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).

I'm sure it is, but I'm a Debian "stable" kind of guy.

>> 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,

I indeed am.  I don't see myself switching to anything else, ever.

/Jorgen

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