From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Le Gouguec Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Feeling lost without tabs Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:20:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <1173907098.11747739.1405848059152.JavaMail.root@insa-lyon.fr> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405848094 11947 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2014 09:21:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 09:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Sampath Weerasinghe Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 20 11:21:29 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X8nJ9-0000Tx-RK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:21:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8nJ9-0000FW-Ch for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 05:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43406) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8nIu-0000EZ-KQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 05:21:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8nIo-00005B-Ls for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 05:21:12 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp2.insa-lyon.fr ([134.214.182.245]:54064) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8nIo-00004w-Ez for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 05:21:06 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.insa-lyon.fr (smtp2.insa-lyon.fr) with ESMTP id 7200A40096; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:21:02 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at insa-lyon.fr Original-Received: from smtp2.insa-lyon.fr ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.insa-lyon.fr [::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PZ4nFgWXXk6d; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:20:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from zstore2.insa-lyon.fr (zstore2.insa-lyon.fr [134.214.182.188]) by smtp2.insa-lyon.fr (smtp2.insa-lyon.fr) with ESMTP id 907634008E; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:20:58 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: [92.140.10.254] X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.7_GA_2942 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Linux)/7.2.7_GA_2942) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 134.214.182.245 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:98817 Archived-At: Had a similar experience. Searching for some way to manage my buffers taught me about Ibuffer: http://emacs-fu.blogspot.fr/2010/02/dealing-with-many-buffers-ibuffer.html http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IbufferMode It basically creates a list of all your open "tabs", and you can teach it to sort stuff in meaningful categories. - comes with Emacs since version 22 - "teaching it" simply means adding a line like ("Category Name" (filename . "dir/to/category/")) to your config file. Filters can be based on file path, editing mode, file size... - I made C-x C-b open Ibuffer rather than buffer-menu. I don't find the two key strokes too taxing (tell Left Pinky to go sleep on Control, get Left Index and Right Index to hit X and B roughly at the same time, there, done. Touch typists will probably tell me I should use Left Middle or Left Ring to reach X) - the screen space is replaced by the first buffer I choose to open. Admittedly, the tabs bar on Notepad++ is always present; I got used to its absence, but I think I saw others suggesting ways to get something that stays "always on" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sampath Weerasinghe" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 3:47:47 AM Subject: Feeling lost without tabs Hi, I'm slowly migrating from notepad++ to emacs. I feel a bit lost because emacs doesn't show tabs. I work on multiple projects, I get distracted by various things, but when I come back to the seat it is the tabs that remind me which project I was last working on. I know C-x C-b pops it up, but involves multiple keys and it also takes a a lot of screen real estate. I'm wondering how others overcame this. -Sam