From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ivan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: switch-to-EXISTING-buffer Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 04:02:45 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <404df42d-a978-4b04-b76f-01e936956774@v5g2000prm.googlegroups.com> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231418454 32016 80.91.229.12 (8 Jan 2009 12:40:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:40:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 08 13:42:06 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 1LKuD1-0000at-45 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:41:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60543 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKuBl-0006Kn-CN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:40:41 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!v5g2000prm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.203.148.138 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1231416166 20427 127.0.0.1 (8 Jan 2009 12:02:46 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:02:46 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: v5g2000prm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=80.203.148.138; posting-account=LXiedQoAAAD7v8GwI67eni40bChmc7we User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Opera/9.63 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en-GB) Presto/2.1.1,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:165846 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:61181 Archived-At: On 7 Jan, 18:38, "B. T. Raven" wrote: > Ivan wrote: > > On 7 Jan, 11:29, "Xavier" wrote: > >> Le Mercredi 07 janvier 2009 =E0 10:33, Ivan a =E9= crit : > > >>> switch-to-buffer will on a unknown buffer create a new buffer. But fo= r > >>> 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 th= e > >>> 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: > > =A0 '(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 Yes, iswitchb-mode also does what I want, ill have to se which one i prefer. What a luxury :)