Re: switch to previous buffer

[Rami A <rami.ammari@gmail.com>]

Oleksandr,
Thanks for the extended reply.
I did actually check your dotemacs file...thanks for sharing it....so much to learn and pick from it.
It will take me a while to understand all this massive file.
All appreciated.


On Monday, April 1, 2013 1:53:59 PM UTC-7, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
> On 2013-03-31, Rami A wrote:
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> > Oleksandr,
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> > Thanks for your input.
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> > Could you explain more how you use C-left/C-right? I am trying to figure out
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> > also how to use your snippet of code in my dotemacs, how would I assign it
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> > to a key combination to do the job? Apologies, I am novice in emacs and
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> > lisp.
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> As novice Emacs user you MUST spend time in Emacs learning. Or leave it...
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> You can use very popular for noobs setting from:
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>   https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit
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>   https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude
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> Also follow links from:
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>   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7028055/where-i-can-find-the-most-popular-emacs-settings
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>   http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154097/whats-in-your-emacs
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> I dislike foreign pre-build settings and collect own during 6 years:
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>   http://sourceforge.net/u/gavenkoa/dot-emacs/ci/tip/tree/.emacs-my
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> Copy any piece of code into your .emacs, put cursor at some symbol and type:
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>   'C-h f' (for getting function docs)
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>   'C-h v' (for getting variable docs)
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> Reading foreign configs is one of fast method to learn Emacs...
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> It may be useful tips for debugging:
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>   http://gavenkoa.users.sourceforge.net/tips-html/emacs.html
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> > On Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:01:30 AM UTC-7, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
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> >> While I use C-LEFT / C-RIGHT I also use:
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> Sorry I have in mind 'C-x left' and 'C-x right' key binding. From manual:
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>   (info "(emacs)Select Buffer")  <<== Put cursor after close parenthesis and
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>                                       type 'C-x e'
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>   19.1 Creating and Selecting Buffers
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>   ===================================
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>   `C-x b BUFFER <RET>'
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>        Select or create a buffer named BUFFER (`switch-to-buffer').
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>   `C-x 4 b BUFFER <RET>'
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>        Similar, but select BUFFER in another window
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>        (`switch-to-buffer-other-window').
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>   `C-x 5 b BUFFER <RET>'
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>        Similar, but select BUFFER in a separate frame
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>        (`switch-to-buffer-other-frame').
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>   `C-x <LEFT>'
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>        Select the previous buffer in the buffer list (`previous-buffer').
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>   `C-x <RIGHT>'
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>        Select the next buffer in the buffer list (`next-buffer').
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>   `C-u M-g M-g'
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>   `C-u M-g g'
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>        Read a number N and move to line N in the most recently selected
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>        buffer other than the current buffer.
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>      The `C-x b' (`switch-to-buffer') command reads a buffer name using
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>   the minibuffer.  Then it makes that buffer current, and displays it in
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>   the currently-selected window.  An empty input specifies the buffer
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>   that was current most recently among those not now displayed in any
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>   window.
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> >>   (iswitchb-mode 1)
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> Iswitchb mode is a global minor mode that enables switching
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> between buffers using substrings.
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> So you can switch to 'sys-io.lisp' file by 'C-x b sys RET' or 'C-x b io RET'
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> or 'C-x b lisp RET'.
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> If you have partial match use 'C-s' and 'C-r' for cycling among matches!
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> >>   (setq iswitchb-regexp t)
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> Do regexp matching. To distinct JS file from JSP (first by 'js$', second by
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> 'jsp').
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> >>   (setq iswitchb-use-virtual-buffers t)
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> If some file is not opened but previously used and this in your .emacs:
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>   (require 'recentf)
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>   (setq recentf-auto-cleanup 'never)
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>   (recentf-mode t)
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>   (setq recentf-max-saved-items 1000)
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>   (global-set-key (kbd "\e\eq")  'recentf-open-files)
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> you can quickly switch to this file if you know part of it name...
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> -- 
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> Best regards!