From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:50:39 +0100 Message-ID: <86zn13oyuo.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> References: <87pt2ej98v.fsf@node1.ddorf.de> <87zn1g2t5j.fld@barrow.com> <876540gxzw.fld@barrow.com> <86brdqp4au.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87mzx8bao8.fsf@lizard.king> <86hdnef42h.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87mzx6q8ud.fsf@lizard.king> <867jo9nfsc.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <871xeftdvj.fsf@lizard.king> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101585089 22349 80.91.229.6 (27 Nov 2004 19:51:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:51:29 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 27 20:51:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CY8bM-0008JE-00 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:51:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CY8kf-0005TQ-On for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:01:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CY8kN-0005Ob-9J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:00:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CY8kM-0005Ni-Ef for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:00:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CY8kM-0005NZ-5b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:00:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CY8ax-0000fL-PR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:51:00 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CY8ax-0001FX-00 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:50:59 +0100 Original-Received: from p5487cb14.dip.t-dialin.net ([84.135.203.20]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:50:58 +0100 Original-Received: from kai by p5487cb14.dip.t-dialin.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:50:58 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5487cb14.dip.t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6aVu+ZR5Y+ndamyum89PJhGGbvQ= 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22370 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22370 Maciek Pasternacki writes: > On Sweetmorn, The Aftermath 39, 3170 YOLD, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > >> What's missing for screen is the equivalent of C-x b or iswitchb. > > What's wrong with l (windowlist)? I rarely use more than > eight windows so I don't need sophisticated methods to choose... Well, you use multiple separate screen instances, I think. But for the use case where you have one screen containing all sessions (with multiple xterms attached via "screen -x"), you'll get many sessions. Something that's useful is to give them names that say something about the purpose. It seems to be natural for me to type C-o b frumple RET, say, to switch to the screen session where I logged in on frumple. Or C-o b root@frumple RET for the root session on frumple. The problem with windowlist is that you can select a window by number, or by moving up and down. But if you know the window title already, you first have to look up its name. The friend who uses C-o as the escape key in screen also has a script which sets up the screen sessions he needs, in the order he needs. Then he can select screen sessions by number, for he knows which number does root@localhost have, and so on. But that's not my usage pattern. I create sessions on demand, and then the number is not predictable. Kai