Re: switch to previous buffer

[Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>]

On 2013-03-31, Rami A wrote:

> Oleksandr,
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Could you explain more how you use C-left/C-right? I am trying to figure out
> also how to use your snippet of code in my dotemacs, how would I assign it
> to a key combination to do the job? Apologies, I am novice in emacs and
> lisp.
>

As novice Emacs user you MUST spend time in Emacs learning. Or leave it...

You can use very popular for noobs setting from:

  https://github.com/technomancy/emacs-starter-kit
  https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude

Also follow links from:

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7028055/where-i-can-find-the-most-popular-emacs-settings
  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/154097/whats-in-your-emacs

I dislike foreign pre-build settings and collect own during 6 years:

  http://sourceforge.net/u/gavenkoa/dot-emacs/ci/tip/tree/.emacs-my

Copy any piece of code into your .emacs, put cursor at some symbol and type:

  'C-h f' (for getting function docs)
  'C-h v' (for getting variable docs)

Reading foreign configs is one of fast method to learn Emacs...

It may be useful tips for debugging:

  http://gavenkoa.users.sourceforge.net/tips-html/emacs.html

> On Sunday, March 31, 2013 6:01:30 AM UTC-7, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
>>
>> While I use C-LEFT / C-RIGHT I also use:

Sorry I have in mind 'C-x left' and 'C-x right' key binding. From manual:

  (info "(emacs)Select Buffer")  <<== Put cursor after close parenthesis and
                                      type 'C-x e'

  19.1 Creating and Selecting Buffers
  ===================================

  `C-x b BUFFER <RET>'
       Select or create a buffer named BUFFER (`switch-to-buffer').

  `C-x 4 b BUFFER <RET>'
       Similar, but select BUFFER in another window
       (`switch-to-buffer-other-window').

  `C-x 5 b BUFFER <RET>'
       Similar, but select BUFFER in a separate frame
       (`switch-to-buffer-other-frame').

  `C-x <LEFT>'
       Select the previous buffer in the buffer list (`previous-buffer').

  `C-x <RIGHT>'
       Select the next buffer in the buffer list (`next-buffer').

  `C-u M-g M-g'
  `C-u M-g g'
       Read a number N and move to line N in the most recently selected
       buffer other than the current buffer.

     The `C-x b' (`switch-to-buffer') command reads a buffer name using
  the minibuffer.  Then it makes that buffer current, and displays it in
  the currently-selected window.  An empty input specifies the buffer
  that was current most recently among those not now displayed in any
  window.

>>   (iswitchb-mode 1)

Iswitchb mode is a global minor mode that enables switching
between buffers using substrings.

So you can switch to 'sys-io.lisp' file by 'C-x b sys RET' or 'C-x b io RET'
or 'C-x b lisp RET'.

If you have partial match use 'C-s' and 'C-r' for cycling among matches!

>>   (setq iswitchb-regexp t)

Do regexp matching. To distinct JS file from JSP (first by 'js$', second by
'jsp').

>>   (setq iswitchb-use-virtual-buffers t)

If some file is not opened but previously used and this in your .emacs:

  (require 'recentf)
  (setq recentf-auto-cleanup 'never)
  (recentf-mode t)
  (setq recentf-max-saved-items 1000)
  (global-set-key (kbd "\e\eq")  'recentf-open-files)

you can quickly switch to this file if you know part of it name...

-- 
Best regards!