From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: moving between buffers side-by-side using the keyboard Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:24:47 +0000 Message-ID: <87h93v5veo.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: <87inobslll.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87a89nzlmm.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87efyzk4p7.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87k28rimsk.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <60a47df2-c660-4be7-88ad-03e0d1185053@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1487172477 16119 195.159.176.226 (15 Feb 2017 15:27:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:27:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Joost Kremers , help-emacs , Filipe Silva To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 15 16:27:51 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ce1Uj-0003d3-87 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:27:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41327 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce1Uo-0000Ys-SI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:27:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45312) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce1S1-0006qs-OX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:25:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce1Ry-0002OD-Jk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:25:01 -0500 Original-Received: from avasout06.plus.net ([212.159.14.18]:47692) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce1Ry-0002Nd-DW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:24:58 -0500 Original-Received: from london.london ([147.147.166.222]) by avasout06 with smtp id l3Qs1u0014oDnR7013QtZU; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:24:54 +0000 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=QoEu5R6d c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=C48rTg+m2wDIKFKuoJ7VJA==:117 a=C48rTg+m2wDIKFKuoJ7VJA==:17 a=yPCof4ZbAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=rYEDzUGQo08cKrW0poQA:9 a=DleDWfiytPhcjpRH:21 a=ajl8aHy0jGikcTb_:21 a=GXjmX9yPVedJ_p5e0jwA:9 a=ONNS8QRKHyMA:10 a=2lfDSYhZ3Z6b8uxcDO-Z:22 a=diwpeB1DDhFXqWA7J4Up:22 a=KxyM1Xthmv57RbWRIpnN:22 X-AUTH: skimble@:2500 In-Reply-To: <60a47df2-c660-4be7-88ad-03e0d1185053@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 15 Feb 2017 06:41:56 -0800 (PST)") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.159.14.18 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112324 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Drew Adams writes: >> But if I do 'C-x o' now , it shows >> (wrong-type-argument commandp outline-minor-mode-prefix) in command-exec= ute >>=20 >> So where do I go from here please? >>=20 >> I don't have windmove or ace-window installed, but I'm quite prepared to >> if it means that I get the required functionality. > > I'd say that _independently_ of whether you decide to use some > other method, you might want to get the above problem straightened > out. How you do that can help you with other, similar problems later. > > First, what you are asking about is switching _windows_, not > _buffers_. Knowing the kind of thingie you are asking about can > help you when trying to figure things out by looking at function > and variable names, consulting the doc, etc. > > Second, to find whatever in your setup is taking over `C-x o' and > stop it from doing so, recursively bisect your init file - that's > a binary search for the culprit, and it is quite quick to do. > > You can do that by commenting out a region of text in your init > file. Comment out first 1/2 of it (stopping after a full sexp > (expression), of course, so that what is commented out can be > evaluated without error). Then comment out half of the half that > is problematic (so you've now narrowed it down to 1/4). Then > from 1/4 you keep doing the same thing: 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, > 1/128... until you get to whatever code is causing the problem. > > This is blind and dumb, but it is quick and systematic, and it > cannot fail. > > If the problem turns out to be in some library that you load, > then either stop loading it (!) or repeat the same operation > on it, to see which part of it is problematic. > > To comment out a region of text you can use command > `comment-region'. (Bind it to a key, if you want.) With a > plain prefix arg (`C-u') it UNcomments the region instead. > (That is, it removes one level of comments, leaving nested > comments.) Unfortunately I don't have the time to bisect my config, I need the time for my book that I'm writing. Maybe I'll have the time at the weekend. I accept that I used wrong terminology for my problem, but I felt that calling it a 'buffer' would show what I was thinking and asking about. Thanks Sharon. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.6, fluxbox 1.3.5-2, emacs 25.1.1.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYpHK/AAoJEDaBgBkK+INbwZsQAMSGBW/0EG1HKEj31EQbo03B FskXcwPAeSaABlXMvz9lauWo6XS5FUIluY+4pgqsN7I3nZCiomW0P03m+mpkIx2o Q/p/bFCODUcAXHFbe6kG4WNeQQL2geAJCG8wmpQtFxJOuPZSyhARxDQt0NgGcohB x2W5K8DoblpVknyc2HR9/EPWy9XMHFWthlGYUXPwFSlhyg8zzLCIdW7IC36pewPU T0V4A6PkI8+xNmXw2aOYegntB5Bi1s0wMzafqET5aKw2MFZQ70OS15kKT6iv8RDB HSJMqKMydZ5phXPe0AVwS5Z7XXIY1XBF1kvwwM5ziu1XxPU3nHfytXcrmbpE0szx FzCZgkrfAfe4ewCbtFB5n4hR3l78xF+bo+7g9LNKWtGK/ci/rml1tyFGZNm8jKLL UQsFS4fqk8GLs014XZD8OJAQujbEVmUES2eGYjkfPSGRpQiylka3hU6yJ+khsJnq d4JyTlGmpOhb1Erbm4OSn/6d+uCbQWOXHZq7aznyQBofQNY9QNzhQ2G++Alt14sT hW6YosuK1Ahl0jrBq8kNjgmSmgsuSG5UCtKQ+qHqiUJyaeK5n/mLo5iCbuIhipvG 3M1vLp/GyBvcbdljp1bMIh6bniCWowmuhZjp8FfOxK0Gkfib1SfYpnmw98KSUCuE kxmFrdStBmXwc5UAkSR1 =tbxm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--