From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sebastian Tennant Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to change buffer like in visual studio, ultraedit etc (like Alt-Tab in windows but for buffers)? Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 11:42:00 +0300 Message-ID: <87irb53u07.fsf@moley.org> References: <1178434436.660671.286460@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> <20070507010300.1fd524f7@litshi.luna.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178527262 25453 80.91.229.12 (7 May 2007 08:41:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 08:41:02 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 07 10:41:01 2007 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 1HkymC-0006Cq-LW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:41:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkyt9-0000im-D0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 04:48:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkysp-0000iB-Lk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 04:47:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkyso-0000fs-KZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 04:47:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkysn-0000fo-TD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 04:47:49 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hkylq-0007HU-BW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 04:40:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Hkylg-0002bR-42 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from 85.105.17.65 ([85.105.17.65]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from sebyte by 85.105.17.65 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2007 10:40:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 85.105.17.65 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zmSe80RqA/9Mc5Jyi7a0f9N0FpM= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:43781 Archived-At: Quoth Micha Feigin : > >> I have tried swbuff-y but pressing C-tab only once just brings up the >> buffer-switcher and don't switch to last viewed buffer. Also, when I >> cycle to a another buffer name in the list I need to press RET to >> actually switch to it. The preferred way would be to switch to the >> currently highlighted buffer when I release the Ctrl key. Like Alt-Tab >> works in windows. I reckon iswitchb is what you're looking for. Just add this line to your ~/.emacs: (iswitchb-mode t) and buffer switching is performed in the minibuffer. Cycle between buffers using 'C-s' and 'C-r'. Sebastian