From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: customized buffer list Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:52:47 +0200 Message-ID: <87k278yhlc.fsf@drachen> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490752410 15767 195.159.176.226 (29 Mar 2017 01:53:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 01:53:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Kevin Buchs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 29 03:53:25 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 1ct2nZ-0002YO-7y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:53:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56053 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ct2nY-0000xf-Ui for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:53:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49196) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ct2n3-0000xa-DO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:52:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ct2my-0003JF-JW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:52:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.12]:53664) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ct2my-0003Ih-A3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:52:44 -0400 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([94.218.191.67]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb101 [213.165.67.124]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M7bYJ-1byJTT0F2V-00xGYP; Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:52:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Kevin Buchs's message of "Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:36:29 -0500") X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:k8loTOJJ3jrHiyx8jy++akmHuH5c3UlQF6uX3dxqynSI/9BXyo7 CiK6XttP7ztBJYJ56m71ZbS9TKPCammtTeYi5gLzzsGXr/zPsa7QdUuFl66TxSR689nSmOM gBnIRqVKsPLo48oHGd8vGLa13h/nxPzY0RLEKb7G9fF0cRtyoy2B4Z4rJl/Ba9tUHx4/c4K AM7CtSwoQEwFvrI5rJuxw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:iDOwZWdwis4=:gRjkG3wdGgDx1KqkAkF8Uc u1JQUJJ/bVmH/3Nho9P1AK3o8qc2FjPCTV9oXZJqGQoGt3ApMcLFFv+OV/51VyFzl930FdB/i JimRNE6OjT+zWxyd/Bw4MW/NqTL1+xYHdboKSB5F0xk9h3bmJk4JHWLa8j0u6X004RmcRMpPI v6aVWyOA/UxCdsmS5G088Tao2Bfs3rulDyMc0+tUJFPjuCSGiqmb9SimJg9WO3wfoDB+SIPyt O7jXWheclnSaaF8LyLxlq4qOtkLOct1BcrK6NWRBZjlQaiklgVDfIXu6hsG77+P1LjuKKcknj wXTCyGpGttS8DMet5aB9MTpNI2lS5X8SG1JzpP7yxSF3Tasgym3grnd9CeowLMZnpIdvyMCso wjUhSthrZ7jACqTGp3E/fhDdxnRFTuqKdcdsOvoOH5p4sToDjT0n95L1WDR+SPAtoEQuHHYOz d6wgTOPrqWzVc4Uzgn/qWFme5r5+F3sL23OJXvzAfzeGaTNG4LAPb3V0733UqtS9a8Z7mPFO7 226VLN131NVCRsAlI74V1mwHNsvl4t10WO7w6hXIoEciooTS5FX17WOGIaPT6oQz6z/KnWoRr vZ56x4RjtsfsFRrYqw/wCpxK4huQwg98RoEphnoSJEypFPWPOtFMU/6XNPgRh3SYDB4ncxE6B Jbl8YDiIFsV4I1A4krqlHtrPCcFw4dsmlFpGu39xCmfT6r9JmzikK2VOChpehtQLrMihaz8X1 0c3/VlX0KBRESEwhOZwOZQMlynN7A8L2MwHZ5EgJFsxnZolNbjMpEbKyCb/txwh99F+RQ2y9 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.12 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:112658 Archived-At: Kevin Buchs writes: > Today I got inspired to make Emacs work better for me. The buffer list > (C-x C-b) has abbreviated buffer names. Also the size and mode columns > I rarely use. I began to look for an option to customize the buffer > list or an alternative to it. I started to look at the code for > buffer-list() and I got scared. It is twisted and it uses function > names beginning with an uppercase letter! ;-) > Couldn't find any customization. I found the well-hidden ibuffer, but > that didn't give me what I was seeking. I think you might like it. You can switch between several different totally configurable layouts with the ` key. Two formats are preconfigured, the second is simpler and comes with no ellipses. There is a lot to customize (see M-x customize-group ibuffer RET), in particular, the option to change the formats is `ibuffer-formats'. Regards, Michael.