* Feature request: other-previous-window
@ 2012-11-20 15:17 Miguel Guedes
2012-11-20 15:26 ` Davis Herring
2012-11-20 18:24 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Miguel Guedes @ 2012-11-20 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
This is a request proposal for a very simple feature: the twin brother
of other-window.
I often keep multiple windows open in my always maximized Emacs frame,
rarely ever less than 2 and usually 3 windows tiled vertically. Having
an inverse to other-window would be a blessing as I often need to jump
from a window in one extreme to the other (skip the window in the
middle.) When moving forwards (other-window), this is not a problem.
However, sometimes I find myself at the leftmost window in need of
moving to the rightmost window.
In other words, if in a given instance of Emacs there are windows A B C,
being able to quickly and effortlessly jump from A to C would be great.
Being a complete newbie to ELISP I don't know if the following code is
up to ELISP standards practiced by the Emacs devs but I suppose it is a
starting point at least:
(defun other-previous-window (count &optional all-frames)
(interactive "p")
(other-window (* count -1) all-frames))
(define-key ctl-x-map "p" 'other-previous-window)
--
Miguel
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 15:17 Feature request: other-previous-window Miguel Guedes
@ 2012-11-20 15:26 ` Davis Herring
2012-11-20 15:44 ` Miguel Guedes
2012-11-20 18:24 ` Stefan Monnier
1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Davis Herring @ 2012-11-20 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miguel Guedes; +Cc: emacs-devel
> This is a request proposal for a very simple feature: the twin brother
> of other-window.
What about C-- C-x o? (Or C-u - C-x o, etc.)
Davis
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shipping.
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 15:26 ` Davis Herring
@ 2012-11-20 15:44 ` Miguel Guedes
2012-11-21 3:55 ` Kyle C. Andrews
2012-11-21 4:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Miguel Guedes @ 2012-11-20 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Davis Herring; +Cc: emacs-devel
On 20/11/12 15:26, Davis Herring wrote:
>> This is a request proposal for a very simple feature: the twin brother
>> of other-window.
>
> What about C-- C-x o? (Or C-u - C-x o, etc.)
>
It just seemed to me overly complicated for such a simple task.
Why should the inverse of C-x o require twice as effort, when the effort
required should (IMHO) be exactly the same only having the inverse result?
--
Miguel
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 15:17 Feature request: other-previous-window Miguel Guedes
2012-11-20 15:26 ` Davis Herring
@ 2012-11-20 18:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20 19:10 ` Miguel Guedes
2012-11-21 9:15 ` Bastien
1 sibling, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2012-11-20 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miguel Guedes; +Cc: emacs-devel
> In other words, if in a given instance of Emacs there are windows A B C,
> being able to quickly and effortlessly jump from A to C would be great.
You might like to try some window-navigation packages like windmove,
Stefan
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 18:24 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2012-11-20 19:10 ` Miguel Guedes
2012-11-20 19:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2012-11-20 21:20 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-11-21 9:15 ` Bastien
1 sibling, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Miguel Guedes @ 2012-11-20 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: emacs-devel
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I had done but unfortunately windmove doesn't allow for circular movement
between windows like other-window does.
On Nov 20, 2012 6:25 PM, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > In other words, if in a given instance of Emacs there are windows A B C,
> > being able to quickly and effortlessly jump from A to C would be great.
>
> You might like to try some window-navigation packages like windmove,
>
>
> Stefan
>
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 19:10 ` Miguel Guedes
@ 2012-11-20 19:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2012-11-20 20:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20 21:20 ` Juanma Barranquero
1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2012-11-20 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miguel Guedes; +Cc: Stefan Monnier, Emacs-Devel devel
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Yes, that is very inconvenient in windmove.
On Nov 20, 2012 8:10 PM, "Miguel Guedes" <miguel.a.guedes@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had done but unfortunately windmove doesn't allow for circular movement
> between windows like other-window does.
> On Nov 20, 2012 6:25 PM, "Stefan Monnier" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> > In other words, if in a given instance of Emacs there are windows A B C,
>> > being able to quickly and effortlessly jump from A to C would be great.
>>
>> You might like to try some window-navigation packages like windmove,
>>
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 19:31 ` Lennart Borgman
@ 2012-11-20 20:21 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2012-11-20 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman; +Cc: Miguel Guedes, Emacs-Devel devel
> Yes, that is very inconvenient in windmove.
Shouldn't be too hard to change.
Stefan
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 19:10 ` Miguel Guedes
2012-11-20 19:31 ` Lennart Borgman
@ 2012-11-20 21:20 ` Juanma Barranquero
1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Juanma Barranquero @ 2012-11-20 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miguel Guedes; +Cc: Stefan Monnier, emacs-devel
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Miguel Guedes
<miguel.a.guedes@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had done but unfortunately windmove doesn't allow for circular movement
> between windows like other-window does.
Isn't that windmove-wrap-around?
Juanma
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 15:44 ` Miguel Guedes
@ 2012-11-21 3:55 ` Kyle C. Andrews
2012-11-21 4:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Kyle C. Andrews @ 2012-11-21 3:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miguel Guedes; +Cc: emacs-devel
Miguel Guedes writes:
> On 20/11/12 15:26, Davis Herring wrote:
>>> This is a request proposal for a very simple feature: the twin brother
>>> of other-window.
>>
>> What about C-- C-x o? (Or C-u - C-x o, etc.)
>>
>
> It just seemed to me overly complicated for such a simple task.
>
> Why should the inverse of C-x o require twice as effort, when the effort
> required should (IMHO) be exactly the same only having the inverse result?
Phil Hagelberg's excellent Emacs Starter Kit has this key binding for
the reverse operation of C-x o.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x O") (lambda () (interactive) (other-window -1)))
--
Kyle C. Andrews
kyle.c.andrews@gmail.com
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 15:44 ` Miguel Guedes
2012-11-21 3:55 ` Kyle C. Andrews
@ 2012-11-21 4:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Stephen J. Turnbull @ 2012-11-21 4:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Miguel Guedes; +Cc: emacs-devel
Miguel Guedes writes:
> Why should the inverse of C-x o require twice as effort, when the effort
> required should (IMHO) be exactly the same only having the inverse result?
Of course, you could remove the "&optional" from the signature and
then you'd need to do C-1 C-x o to move forward in the list, with more
symmetric effort. ;-) Seriously, the reason is that keystrokes in the
global map are a scarce resource.
If you personally have some keystroke you never use, then
C-x ( C-u - C-x 0 C-x ) M-x assign-kbd-macro-to-key RET <KEYSTROKE>
is your friend.
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* Re: Feature request: other-previous-window
2012-11-20 18:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20 19:10 ` Miguel Guedes
@ 2012-11-21 9:15 ` Bastien
1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2012-11-21 9:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Miguel Guedes, emacs-devel
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
>> In other words, if in a given instance of Emacs there are windows A B C,
>> being able to quickly and effortlessly jump from A to C would be great.
>
> You might like to try some window-navigation packages like windmove,
You can also try windresize.el from GNU ELPA.
M-x windresize RET
[then `o' will cycle through windows]
HTH,
--
Bastien
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