From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Some annoying behaviours Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:39:16 -0500 Organization: I need to put my ORGANIZATION here. Message-ID: <87skzm2wd7.fsf@W0053328.mgh.harvard.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203608445 23749 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 15:40:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:40:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 16:41:08 2008 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 1JSDXk-0008JB-37 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:41:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSDXE-00056V-Tz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:40:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.belwue.de!LF.net!quimby.gnus.org!news.ccs.neu.edu!news.dfci.harvard.edu!news.harvard.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: w0053328.mgh.harvard.edu Original-X-Trace: plato.harvard.edu 1203605668 14306 132.183.29.121 (21 Feb 2008 14:54:28 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@plato.harvard.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:54:28 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:r0o431mnoeAl+8UKxoTpyjz+cqE= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:156364 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:51736 Archived-At: "Francis Moreau" writes: > Hello list, > > Emacs is cool but I'd still like to fix some annoying details to make > it perfect. "Good luck" he said sarcastically. > The first one is about the 'completion' window which doesn't close > automatically once it's no more needed. I know I can switch to this > window and close it but it would be really nice to make this auto. One solution I've found is to use Ibuffer and give *Completions* buffers their own filter group. Then when they pile up I can delete them all at once. > The second one is about new windows that are automatically open > by Emacs, for example when I start a compilation or GDB. Sometimes when Emacs does things a particular way, it's a good idea to learn why because changing your habits might make you more productive. I got over this: window configurations are not sacred, and it wasn't until I stopped thinking they were sacred that I realized how often I switch buffers and how easy it is to change the window configuration. I use a combination of Ibuffer and Iswitchb mode to get around and I can change window configurations in a matter of milliseconds. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson Biostatistician Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 (617) 643-1432 (303) 880-3109