Re: moving between buffers side-by-side using the keyboard

[Filipe Silva <filipe.silva@gmail.com>]

Sharon Kimble,

There's a command in emacs called: `describe-key`. So just type:

`M-x describe-key` and then press the chord: `C-x o`. Emacs you tell you to
what it is bound to.

In any case, `C-x o` is just a short cut to the `other-window` function. So
you can type `M-x other-window` and emacs
will switch you to the other window. You can bind the `other-window` to
whatever keybind you like.

Filipe.





On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
wrote:

> Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 15 2017, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> >> Filipe Silva <filipe.silva@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> try `C-x o`
> >>
> >> Sorry, that doesn't work but says
> >>
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >> (wrong-type-argument commandp outline-minor-mode-prefix) in
> command-execute
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> > Well, then you seemed to have painted yourself in a corner. :-)
> > `C-x o' is the default Emacs key binding to switch windows, so if it's
> used by another package, then
> > either that package is not behaving, or you inadvertently changed its
> default key bindings to
> > something that's already being used.
> >
> > You can still move to the other window by clicking in it with the mouse,
> or by calling `M-x
> > other-window'. If you want to keep the binding of `C-x o' to
> `outline-minor-mode-prefix', you should
> > probably use another package for window switching.
>
> I've found that I'd assigned 'C-x o' to two things in my config file,
> one of which is to 'outline-minor-mode-prefix', so I commented out the
> unused one and restarted emacs.
>
> But it still didn't work, so I searched in my config for
> 'outline-minor-mode-prefix' and found that I'd assigned it twice, so I
> commented out the second instant, and restarted again.
>
> But it still didn't work, so this what I've got it showing as -
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>  (global-set-key (kbd "C-x o") 'outline-minor-mode-prefix)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> If I comment out that line and restart it shows that 'C-x o' is unassigned.
>
> But if I do 'C-x o' now , it shows
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (wrong-type-argument commandp outline-minor-mode-prefix) in command-execute
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> So where do I go from here please?
>
> I don't have windmove or ace-window installed, but I'm quite prepared to
> if it means that I get the required functionality.
>
> Thanks
> Sharon.
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