From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Annoying change in "other window" behavior Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:26:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4E534EDA.3040103@arlsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1314088042 27807 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2011 08:27:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:27:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: MBR Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 23 10:27:19 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QvmKM-0005Tp-J2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:27:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34822 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvmKM-0000LO-0Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:27:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41216) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvmKH-0000L8-Ar for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:27:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvmKG-0004nX-5S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:27:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:34146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvmKG-0004nM-0i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:27:12 -0400 Original-Received: by bkbzt4 with SMTP id zt4so5009974bkb.0 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:27:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=7uWhiK+XqNmizES1/Kg+3ZV0AM1b5deR4WiT3xu1vP8=; b=EEFI8qUEhju9nUMU9NudhrSVgZh0tLsIQnJ9uyCrQsF0Lg93/ws+EhWgPdY2k6xveU fTp2nq0sg0tMjZOdo4Cz0npgpdMaA00fcFx13VyL4VrtBeeWHXgTfkSeNfi1e9WmPbx4 56CdNc+0jOmKsn5eFNMdotZAur1AtQWzAf0kM= Original-Received: by 10.204.129.67 with SMTP id n3mr1354812bks.304.1314088030223; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.13.67 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:26:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E534EDA.3040103@arlsoft.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: vwGpfZuGrcqz-kTqBdDK-Rr_xZg X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82027 Archived-At: On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:55 AM, MBR wrote: > There are certain commands that operate on the "other window". For example: > > C-x b brings up the *Buffer List* buffer in the other window, I believe you mean C-x C-b or list-buffers? C-x b is switch-to-buffer. > C-x 4 f opens up a file in the other window, and find-file-other-window > In a dired buffer you can position the cursor on a file or directory and > type "o", and it will open that file or directory in the other window. dired-find-file-other-window In any case these commands have always used the other-window. I will have to say you either had some special configuration which is not working with Emacs 23 or you remember incorrectly. I just tested this with Emacs 21.4.1. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.