From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Feeling lost without tabs Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:08:06 +0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405829315 16324 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2014 04:08:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 04:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Sampath Weerasinghe Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 20 06:08:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X8iQ9-0000z8-QI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 06:08:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56298 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8iQ9-0005dZ-8Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:08:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34024) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8iPv-0005dD-SU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:08:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8iPv-0007Yl-3n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:08:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qg0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::229]:64718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X8iPu-0007Yf-VI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:08:07 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id q107so4477992qgd.0 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:08:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+DLVFHwBi+X7PXilXNjWFGMhhsh7ARdH34NnrzqO5As=; b=mXtP4Gx3T4FERNn28skhoMMAZ4C7KxSHTjT5MOCVM3CD65yubYleQi+W28zLYOAaZ7 u8KI9w/XDRPuXs5ulSW56NUcjueFHwS0Reo0//CGOffRlH7kU0Za2qAsOVQ/STQEIsKp L4BPY5sAF8xnYVYpVUpHDQx8hyrjU+k73rMt+xTcJRJuzTeRuRLz7JI7/z0CGiUBeXh8 3majF7xWO+ex6uGfz3ltofDP9brEBsnyZpNNMU/6dqflxqt185013CJ+OvsHnIg/u1IU cyU8bVwk1hHY9T58rn2Q6vlS3O/cTAQUXB/ueI/UiXusC63rwJfNEgaMlQCc2EWObSyI HfrQ== X-Received: by 10.229.171.196 with SMTP id i4mr25362094qcz.15.1405829286355; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:08:06 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.96.182.162 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Jul 2014 21:08:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: XkrNcqtgQD_qBiopK3X5YMhSMnY X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::229 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:98809 Archived-At: On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Sampath Weerasinghe wrote: > I'm slowly migrating from notepad++ to emacs. > > I feel a bit lost because emacs doesn't show > tabs. I work on multiple projects, I get distracted by various things, > but when I come back to the seat it is the tabs that > remind me which project I was last working on. > > I know C-x C-b pops it up, but involves multiple keys and it also > takes a a lot of screen real estate. > > I'm wondering how others overcame this. You might want to have a look at tabbar-mode.