From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: switch to previous buffer Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:58:50 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <382a2375-aed1-4deb-ad29-21952926c809@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: cfajohnson@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364625973 22605 80.91.229.3 (30 Mar 2013 06:46:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:46:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 30 07:46:39 2013 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 1ULpXA-0000Kq-37 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:45:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60322 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ULpWl-0005yj-PG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:44:35 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="065ad8493d7729407e24fc83c484ecf8"; logging-data="29816"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19kW7Fb+o0cbK+UhYMaj29tlkDJRsvoIV4=" User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8e+JB+zYC7Emao08CkStJnLDqQE= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:197530 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:43:35 -0400 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:89810 Archived-At: On 2013-03-29, Rami A wrote: > Usually I switch between buffers going through the "buffer menu". > So I would be in Buffer 1 -> C-x C-b "bufer menu" -> buffer 2 > > I have the short cut: > (global-set-key "\M-a" 'switch-to-previous-buffer) > > So I could switch back to the previous buffer. > How is possible to skip the buffer menu when doing so. > > Basically, > Buffer 1 -> C-x C-b "bufer menu" -> buffer 2 -> M-a -> buffer 1 "without going back to buffer menu" I use: (global-set-key [(control backspace)] 'last-buffer) (defun last-buffer () "Switch to previous buffer" (interactive) (switch-to-buffer ()) ) -- Chris F.A. Johnson Author: ======================= Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress) Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)