From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brendan Miller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: how to keep a permanent buffer list open? Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:10 -0800 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264123849 25520 80.91.229.12 (22 Jan 2010 01:30:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:30:49 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 22 02:30:42 2010 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 1NY8ME-0006CE-84 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:30:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36500 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NY8MF-0007sJ-51 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NY8Lq-0007rG-Sb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NY8Lm-0007oy-Cu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60596 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NY8Lm-0007ot-7B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-px0-f192.google.com ([209.85.216.192]:43393) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NY8Lk-0005A5-RJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:13 -0500 Original-Received: by pxi30 with SMTP id 30so350548pxi.14 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.142.3.28 with SMTP id 28mr1530478wfc.106.1264123810484; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:10 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:71360 Archived-At: when I launch emacs I'd like to keep a permanent buffer list open to one side, so I can visually keep track of what buffers I have open, without opening and closing the buffer list. Is there some customisation out there like that, or can someone give pointers on the elisp to open an emacs window on startup and populate it with a buffer list, or ibuffer, or whatever? Basically, I want this to perform the save function that tabs would i.e. letting me visually keep track of what files/buffers I have open and switch between them with a mouse click. I figure a buffer list would be better for keeping track of a large number of buffers, that would overflow on a tabbar. Thanks, Brendan