From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: switch buffer in one of splitted windows Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:43:21 -0700 Message-ID: References: <22138568.post@talk.nabble.com> <49A0C827.8020201@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235324636 20021 80.91.229.12 (22 Feb 2009 17:43:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:43:56 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 22 18:45:12 2009 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 1LbIO5-0005N5-Rz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:45:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51583 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LbIMl-0000hx-E7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:43:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LbIMG-0000bn-9k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:43:16 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LbIME-0000av-Nd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:43:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50319 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LbIME-0000aj-6J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:43:14 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50453 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LbIMD-0006bl-Qt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:43:14 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LbIMC-0003Xr-0h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:43:12 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:43:12 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:43:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) In-Reply-To: <49A0C827.8020201@pobox.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:62267 Archived-At: Bernardo wrote: >> While working with two splited windows, I am trying to switch buffer >> in one >> window by first switching cursor to that window, then listing existing >> buffers by "C-x C-b" but always end up with listing the existing >> buffers in >> the other window. If I switch to the other window to select one >> buffer, then >> the buffer will be shown in that window instead of the one I want. How >> to do >> it correctly? Thanks for your help! > > does it help if you put > (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Buffer List*") in your .emacs ? That is a great suggestion. I'm considering using that instead of what's been in my ~/.emacs for at least a decade: ;;; Override existing keybindings: (global-set-key "\C-x\C-b" 'electric-buffer-list) ; list-buffers -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA