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Subject: Re: cycle buffers like Windows ALT-TAB
From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@heechee.beld.net>
Date: 07 Dec 2000 10:22:52 -0500
Christoph Conrad <C.Conrad@cli.de> writes:
> Has anyone realized a function to cycle buffers like in Windows ALT-Tab?
This is what I use:
;; LCD Archive Entry:
;; cycle-buffer|Vladimir Alexiev|vladimir@cs.ualberta.ca|
;; Select buffers by cycling|
;; ftp://ftp.cs.ualberta.ca/pub/oolog/emacs/cycle-buffer.el|
;; 21-May-97|Version 2.16|
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From: scott@pp.htv.fi (Scott Andrew Borton)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: cycle buffers like Windows ALT-TAB
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In <ulmtsffiv.fsf@cli.de>, Christoph Conrad wrote:
>Has anyone realized a function to cycle buffers like in Windows ALT-Tab?
This cycles buffers, but not like Alt-Tab (this doesn't provide a
list of targets like Alt-Tab does):
;; Scroll through buffers using control-tab
(global-set-key [C-tab] 'bury-buffer)
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From: Xavier Decoret <Xavier.Decoret@imag.fr>
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Subject: Re: cycle buffers like Windows ALT-TAB
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Christoph Conrad <C.Conrad@cli.de> writes:
> Hi!
>
> Has anyone realized a function to cycle buffers like in Windows ALT-Tab?
>
I *strongly* recommand you use the iswitchb.el package which does the
cycling plus a lot more.
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From: "Jeff Jensen" <jeffjensen@nospam.visi.com>
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Subject: Re: cycle buffers like Windows ALT-TAB
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...or ido-mode, which is iswitchb plus the same for opening files (very
nice!):
;; Author: Kim F. Storm <stormware@get2net.dk>
;; Based on: iswitchb by Stephen Eglen <stephen@cns.ed.ac.uk>
;; Maintainer: Kim F. Storm <stormware@get2net.dk>
;; Location: http://hjem.get2net.dk/storm/emacs/
"Xavier Decoret" <Xavier.Decoret@imag.fr> wrote in message
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> Christoph Conrad <C.Conrad@cli.de> writes:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Has anyone realized a function to cycle buffers like in Windows ALT-Tab?
> >
>
> I *strongly* recommand you use the iswitchb.el package which does the
> cycling plus a lot more.
>
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> |Doctorant | France. Tel: +33 4 76 61 54 58 - Fax: +33 4 76 61 54 40|
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From: "James Chapman" <Jim.Chapman@nospam.ncr.com>
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
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Subject: Re: cycle buffers like Windows ALT-TAB
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"Christoph Conrad" <C.Conrad@cli.de> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> Has anyone realized a function to cycle buffers like in Windows ALT-Tab?
>
Many years ago, I wrote these functions, 'cycle-buffer' and
'toggle-recent-buffer'
to use with Emacs V. 18, and I'm still using it with V. 20.7.1, though
perhaps
there's a better way to do it.
(defun cycle-buffer ()
"Switch to the least recently accessed buffer.
Repeated executions of this command will cycle through all the
non-scratch buffers."
(interactive)
(if (setq thebuf (get-non-scratch-buffer (reverse (buffer-list))))
(switch-to-buffer thebuf)
(message "There are no other non-scratch buffers")))
(defun toggle-recent-buffer ()
"Switch to the previously accessed buffer.
Repeated executions toggle between the two most recently acccessed
non-scratch buffers."
(interactive)
(if (setq thebuf (get-non-scratch-buffer (cdr (buffer-list))))
(switch-to-buffer thebuf)
(message "There are no other non-scratch buffers")))
; The following predicate returns non-nil if the buffer is to be skipped.
; Use this to bypass scratch buffers, the minibuffer, etc.
(defun scratch-buffer-p (name)
(or (equal " " (substring name 0 1))
(equal "*" (substring name 0 1))
(equal name (buffer-name (current-buffer)))))
; Recursively search a list of buffers and return the first one that is
; not a scratch buffer.
(defun get-non-scratch-buffer (buflst)
(if (null buflst)
nil
(let ((posbuf (car buflst)))
(if (scratch-buffer-p (buffer-name posbuf))
(get-non-scratch-buffer (cdr buflst))
posbuf))))
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From: Jorge Kinoshita <jkinoshi@pcs.usp.br>
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: cycle buffers like Windows ALT-TAB
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 08:44:11 -0200
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