Questions tagged [iswitchb-mode]
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Why do I start iswitchb-mode this way?
According to the emacs info page, here's how you enable iswitchb-mode:
To enable Iswitchb mode, type M-x iswitchb-mode, or customize the
variable iswitchb-mode to t
So I put the following in my .emacs:
(setq iswitchb-mode t)
However, this…
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Managing many thousand buffers in emacs
I am on a project with over ten thousand files. I would like to be able to navigate around these files easily.
iswitchb mode bogs down quite badly with this many files; icicles is better in speed, but I like the UI of iswitchb.
Suggestions?
Stefan…
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How do you restrict iswitch buffer names to 1 line in the minibuffer (behavior changed after emacs 24.1 upgrade on osx)?
When I upgraded to (vanilla) emacs 24.1 on OSX, using iswitch for switching buffers seems to behave differently.
When I press ctrl-x b to switch buffers, instead of restricting the list of buffers to 1 line, it shows every single buffer by expanding…
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Iswitchb ignore dired buffer
Is there any way to tell iswitchb to ignore buffers based on mode not string? I would like to exclude the buffers opened in dired mode which are very often the most numerous and it's hard to find opened files in minibuffer among them. Any help on…
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Is there an Emacs keyboard shortcut for selecting between ambiguous buffer names when switching buffers
In emacs I'm already using iswitchbuffer, but I would still like to be more productive with my buffer switching.
One common case which arises a lot is that I have 6 or 7 identical or near-identical file names. For example:
server.py…
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ignore certain buffers using iswitchb
GNU Emacs 23.1
I am using iswitchb. However, when I press C-x b I get a list of buffers. However, I don't want to display one like scratch, Messages, GNU Emacs, etc. Just the buffers I have opened myself.
So I am looking for a way to ignore these…
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