[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Complexity of computing w/ Emacs

[Sacha Chua]

Chris Parsons <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm two years into rediscovering emacs, and I feel like I've still got
> another two years to go :D

Lucky you! I estimate I've got another lifetime or two ahead. ;)

> Something you might find useful for this is iswitchb:
> http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/IswitchBuffers

I use ido mode, which is part of CVS GNU Emacs. ido is like iswitchb.
In fact, I use it almost exactly like I used iswitchb before, as I
turned off the file shortcuts of ido...

ido makes it so easy to manage the gazillions of buffers I have open.
I don't close buffers unless I have to. =)

> There are plenty of little tricks for buffer management. For irc, for

I bind certain keys to toggle between the current buffer and a useful
display. F7 toggles between whatever I'm looking at and a web browser,
and F9 etc. are my planner/remember shortcuts.

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