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I think this thread is my best shot at getting this question answered.. I've been using Emacs 23.x for the last several years because the buffer-switcher behavi

I think this thread is my best shot at getting this question answered.. I've been using Emacs 23.x for the last several years because the buffer-switcher behavior changed in Emacs 24 and I have no idea how (or if it's even possible) to get the previous behavior back? In Emacs 23 and below (for as long as I've used Emacs), I would change buffers by hitting F10-b (F10 brings up menu, b is shortcut for Buffers). Then there is a nice little list of open buffers and the first letter of the filename is usually the shortcut to switch to that buffer. This made it really fast to switch back and forth between multiple files (I want to go to index.html == F10-b-i ; now I want to switch back to about.html == F10-b-a), it was very simple. Emacs 24 changed that behavior and so the quick switching between buffers based on the first letter of their filename went away. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? Is it possible to get the previous behavior in 24? I'm slowly finding packages that won't compile in Emacs 23 anymore b/c they depend on new Emacs 24 elisp functions. I only ever use Emacs from inside a terminal (emacs -nw), so that's why I'm navigating buffers by the F10 menu. EDIT: Well, I may be an idiot. I just downloaded the latest 24 build and it seems to be working as before again! Not sure when this changed, but maybe this is now a non-issue. I feel a bit silly, but maybe this will help someone else?

ilyabraude 12y ago
I may be missing something, but try C-x b instead of F-10 b
- jazzychad 12y ago
  That's slightly different. It will prompt for a buffer name, which you can type in and tab-complete, but it's not quite as fast as the one-key switching (also it doesn't show a list of buffers unless you try to tab-complete while the prompt is empty).
  - sjm 12y ago
    With ido-everywhere, flx-ido and ido-vertical-mode you can get nice, fast buffer-switching with fuzzy matching via C-x b. See these two screenshots for an example: http://imgur.com/a/sZk8m http://imgur.com/a/sZk8m
    - foobarqux 12y ago
      helm is better
      - sjm 12y ago
        I've tried helm a few times but I can never stick with it. It definitely looks impressive, but I think it takes up too much room and I end up preferring the minimalism of ido in comparison.
viksit 12y ago
Why not use C-x b <letter>?
dimitar 12y ago
Have you tried ido mode? Ido-switch-buffer works nicely and it can be customized.
- chetanahuja 12y ago
  Apparently, Helm is the latest hotness in that department. http://tuhdo.github.io/helm-intro.html http://tuhdo.github.io/helm-intro.html It should be just an M-x package-install away at this point
  - mitchty 12y ago
    Helm is much much better than ido mode once you get past the whole "stop hitting tab so much you shell heathen!" thing.
  - Ixiaus 12y ago
    Helm is incredible. Helm and org mode too!
hsuresh 12y ago
C-x C-b brings up a list of open buffers. Is that the same as what you are looking for?

ilyabraude 12y ago

I may be missing something, but try C-x b instead of F-10 b

jazzychad 12y ago
That's slightly different. It will prompt for a buffer name, which you can type in and tab-complete, but it's not quite as fast as the one-key switching (also it doesn't show a list of buffers unless you try to tab-complete while the prompt is empty).
- sjm 12y ago
  With ido-everywhere, flx-ido and ido-vertical-mode you can get nice, fast buffer-switching with fuzzy matching via C-x b. See these two screenshots for an example: http://imgur.com/a/sZk8m http://imgur.com/a/sZk8m
  - foobarqux 12y ago
    helm is better
    - sjm 12y ago
      I've tried helm a few times but I can never stick with it. It definitely looks impressive, but I think it takes up too much room and I end up preferring the minimalism of ido in comparison.

viksit 12y ago

Why not use C-x b <letter>?

dimitar 12y ago

Have you tried ido mode? Ido-switch-buffer works nicely and it can be customized.

chetanahuja 12y ago
Apparently, Helm is the latest hotness in that department. http://tuhdo.github.io/helm-intro.html http://tuhdo.github.io/helm-intro.html It should be just an M-x package-install away at this point
- mitchty 12y ago
  Helm is much much better than ido mode once you get past the whole "stop hitting tab so much you shell heathen!" thing.
- Ixiaus 12y ago
  Helm is incredible. Helm and org mode too!

hsuresh 12y ago

C-x C-b brings up a list of open buffers. Is that the same as what you are looking for?