Re: How get Microsoft Office style FOLDER TABS in Emacs?

[Klaus Berndl]

When you find speedbar nice then maybe you find ECB nice too - maybe even more
nice (or less ;-)... ECB is the Emacs Code Browser which let you browse files
and code-contents.

>From the homepage at http://ecb.sourceforge.net:

ECB stands for "Emacs Code Browser" and is a source code browser for (X)Emacs.
It is a global minor-mode which displays a couple of windows that can be used
to browse directories, files and file-contents like methods and variables. It
supports source-code parsing for semantic-supported languages like Java, C,
C++, Elisp and Scheme as well as for source-types supported "only" by imenu or
etags (e.g. perl, TeX, LaTeX etc.).

Here is an ascii-screenshot of what ECB offers you:

------------------------------------------------------------------
|              |                                                 |
| Directories  |                                                 |
|              |                                                 |
|--------------|                                                 |
|              |                                                 |
| Sources      |                                                 |
|              |                                                 |
|--------------|                 Edit-window(s)                  |
|              |        (can be splitted in two windows)         |
| Methods/Vars |                                                 |
|              |                                                 |
|--------------|                                                 |
|              |                                                 |
| History      |                                                 |
|              |                                                 |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                                |
|                 Compilation-window (optional)                  |
|                                                                |
------------------------------------------------------------------

This is only one example-layout - ECB offers a lot of different layouts.

Just go to the screenshot section of ECB-homepage and see if you like it...

Ciao,
Klaus

On 28 Nov 2003, Christian Seberino wrote:



>  kgold
>  
>  Thanks!
>  Speedbar lots very nice!  It lets you jump between
>  different files quickly.  What
>  did you mean by "Displays - Buffers"?? IS that
>  a speedbar setting?
>  
>  Chris
>  
>  
>  kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) wrote in message
>  news:<bq2qtn$70e$1@news.btv.ibm.com>...
> > seberino@spawar.navy.mil (Christian Seberino) writes:
> > > Emacs has the option of having different buffers appear in different
> > > windows(frames) or in same window(frame) all at same time.
> > > 
> > > I like M$ Office's idea of having NAMES of files visible at bottom of
> > > window like a folder tab.  If you want to switch buffers you just
> > > have to mouse click on file name desired.
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to do something like this in Emacs?
> > 
> > The closest I can think of is 
> > 
> >     M-x speedbar
> > 
> > and then Displays - Buffers
> > 
> > I usually use it to display files, where you can then tree down into
> > source code functions.
> > 
> > --

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