Re: Q: How can I swap buffers in two windows?

[Sebastian Luque]

"Eric Pement" <pemente@northpark.edu> wrote:

> This request has appeared several times on this newsgroup, worded in
> different ways, but has never been answered. I have already checked the
> FAQ, M-x apropos, and the Emacs info pages. Can someone please give
> help or direction here?

> I have an Emacs frame split into two windows, which may be split
> vertically or horizontally. I would like a single command to swap or
> exchange both windows, i.e., put buffer A into window B, and put buffer
> B into window A. If there are not exactly two windows in the frame,
> issue an error message.

> I know that I can do "C-x b", {B}, <RET>, "C-x o", "C-x b", {A}, <RET>,
> but I want to execute it with a single command without typing out the
> buffer names at all. Emacs already knows the names of the buffers in
> each window, so why should I have to type them?

Perhaps not exactly what you want, but this might help:

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/buffer-move.el


Cheers,

-- 
Sebastian P. Luque