Re: how to change buffer like in visual studio, ultraedit etc (like Alt-Tab in windows but for buffers)?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

mopi wrote:

> I have tried swbuff-y but pressing C-tab only once just brings up the
> buffer-switcher and don't switch to last viewed buffer. 

Customize swbuff-delay-switch to change that.

> Also, when I
> cycle to a another buffer name in the list I need to press RET to
> actually switch to it. The preferred way would be to switch to the
> currently highlighted buffer when I release the Ctrl key. Like Alt-Tab
> works in windows.

Unfortunately you can not make it act precisely like that in Emacs. 
However you can press for example Tab to do the switching. This is a bit 
more convenient then pressing RET.

You can also press n for "new frame" or w for "other window".

But there is a hugh amount of ways to do buffer switching. I looked once 
at Icicle for that, but really have not had the chance to try it out yet.