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Re: Some annoying behaviours
From: |
Joel J. Adamson |
Subject: |
Re: Some annoying behaviours |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:39:16 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello list,
>
> Emacs is cool but I'd still like to fix some annoying details to make
> it perfect.
"Good luck" he said sarcastically.
> The first one is about the 'completion' window which doesn't close
> automatically once it's no more needed. I know I can switch to this
> window and close it but it would be really nice to make this auto.
One solution I've found is to use Ibuffer and give *Completions* buffers
their own filter group. Then when they pile up I can delete them all at
once.
> The second one is about new windows that are automatically open
> by Emacs, for example when I start a compilation or GDB.
Sometimes when Emacs does things a particular way, it's a good idea to
learn why because changing your habits might make you more productive.
I got over this: window configurations are not sacred, and it wasn't
until I stopped thinking they were sacred that I realized how often I
switch buffers and how easy it is to change the window configuration. I
use a combination of Ibuffer and Iswitchb mode to get around and I can
change window configurations in a matter of milliseconds.
Joel
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Joel J. Adamson
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