Re: Rmail: toggle between summary and message buffers

[Xavier Maillard]

> From: Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:26:16 -0400
> 
> Xavier Maillard <xavier@maillard.im> writes:
> 
> >> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:47:14 +0300
> >> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> >> 
> >> > Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:20:00 +0200
> >> > From: Xavier Maillard <xavier@maillard.im>
> >> > Jabber-ID: xavier@maillard.im
> >> > 
> >> > since quite recently, I would have used only the Rmail message
> >> > buffer. Then I discovered C-M-h aka `rmail-summary' which is quite
> >> > convenient.  There is something quite annoying though, I do not know
> >> > how to switch from rmail-summary's buffer and rmail buffer.
> >> > 
> >> > I have read the manual and info pages but I am pretty sure there is no
> >> > pretty simple way to do so.
> >> 
> >> I don't understand the question.  Both Rmail buffer and Rmail Summary
> >> buffer are just buffers, so you switch between then just like between
> >> any other two buffers.  What am I missing?
> >
> > Maybe I am not clear (english is not my native tongue, sorry).
> >
> > So, I need a quick, direct and easy way to switch from a message
> > buffer to the rmail-summary buffer and vice-versa.
> >
> > Currently, I am doing a lot of `C-x o' but as soon as there is more
> > than one window, this is getting quite useless.
> >
> 
> I haven’t ever used rmail, but Gnus has a pair of functions
> gnus-summary-select-article-buffer and gnus-article-show-summary, bound
> to h in gnus-summary-mode-map and gnus-article-mode-map respectively,
> which allow conveniently switching between the summary buffer and the
> message buffer.
> 
> I think Xavier is looking for a similar pair of functions for rmail, as
> opposed to having to use the general other-window bound to C-x o.

Exactly this, yeah. Here `h' activates the rmail-summary function
(removing any applied filters if any in action) which is kind of
disturbing.

        - xma

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