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bug#33033: 27.0.50; [wishlist] Registers for non-file buffers
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#33033: 27.0.50; [wishlist] Registers for non-file buffers |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:14:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:
>> Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> 1.) It would be nice if the register machinery could also be used for
>>> switching to buffers that aren't connected to a file but have
>>> more-or-less fixed names like *shell*, *Backtrace*, or *scratch*.
>>>
>>> E.g. (set-register ?s '(buffer "*scratch*")) could set up things so that
>>> C-x r j s would switch to the *scratch* buffer.
>>
>> Can you use registers today to jump to buffers that are connected to
>> files? I'm wondering why you're singling out non-file buffers here...
>
> Yes, I have (set-register ?e '(file . "~/.emacs")) in .emacs.
Ah, I see. Yes, then it makes sense to add a `buffer' form, too, I
think?
Does anybody object to this? It seems about as useful as the `file'
form... And looking at the implementation in register.el, it looks
pretty trivial to add.
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