Re: Universal/prefix argument for "other window" redirection?

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Thu 08 Apr 2021 at 11:37AM +02, Arthur Miller wrote:

> Is there already a way to "automatically" modify interactive commands to
> "auto-work" in other window instead of current window?
>
> I know I can scroll other window already and switch to some buffer in
> another window with `switch-to-buffer-another-window`, I already use
> them.
>
> What I would like is to have all the cursor motion stuff, expression
> evals etc, work on in other window so I don't need to switch back and
> forth two buffers (I like to work with two buffers side-by-side). I
> wonder if there is already something I could use; prefix
> command/universal prefix whatever, to autmoatically modify behaviour of
> interactive commands involved or do I have to write my own (if it's
> possible :))?

There is already C-x 4 4 but it doesn't work for every single case.

-- 
Sean Whitton