;;; iswitchb.el --- switch between buffers using substrings
;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Stephen Eglen <stephen@gnu.org>
;; Maintainer: Stephen Eglen <stephen@gnu.org>
:link '(emacs-library-link :tag "Lisp File" "iswitchb.el"))
(defcustom iswitchb-case case-fold-search
- "*Non-nil if searching of buffer names should ignore case.
+ "Non-nil if searching of buffer names should ignore case.
If this is non-nil but the user input has any upper case letters, matching
is temporarily case sensitive."
:type 'boolean
(defcustom iswitchb-buffer-ignore
'("^ ")
- "*List of regexps or functions matching buffer names to ignore.
+ "List of regexps or functions matching buffer names to ignore.
For example, traditional behavior is not to list buffers whose names begin
with a space, for which the regexp is `^ '. See the source file for
example functions that filter buffer names."
(put 'iswitchb-buffer-ignore 'risky-local-variable t)
(defcustom iswitchb-max-to-show nil
- "*If non-nil, limit the number of names shown in the minibuffer.
+ "If non-nil, limit the number of names shown in the minibuffer.
If this value is N, and N is greater than the number of matching
buffers, the first N/2 and the last N/2 matching buffers are
shown. This can greatly speed up iswitchb if you have a
:group 'iswitchb)
(defcustom iswitchb-use-virtual-buffers nil
- "*If non-nil, refer to past buffers when none match.
+ "If non-nil, refer to past buffers when none match.
This feature relies upon the `recentf' package, which will be
enabled if this variable is configured to a non-nil value."
:type 'boolean
(defvar iswitchb-virtual-buffers nil)
(defcustom iswitchb-cannot-complete-hook 'iswitchb-completion-help
- "*Hook run when `iswitchb-complete' can't complete any more.
+ "Hook run when `iswitchb-complete' can't complete any more.
The most useful values are `iswitchb-completion-help', which pops up a
window with completion alternatives, or `iswitchb-next-match' or
`iswitchb-prev-match', which cycle the buffer list."
;;(setq iswitchb-buffer-ignore '("^ " "\\.c\\'" "\\.h\\'"))
(defcustom iswitchb-default-method 'always-frame
- "*How to switch to new buffer when using `iswitchb-buffer'.
+ "How to switch to new buffer when using `iswitchb-buffer'.
Possible values:
`samewindow' Show new buffer in same window
`otherwindow' Show new buffer in another window (same frame)
:group 'iswitchb)
(defcustom iswitchb-regexp nil
- "*Non-nil means that `iswitchb' will do regexp matching.
+ "Non-nil means that `iswitchb' will do regexp matching.
Value can be toggled within `iswitchb' using `iswitchb-toggle-regexp'."
:type 'boolean
:group 'iswitchb)
(defcustom iswitchb-newbuffer t
- "*Non-nil means create new buffer if no buffer matches substring.
+ "Non-nil means create new buffer if no buffer matches substring.
See also `iswitchb-prompt-newbuffer'."
:type 'boolean
:group 'iswitchb)
(defcustom iswitchb-prompt-newbuffer t
- "*Non-nil means prompt user to confirm before creating new buffer.
+ "Non-nil means prompt user to confirm before creating new buffer.
See also `iswitchb-newbuffer'."
:type 'boolean
:group 'iswitchb)
(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'iswitchb-use-fonts 'iswitchb-use-faces "22.1")
(defcustom iswitchb-use-faces t
- "*Non-nil means use font-lock faces for showing first match."
+ "Non-nil means use font-lock faces for showing first match."
:type 'boolean
:group 'iswitchb)
(defcustom iswitchb-use-frame-buffer-list nil
- "*Non-nil means use the currently selected frame's buffer list."
+ "Non-nil means use the currently selected frame's buffer list."
:type 'boolean
:group 'iswitchb)
;; that file now and act as though that buffer had been selected.
(if (and iswitchb-virtual-buffers
(not (iswitchb-existing-buffer-p)))
- (let ((virt (car iswitchb-virtual-buffers)))
- (find-file-noselect (cdr virt))
- (setq iswitchb-matches (list (car virt))
+ (let ((virt (car iswitchb-virtual-buffers))
+ (new-buf))
+ ;; Keep the name of the buffer returned by find-file-noselect, as
+ ;; the buffer 'virt' could be a symlink to a file of a different name.
+ (setq new-buf (buffer-name (find-file-noselect (cdr virt))))
+ (setq iswitchb-matches (list new-buf)
iswitchb-virtual-buffers nil)))
;; Handling the require-match must be done in a better way.
;; XEmacs extents are put on by default, doesn't seem to be
;; any way of switching them off.
- (display-completion-list (if iswitchb-matches
- iswitchb-matches
- iswitchb-buflist)
+ (display-completion-list (or iswitchb-matches iswitchb-buflist)
:help-string "iswitchb "
:activate-callback
(lambda (x y z)
(message "doesn't work yet, sorry!")))
;; else running Emacs
- (with-current-buffer standard-output
- (fundamental-mode))
- (display-completion-list (if iswitchb-matches
- iswitchb-matches
- iswitchb-buflist))))
+ (display-completion-list (or iswitchb-matches iswitchb-buflist))))
(setq iswitchb-common-match-inserted nil))))
;;; KILL CURRENT BUFFER