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How can I more easily switch between buffers in Emacs?

While working with emacs I tend to keep many open windows. Unfortunately using M-x other-window is quite annoying. So far I have set up keyboard shortcut in my .emacs file: (global-set-key (quote [backtab]) (quote other-window)). That makes things a bit easier but I am looking for equivalents of commands next-buffer and previus-buffer that can be applied to windows.

Answer 1

Add the following to your .emacs

(windmove-default-keybindings)
(setq windmove-wrap-around t)

Then you’ll be able to switch between windows with Shift+{left,up,down,right} arrows. Shift modifier is a parameter to windmove-default-keybindings, so you can choose another one.

You may want to activate a winner-mode. It’s a minor mode which remembers your window configurations and you can go to the previous/next configuration using winner-undo or winner-redo.