|--==> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de&gt; writes: Michal> What about having a filesystem made of buffers? Michal> Then we could grep/find over buffers! APA> Hi Michal, give this a try. APA> It has served me well ever since I wrote it two christmas's ago. APA> Steve, can you give this a try? Just gave your 'search-buffers.el' a whirl. A couple of things that I noticed were: - If the list of buffers to search is too long you can't scroll the list. - The list of buffers to search includes lots of buffers beyond that which are listed in 'M-x list-buffers'. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

|--==> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de&gt; writes: SY> Just gave your 'search-buffers.el' a whirl. A couple of SY> things that I noticed were: SY> - If the list of buffers to search is too long you can't scroll the SY> list. APA> Can you elaborate? M-x list-matches-in-buffers RET enter search string RET RET use mouse to scroll down *Buffers matching "..."* can't answer y or n to "OK to use these buffers?" SY> - The list of buffers to search includes lots of buffers beyond SY> that which are listed in 'M-x list-buffers'. APA> The "Buffer name REGEXP" defaulted to ".*" in APA> (defun buffer-regexp-list () APA> should probably become a (defcustom ...) and the default value be APA> changed to "^[^ ]", which is what list-buffers displays. Yes I agree that it should default to "^[^ ]" but I don't think it needs to be a (defcustom...) thing. Just document it in 'buffer-regexp-list'. APA> My motivation was to find information hidden in invisible buffers at APA> first, hence the default of .*. Fair enough, but seeing all those invisible buffers could probably scare a novice user. APA> What about the naming of the file and functions? Fine by me. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

|--==> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de&gt; writes: APA> Can you elaborate? SY> M-x list-matches-in-buffers RET SY> enter search string RET RET SY> use mouse to scroll down *Buffers matching "..."* SY> can't answer y or n to "OK to use these buffers?" APA> Hmmh, I wonder what's going on. I can scroll that buffer fine. APA> Minibuffer reminds me I should answer the question. APA> Typing y or n still works for me after scrolling the buffer. I get "Quit" show in the minibuffer (as if I'd typed C-g) as soon as I move the scrollbar. SY> Fair enough, but seeing all those invisible buffers could SY> probably scare a novice user. APA> Yep. OTOH, they may never find out about these buffers. One might argue: that's why they're invisible. :-) -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

|--==> "WMP" == William M Perry <wmperry(a)aventail.com&gt; writes: WMP> Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: WMP> Are you by any chance using XEmacs/GTK? No. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

|--==> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de&gt; writes: SY> |--==> "WMP" == William M Perry <wmperry(a)aventail.com&gt; writes: WMP> Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: APA> I verified this to work for me in a vanilla APA> (emacs-version) APA> "XEmacs 21.1 (patch 14) \"Cuyahoga Valley\" [Lucid] (i386-pc-win32) of APA> Wed Mar 14 2001 on D5DC120J" APA> Does this work in a vanilla XEmacs for you? No. APA> I have enough buffers so that I can scroll the buffer, and I do. APA> I get urged to answer the minibuffer, which I do with y. I get "Quit" in the minibuffer, as if I'd C-g'd, as soon as I hit the scrollbar with the mouse. APA> Please send me your APA> M-x describe-installation uname -a: Linux slackware 2.4.2 #2 Sat Feb 24 16:24:21 EST 2001 i686 unknown ./configure '--dynamic=yes' '--with-toolbars=yes' '--with-wmcommand=yes' '--with-athena=next' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=athena' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-sound=native,noesd' '--with-pop' '--with-modules' '--with-site-lisp=yes' '--with-site-modules=yes' '--pdump' '--with-mule' '--error-checking=none' '--use-union-type' '--with-clash-detection' '--extra-verbose' '--site-libraries=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib' '--with-gtk=no' '--with-gnome=no' XEmacs 21.2-b45 "Thelxepeia (GTK Inside)" configured for `i686-pc-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2 Installation prefix: /usr/local Additional libraries: /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.3.1/lib Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline \ -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/neXtaw - Athena library to link: neXtaw Using Lucid menubars. Using Athena scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the union type for Lisp_Objects. Using the new portable dumper. Compiling in support for extra debugging code. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|