[emacs-berlin] Mastering Emacs

Andreas Röhler andreas.roehler at easy-emacs.de
Fri May 19 10:34:07 UTC 2023


Danke!

Am 19.05.23 um 11:56 schrieb Diez B. Roggisch:
> Hey fellow Emacsians,
>
> I've just bought a copy of "Mastering Emacs", first and foremost to
> appreciate the author for this article:
>
>
>  https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/demystifying-emacs-window-manager
>
>
> This has since just a few hours already changed my emacs life. I've
> always been annoyed by process buffers (compilation, ripgrep/deadgrep,
> etc) getting their own window, destroying my C-x 0, 1, 2, 3 - based
> window arrangement. Since this morning I'm using the following tiny
> snippet to manage (for now just a bottom) side windows:
>
>   (setq switch-to-buffer-obey-display-actions t)
>   ;; Introduce a bottom side window that catches
>   ;; compilations, deadgreps etc.
>   (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
>    '("\\*deadgrep.*\\|\\*Compilation\\*"
>      (display-buffer-in-side-window)
>      (side . bottom)
>      (slot . 0)
>      (window-parameters
>       (no-delete-other-windows . t))))
>   ;; Remove our side-windows
>   (global-set-key (read-kbd-macro "C-x w") 'window-toggle-side-windows)
>
> Life-changing for me. The rex was created with buffer list view and
> re-builder, the latter I also learned from the author of the book. I'm
> sure there's plenty of more stuff to discover once I dive deeper into
> the e-book! Which I read with 'nov-mode' now courtesy to his 
> suggestion ;)
>
> Just wanted to make you aware of the website, the Emacs functionality,
> and the book so you can share my enjoyment.
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> Diez
>
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