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Efficient window switching
Submitted by andrewee on Saturday, 14 January, 2006 - 01:43
In Adobe Acrobat reader, I can open 9 different files and then press alt-w and then a number to switch instantly to the numbered window. In jedit I can press alt-backtick to get the list like I can do with alt-w in Acrobat, but in jedit I then have to use the arrow keys to scroll to the desired item, or use the mouse. How do I get it to work like Acrobat, where a grand total of no more than three keystrokes (alt-backtick windownumber) will jump to a desired window?
The switchbuffer plugin doesn't appear to be what I want, because it requires too many keystrokes to switch buffers. I realize that with more than 9 windows open, I'll need more keystrokes, but I'd like to optimize for my common case of having less than 9 open.
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One partial solution
by josephhill on Mon, 16/01/2006 - 09:38
The most efficient way I can think of--although it can't guarantee 3 keystrokes--is doing alt-backtick and then pressing the first letter of the buffer you want. This is not efficient if you have 20 buffers called "chapter_nn.xml" but it is if most buffers start with different letters.
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