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Zain Khan
Zain Khan

Reputation: 3793

Using tabs in GNU Emacs 23

I have been looking into packages that would enable me to have tabs in my emacs editor. Would like to open multiple files in a single emacs window. Any help/link would be appreciated

Upvotes: 10

Views: 12986

Answers (4)

zellio
zellio

Reputation: 32484

Emacs has this functionality built in. They are called buffers C-x C-f opens a new file of a name you provide. C-x b lets you change between buffers. C-x C-b lists all open buffers. C-x k closes the current buffer.

If you want multiple buffers in one window then C-x 2 splits the windows horizontally. C-x 3 will split it vertically. C-x 1 will close all the windows that are not the current one. C-x o cycles between open panes. &c.

GNU the organization that manages the code base for GNU Emacs has a wonderful tutorial

Note: the the above segment C- means while holding the <CTRL> key

post script: the ido library makes working with emacs in generally much easier.

Upvotes: 18

rflood89
rflood89

Reputation: 714

emacs doesn't contain "tabs" like an internet browser its best to understand the concept of buffers like the others have said but if you want to have a tab bar at the top anyway just to give a quick reminder of what buffers are open I suggest looking at the TabBarMode in the emacs wiki.

When using buffers i like to use m-x ibuffer since you can filter out which buffers your interested in. say you only want to see the buffers which are associated with files in a /home/flood/coding/epicgame/ directory, i simple go to ibuffer, type / f then type epicgame and a filter will be applied, then to remove the filter simply press / twice and remember that C-h m is your friend.

This technique has helped me alot, you can even OR filters together and merge them into groups. I love emacs XD

Upvotes: 0

emaniacs
emaniacs

Reputation: 72

or you can use elscreen

and use Gnu/Linux too, so i remap the Winkey to manage my tabs.

Upvotes: 0

Mario
Mario

Reputation: 1851

You can already open multiple files in buffers. However, if you want a visual guide, then this is what you might want: http://emacswiki.org/emacs/TabBarMode

Caveat emptor: You might have to configure it a bit.

Upvotes: 3

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