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#+TITLE: ui/window-select
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#+DATE: October 8, 2017
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#+SINCE: v2.0.7
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#+STARTUP: inlineimages
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* Table of Contents :TOC:
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- [[#description][Description]]
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- [[#module-flags][Module Flags]]
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- [[#packages][Packages]]
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- [[#prerequisites][Prerequisites]]
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- [[#features][Features]]
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- [[#configuration][Configuration]]
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- [[#ace-window][ace-window]]
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- [[#switch-window][switch-window]]
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* Description
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This module provides several methods for selecting windows without the use of
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the mouse or spatial navigation (e.g. =C-w {h,j,k,l}=).
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The command ~other-window~ is remapped to either ~switch-window~ or
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~ace-window~, depending on which backend you've enabled. It is bound to ~C-x o~
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(and ~C-w C-w~ for evil users).
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It also provides numbered windows and selection with the ~winum~ package, if
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desired. Evil users can jump to window N in =C-w <N>= (where N is a number
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between 0 and 9). Non evil users have =C-x w <N>= instead.
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** Module Flags
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+ =+switch-window= Use the switch-window package as the backend, instead of
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ace-window (avy).
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+ =+numbers= Enable numbered windows and window selection (using winum).
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** Packages
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+ [[https://github.com/dimitri/switch-window][switch-window]] (if =+switch-window=)
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+ [[https://github.com/abo-abo/ace-window][ace-window]] (if =+switch-window= isn't enabled)
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+ [[https://github.com/deb0ch/emacs-winum][winum]] (if =+numbers=)
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* Prerequisites
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This module has no additional dependencies.
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* TODO Features
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* Configuration
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This module provides two backends, both providing the same functionality, but
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with different visual cues. They are =ace-window= and =switch-window=.
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** ace-window
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The first character of the buffers changes to a highlighted, user-selectable
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character.
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+ Pros: the content of the buffers are always visible.
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+ Cons: The display characters are small and difficult to see (see below for a way to enlarge them).
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**** Custom font-face example
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This changes the ace-window display to show a white letter with a red background. The box attribute adds some padding.
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#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
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(custom-set-faces!
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'(aw-leading-char-face
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:foreground "white" :background "red"
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:weight bold :height 2.5 :box (:line-width 10 :color "red")))
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#+END_SRC
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** switch-window
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Replaces the entire buffer with large letters.
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+ Pros: The displayed characters are /really/ easy to see.
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+ Cons: You can't see the contents of the buffers.
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