Escreen
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| Description | Emacs window session manager |
|---|---|
| Author | Noah Friedman |
| Maintainer | Noah Friedman |
| Source | http://www.splode.com/~friedman/software/emacs-lisp/src/escreen.el |
Escreen is a window multiplexer for Emacs.
Basic setup
(require 'escreen)
(escreen-install)
Helpful keybindings
- [C-\ C-b]
- Escreen menu. Describes the open windows and numbers.
- [C-\ p] (or M-x escreen-goto-prev-screen)
- Go to previous screen.
- [C-\ n] (or M-x escreen-goto-next-screen)
- Go to next screen.
- [C-\ <n>] (or M-x escreen-goto-screen-<n>)
- Go to screen number <n>.
Common Customization
Use [C-z] as your Escreen command prefix
(define-key global-map (kbd "C-z") nil)
(setq escreen-prefix-char (kbd "C-z"))
Go back with backspace
(define-key escreen-map (kbd "<backspace>") 'escreen-goto-prev-screen)
Add the screen number to the mode line
(add-hook 'escreen-goto-screen-hook
'escreen-enable-number-mode-if-more-than-one-screen)