Re: [ jEdit-users ] Per-pane buffer groups

[Andrey H. <hal...@la...>]

Hi Nathaniel,

Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 5:10:05 AM, you wrote:

> Hi folks,

> I'm finally making the switch to jEdit from NEdit after many many
> years and I have a question about how to accomplish a certain kind of
> workflow.  In NEdit, a buffer "belongs" to a single window -- it can
> only be viewed there, only appears in the tabs of that window, etc.
> This is limiting at times, but it does allow one to segregate buffers
> into related groups by window.  So I would usually have one window
> that held the small collection of files I was working on while the
> other had an often very large collection of library header files open.
>  Often times I would keep 3 or 4 windows open with related groups of
> library files and switch between them depending on what I was doing.

> So now that I'm using jEdit I'm having a hard time adjusting to the
> "every buffer lives everywhere" world.  I'm using a vertically split
> window to place two buffers side by side.  The problem is that I can't
> find a way to segregate the panes into tasks such that it's easy to
> switch among a small group of related files.  Tabs become useless when
> every pane has 30 of them.  The buffer switcher remains usable, at
> least, but it's not much fun to scan every open file to find the one
> I'm looking for.

> What I would really like is a buffer switcher widget that could be
> made to only show a subset of all open files -- for example, only
> files from a given directory or project, or only files matching a
> given regex.  Does such a thing exist?  Would it be easy to make?  Any
> tips on alternate workflows?

> Thanks,
> -n8

You can create another project with .h files only (with Project Viewer
plugin) and switch between projects when you need them.

Andrey Khalyavin