[ jEdit-users ] Per-pane buffer groups

[Nathaniel G. <n8...@gm...>]

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

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