Re: Message buffer names

[David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:38:28 +0200,
John Morris wrote:
> 
> I second all of that regarding buffer switching; I have often wondered
> the same thing myself.
> 
> I generally cut the relevant text to the scratch buffer, but thatʼs
> hardly a solution.
> 
> Interested to hear what the reasoning behind the hidden buffer names
> is,
>

They don't clutter the buffer-list. Using the subject might get
complicated if you've read an entire thread -- it will be hard to
select the right buffer even if it contains the subject.

Maybe you could utilize ibuffer? Something like:

https://gist.github.com/dmj/722f217b060ad36acae5

Hm. Or maybe even better: Utilize registers.

C-x r ?

E.g.

Store point to register a

  C-x r SPC a

Jump to point in register a

  C-x r j a

That's what I use when composing drafts.

HTH,
  -- David

> John
> 
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:22:30 +0200, Greg Bognar wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > When I read an email in WL, I have at least three buffers open: Folder,
> > Summary, and the buffer that contains the message.  But when I do C-x C-b,
> > only Folder and Summary are listed.  The message itself is in a hidden 
> > buffer whose name is something like _*WL:Message*-281649 (where the _ is
> > space).
> > 
> > I don't see the point of this behavior.  In fact, I often work with multiple
> > messages, and I want them to be listed and available for buffer switching.
> > Ideally, the message buffer should be called something like Message: <subject>.
> > I don't see why this should cause any problems -- in the worst case, you
> > would have to close manually the buffer of a message that has been deleted
> > in the Summary buffer.
> > 
> > Is there a good reason for making the message buffer hidden?  Is there a way
> > to set the name of the message buffer to something that Emacs doesn't hide?
> > Even better, can the buffer name be constructed from, e.g., the subject?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Greg
> > 
>