Re: binding ibuffer to C-x C-b by default

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> After playing with it a few more seconds, I discovered (to my horror!)
>> that it binds <left> and <right> to something totally odd that makes
>> point jump to the start of the buffer.
>>
>> That's even more annoying.  I hate having my cursor keys rebound to
>> surprising actions.
>
> Yeah, this is pretty unacceptable.  For one thing, users might want to
> copy the text in the buffer.

This can be fixed by using TAB/S-TAB for navigation to filter groups
as proposed elsewhere in this thread.

=== modified file 'lisp/ibuffer.el'
--- lisp/ibuffer.el     2010-09-25 21:42:48 +0000
+++ lisp/ibuffer.el     2010-10-09 14:48:04 +0000
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ directory, like `default-directory'."
     (define-key map (kbd "/ /") 'ibuffer-filter-disable)
 
     (define-key map (kbd "M-n") 'ibuffer-forward-filter-group)
-    (define-key map (kbd "<right>") 'ibuffer-forward-filter-group)
+    (define-key map "\t" 'ibuffer-forward-filter-group)
     (define-key map (kbd "M-p") 'ibuffer-backward-filter-group)
-    (define-key map (kbd "<left>") 'ibuffer-backward-filter-group)
+    (define-key map [backtab] 'ibuffer-backward-filter-group)
     (define-key map (kbd "M-j") 'ibuffer-jump-to-filter-group)
     (define-key map (kbd "C-k") 'ibuffer-kill-line)
     (define-key map (kbd "C-y") 'ibuffer-yank)

How about the main topic here: binding C-x C-b to ibuffer by default?