Re: C-x C-b (switch-to-buffer) smarter suggestions?

[Richard Riley]

Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:

> On Mon, 2010-02-08, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> So you're implying that Emacs 23 fixes exactly that, or that it
>>> reworks the buffer selection interface completely?
>>
>> I revamped the minibuffer completion code in Emacs-23, and along the way
>> someone installed a patch that provides just the feature you're
>> asking for.
>>
>>> Actually I still use Emacs 21.  Emacs 22 is also available as part of
>>> Debian Linux, but I gain more by sticking to 21, which is the one
>>> available at work (semi-officially available -- officially we are
>>> stuck with 20).
>>
>> Emacs-23 is also available in Debian (at least in Debian testing).
>
> I'm sure it is, but I'm a Debian "stable" kind of guy.


You probably know, but just in case ;), Emacs 23 is also available for
Debian Stable in the Lenny backports.

regards

r.