recorded in the desktop file, together with their associated window
configurations, and will be available after restoring the session.
+Note that the Tab Bar is different from the Tab Line (@pxref{Tab Line}).
+Whereas tabs on the Tab Line at the top of each window are used to
+switch between buffers, tabs on the Tab Bar at the top of each frame
+are used to switch between window configurations containing several
+windows.
+
@findex tab-bar-mode
To toggle the use of tab bars, type @kbd{M-x tab-bar-mode}. This
command applies to all frames, including frames yet to be created. To
tabs. The value @code{1} hides the tab bar when it has only one tab,
and shows it again when more tabs are created. The value @code{nil}
always keeps the tab bar hidden; in this case it's still possible to
-use persistent named window configurations without using the tab bar
-by typing the related commands: @kbd{M-x tab-new}, @kbd{M-x tab-next},
-@kbd{M-x tab-close}, @kbd{M-x tab-switcher}, etc.
+switch between named window configurations without the tab bar by
+using @kbd{M-x tab-next}, @kbd{M-x tab-switcher}, and other commands
+that provide completion on tab names. Also it's possible to create
+and close tabs without the tab bar by using commands @kbd{M-x
+tab-new}, @kbd{M-x tab-close}, etc.
@kindex C-x t
The prefix key @kbd{C-x t} is analogous to @kbd{C-x 5}.
tab with a different window configuration in the selected frame.
The various @kbd{C-x t} commands differ in how they find or create the
-buffer to select:
+buffer to select. The following commands can be used to select a buffer
+in a new tab:
@table @kbd
@item C-x t 2
Add a new tab (@code{tab-new}). You can control the choice of the
buffer displayed in a new tab by customizing the variable
@code{tab-bar-new-tab-choice}.
+
@item C-x t b @var{bufname} @key{RET}
Select buffer @var{bufname} in another tab. This runs
@code{switch-to-buffer-other-tab}.
+
@item C-x t f @var{filename} @key{RET}
Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another tab. This
runs @code{find-file-other-tab}. @xref{Visiting}.
+
@item C-x t d @var{directory} @key{RET}
Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another tab.
This runs @code{dired-other-tab}. @xref{Dired}.
-@item C-x t r @var{tabname} @key{RET}
-Renames the current tab to @var{tabname}. You can control the
-programmatic name given to a tab by default by customizing the
-variable @code{tab-bar-tab-name-function}.
@end table
@vindex tab-bar-new-tab-choice
To start a new tab with other buffers, customize the variable
@code{tab-bar-new-tab-choice}.
- The following commands are used to delete and operate on tabs:
+ The following commands can be used to delete tabs:
@table @kbd
@item C-x t 0
Close the selected tab (@code{tab-close}). It has no effect if there
is only one tab.
+@item C-x t 1
+@kindex C-x t 1
+@findex tab-close-other
+Close all tabs on the selected frame, except the selected one.
+@end table
+
+ The following commands can be used to switch between tabs:
+
+@table @kbd
@item C-x t o
+@itemx C-@key{TAB}
@kindex C-x t o
@kindex C-TAB
@findex tab-next
-Switch to another tab. If you repeat this command, it cycles through
+Switch to the next tab. If you repeat this command, it cycles through
all the tabs on the selected frame. With a positive numeric argument
N, it switches to the next Nth tab; with a negative argument −N, it
switches back to the previous Nth tab.
-@item C-x t 1
-@kindex C-x t 1
-@findex tab-close-other
-Close all tabs on the selected frame, except the selected one.
+@item S-C-@key{TAB}
+@kindex S-C-TAB
+@findex tab-previous
+Switch to the previous tab. With a positive numeric argument N, it
+switches to the previous Nth tab; with a negative argument −N, it
+switches back to the next Nth tab.
+@end table
+
+ The following commands can be used to operate on tabs:
+
+@table @kbd
+@item C-x t r @var{tabname} @key{RET}
+Rename the current tab to @var{tabname}. You can control the
+programmatic name given to a tab by default by customizing the
+variable @code{tab-bar-tab-name-function}.
+
+@item C-x t m
+Move the current tab N positions to the right with a positive numeric
+argument N. With a negative argument −N, it moves the current tab
+N positions to the left.
@end table
@node Dialog Boxes
* Change Window:: Deleting windows and changing their sizes.
* Displaying Buffers:: How Emacs picks a window for displaying a buffer.
* Window Convenience:: Convenience functions for window handling.
+* Tab Line:: Window tab line.
@end menu
@node Basic Window
@node Window Convenience
@section Convenience Features for Window Handling
-@findex global-tab-line-mode
-@cindex tab line
- The command @code{global-tab-line-mode} toggles the display of a
-@dfn{tab line} on the top screen line of each window. The tab line
-shows special buttons (``tabs'') for each buffer that was displayed in
-a window, and allows switching to any of these buffers by clicking the
-corresponding button. You can add a tab by clicking on the @kbd{+}
-icon and delete a tab by clicking on the @kbd{x} icon of a tab. The
-mouse wheel on the tab line scrolls the tabs horizontally.
-
@findex winner-mode
@vindex winner-dont-bind-my-keys
@vindex winner-ring-size
Scroll All mode (@kbd{M-x scroll-all-mode}) is a global minor mode
that causes scrolling commands and point motion commands to apply to
every single window.
+
+
+@node Tab Line
+@section Window Tab Line
+
+@findex global-tab-line-mode
+@cindex tab line
+ The command @code{global-tab-line-mode} toggles the display of
+a @dfn{tab line} on the top screen line of each window. The Tab Line
+shows special buttons (``tabs'') for each buffer that was displayed in
+a window, and allows switching to any of these buffers by clicking the
+corresponding button. Clicking on the @kbd{+} icon adds a new buffer
+to the window-local tab line of buffers, and clicking on the @kbd{x}
+icon of a tab deletes it. The mouse wheel on the tab line scrolls
+the tabs horizontally.
+
+Selecting the previous window-local tab is the same as typing @kbd{C-x
+@key{LEFT}} (@code{previous-buffer}), selecting the next tab is the
+same as @kbd{C-x @key{RIGHT}} (@code{next-buffer}). Both commands
+support a numeric prefix argument as a repeat count.
+
+Note that the Tab Line is different from the Tab Bar (@pxref{Tab Bars}).
+Whereas tabs on the Tab Bar at the top of each frame are used to
+switch between window configurations containing several windows,
+tabs on the Tab Line at the top of each window are used to switch
+between buffers.
+++
*** Tab Bar mode
The new command 'tab-bar-mode' enables the tab bar at the top of each
-frame, where you can use tabs to switch between named persistent
-window configurations.
+frame (including TTY frames), where you can use tabs to switch between
+named persistent window configurations.
The 'C-x t' sequence is the new prefix key for tab-related commands:
'C-x t 2' creates a new tab; 'C-x t 0' deletes the current tab;
The user option 'tab-bar-position' specifies where to show the tab bar.
+Tab-related commands can be used even without the tab bar when
+'tab-bar-mode' is disabled by a nil value of the user option
+'tab-bar-show'. Without the tab bar you can switch between tabs
+using completion on tab names, or using 'tab-switcher'.
+
Read the new Info node "(emacs) Tab Bars" for full description
of all related features.
window-local tab line of buffers. Using the mouse wheel on the tab
line scrolls tabs.
+Read the new Info node "(emacs) Tab Line" for full description
+of all related features.
+
+++
** fileloop.el lets one setup multifile operations like search&replace.
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