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Created June 5, 2011 16:41
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This function makes emacs move the current buffer to another window. It also closes the current tab and sets focus on the new buffer
;; move buffer to other window
;; after c-x 3 to split screen this lets you move buffers between sides.
;; altered code from:
;; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1774832/how-to-swap-the-buffers-in-2-windows-emacs
(defun swap-buffer-window ()
"Put the buffer from the selected window in next window, and vice versa"
(interactive)
(let* ((this (selected-window))
(other (next-window))
(this-buffer (window-buffer this)))
(set-window-buffer other this-buffer)
(tabbar-close-tab) ;;close current tab
(other-window 1) ;;swap cursor to new buffer
)
)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x /") 'swap-buffer-window)
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danmayer commented Jun 5, 2011

If you don't use tabs just comment out the tabbar-close-tab function call

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