Say I run ag or grep via M-x and display a window with search results. Say I then use my enter key to open a result. How can I force emacs to open this result in the same window as the search results are currently displaying, rather than a different window?
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Do you mean the same window instead of buffer? Reusing the same buffer would overwrite the search results. See also the answers to this question for further clarification. – Basil Jun 30 '17 at 5:34
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good shout. Edited – Abraham P Jun 30 '17 at 9:07
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Do you want to be able to pick between using the current or a different window, or do you only ever want the current window to be reused? – Basil Jun 30 '17 at 9:50
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See related questions here, here and here. – Basil Jun 30 '17 at 9:52
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Ideally I am looking for the equivalent of pressing o vs Enter in Dired mode (e,g an easy way to pick one or the other) Thanks for the links, will look through them over lunch! – Abraham P Jun 30 '17 at 10:01
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Something like this should work for all modes derived from compilation-mode:
(defun my-compile-goto-error-same-window ()
(interactive)
(let ((display-buffer-overriding-action
'((display-buffer-reuse-window
display-buffer-same-window)
(inhibit-same-window . nil))))
(call-interactively #'compile-goto-error)))
(defun my-compilation-mode-hook ()
(local-set-key (kbd "o") #'my-compile-goto-error-same-window))
(add-hook 'compilation-mode-hook #'my-compilation-mode-hook)
With this snippet added to your init file, pressing o in a grep buffer (or any buffer derived from compilation-mode) will open the location in the same window.
