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How to prompt for a virtual buffer (recently killed file buffer) using Ido completion?

When ido-use-virtual-buffers is set to t, ido-switch-buffer shows, after the list of live buffers, a list of killed file buffers in chronological order, last killed first. Those are what Ido calls ...
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Re-visit a file whose buffer I just killed [duplicate]

I've not found any straightforward way to re-visit a file whose buffer I just killed. Sort of like undoing the killing of the buffer. I thought about getting the file's path from Ido's virtual buffers ...
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How to define a command to switch to the current candidate buffer in Ido?

I'm trying to write a command that I would call while using ido-switch-buffer or ido-kill-buffer to open the current candidate in another window. Ideally it would be able to open virtual buffers as ...
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How to always show buffer in the new created frame?

My workflow is: I initialize emacs with a shortcut (in my ~/.i3/config I have a line like this bindcode $mod+49 exec emacsclient -c -n -q -a=''. I use i3wm.org) By default it goes to temp.org, in ....
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Emacs flashes when changing buffer with `ido-switch-buffer`

When I change buffer via ido-switch-buffer and enter a python buffer my entire Emacs flashes visually for a second. If I handle other files the same way, it does not. What can be the reason for that? ...
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migrated from emacs 25 to 26.1: cannot force find-file/counsel-projectile-find-file to always open buffer in current window

Recently I migrated from emacs 25 to 26.1. Before I reached the window behaviour, where I could always open a file at the window at point. The most simple case to illustrate undesired behaviour: I ...
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How select and kill desire many buffers in ido mode?

Emacs 26.1. ido, smex If I want to kill one buffer I use command C-x k Here result: As result I can kill ONE desire buffer. But suppose I need to kill the next buffers: build.gradle, approfile....
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is there some sort of namespace(or filter) for files and buffers per frame available?

Using emacs in daemon mode is fine, because you only pay startup time once. But after a while the buffer and file list is getting filled. So is there a way to see only files which belong to the actual ...
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How can I make icomplete/ido behave like iswitchb?

Emacs has recently (between 24.0 and 25 ish?) removed iswitchb in favor of some combination of ido and icomplete mode, which I've seen claims are 99% compatible; which I can live with, I don't have ...
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How do I make ido switch to the buffer suggested by the tab-completion candidate?

I use ido for switching buffers, and it is awesome. I also have (flx-ido mode t) in my init file. I have run into a problem that causes me to switch to a buffer different from what I was expecting. I ...
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When switching buffers, prevent emacs from automatically switching frame

When I switch buffers, emacs will switch to an existing frame if the buffer is already opened there. I found how to prevent that when switching with ido using : (setq ido-default-buffer-method '...
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