[Conkeror] Braindump about buffer handling

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

I'm using Conkeror now not only at home ut also at work as default
browser. At work I'm used to work a lot with tabs. So having more view
space due to the missing tab bar is a fat plus (compared to Opera),
but I also noticed that checking if I have some URL already open is a
little bit arduous.

So the following idea came up in my mind:

What if there were a C-x key combination which calls a function which does
the following:

1. Opens the minibuffer as C-x C-f or C-x C-b does.

2. Offers all bookmarks AND URLs open in buffers.

3. On selection of an URL checks if the URL is already open in a
   buffer and if so changes to that buffer, else opens that URL in a
   new buffer.

Emacs has such a feature builtin into C-x C-f by default. And there is
(or at least once was) a Firefox plugin which did the same for tabs.
But since with firefox you first open a new tab and then an URL in it,
this was more nerved so I deinstalled it quite quickly.

So I would like to hear what you think about the following two
possibilities:

+ Adding such a feature to C-x C-f so that it works as in Emacs and
  you can't open one website in two different buffers anymore.

+ Adding a new C-x keybinding which does as described above, e.g. C-x
  C-S-f or C-S-x C-S-f.

Another thing in that context which I miss from Emacs a little bit is
the list-buffers feature with C-x C-b.

		Regards, Axel
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Axel Beckert - abe at deuxchevaux.org, abe at noone.org - http://noone.org/abe/