[Conkeror] Braindump about buffer handling

[Deniz Dogan]

2009/3/22 Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org>:
> 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

Good suggestion!  However, I think we should go for a third
possibility; having a user variable controlling this.

Cheers,
Deniz