Iswitch-window

• Author: Topi Paavola <tjp@iki.fi>
• Additional authors (modifications and enhancements):
  • Jens-Ulrik Petersen <jens-ulrik.petersen@nokia.com>
  • Karl M. Hegbloom <hegbloom@pdx.edu>
• Version: 1.4
• License: GNU GPL 2 or later
• Download: iswitch-window.jl

Synopsis

Iswitch is a window switcher with an incremental search.

Description

Incremental window search, similar to iswitchb.el in emacs.

Installation

1. Save iswitch-window.jl in your load-path.
2. Add this code to your ~/.sawfishrc:

   (require 'iswitch-window)
   (bind-keys global-keymap "A-s" 'iswitch-window)
   

   You can replace "A-s" in the last line with the key combination you would like to use to fire up the iswitch dialog.

Configuration

Default key bindings when in the iswitch dialog are as followed:

C-s, A-s, TAB	Find next matching window
C-r, A-r, M-TAB	Find previous matching window
C-g, ESC	Quit iswitch
C-u	Clear input buffer
BACKSPACE	Delete previous character
C-z, A-z	Iconify window
C-h, A-h	Shade window
RET	Select window

Those keys are hard-coded into the script. In order to change them you have to edit the iswitch-get-window function accordingly.

Instead of (or in addition to) the iswitch-window function you can also bind iswitch-window-with. It does the same thing but also does something to the current window. As an example, the following code would iconify the currently focused window and focus the newly selected window:

(bind-keys global-keymap "A-s" '(iswitch-window-with
                                (lambda (w) (iconify-window w))))