Ace Jump Buffer

ace-jump-buffer is an extension for avy and the native bs buffer menu that lets you hop to Emacs buffers in 2-3 key strokes.

Alternately, you might be interested in this package’s spiritual successor - frog-jump-buffer - which is a newer, similar package that is more performant and flexible.

Installation

Install from MELPA with package-install ace-jump-buffer, or drop ace-jump-buffer.el, avy.el, and dash.el into your load path.

Commands

(ace-jump-buffer)

Open the buffer menu and go to the selected buffer in the current window.

(ace-jump-buffer-with-configuration)

Select a bs-configuration, then show its buffer menu and go to the selected buffer.

(ace-jump-buffer-other-window)

Open the buffer menu and go to the selected buffer in other window.

(ace-jump-buffer-in-one-window)

Open the buffer menu and go to the selected buffer in full window.

(ace-jump-same-mode-buffers)

Show a menu of buffers of the same mode as the current buffer.

(ace-jump-persp-buffers)

Show a menu of buffers in the current perspective (persp-mode required.).

(ace-jump-projectile-buffers)

Show a menu of buffers in the current project (projectile required.).

Variables

ajb-max-window-height

The max window height for the buffer menu. The default is 20.

ajb-sort-function

The function for sorting buffers in the menu. Options:

• nil: Use the default (buffer-list) ordering [default]
• 'bs--sort-by-recentf
• 'bs--sort-by-name
• 'bs--sort-by-size
• 'bs--sort-by-filename
• 'bs--sort-by-mode

ajb-bs-configuration

The bs configuration to use when displaying the menu with ace-jump-buffer. Options:

• "all": Show all buffers [default]
• "persp": If you use perspective or persp-mode, you may set this to scope the buffer list to your current perspective.
• "projectile": If you use projectile, you may set this to scope the buffer list to your current project.

ajb-style

The method of displaying the overlays for ace-jump-buffer. Defaults to 'at-full which is the default value of avy.

Macro

(make-ace-jump-buffer-function) takes two variables: a string name and the body of a buffer rejection filter function.

For example, if you wanted an ace-jump-buffer function for pulling up your *shell-mode* buffers:

(make-ace-jump-buffer-function "shell"
  (with-current-buffer buffer
    (not (eq major-mode 'shell-mode))))

This would create a bs-configurations option named "shell" and a callable defun named (ace-jump-shell-buffers).

Changelog

0.4 - Changed the internal jumping library from ace-jump-mode to avy. ajb-home-row-keys was depreciated as the default avy-keys are set to the lower-cased home-row keys.

0.3 - Introduced a macro for easily making custom ace-jump-buffer filters and interactive functions