You might want to read the introductory blog post.
Redefine M-< and M-> (or any key bound to beginning-of-buffer or
end-of-buffer) for some modes so that point moves to meaningful
locations. The real beginning and end of buffers (i.e., point-min
and point-max) are still accessible by pressing the same key again.
In particular, these modes are supported:
| Mode | M-< | M-> |
|---|---|---|
| dired-mode | first file | last file |
| magit-status-mode | first section | last section |
| message-mode | first body line | last line before signature |
| prog-mode | after initial comments | before final comments |
| occur-mode | first match | last match |
| ibuffer-mode | first buffer | last buffer |
| bs-mode | first buffer | last buffer |
| vc-dir-mode | first interesting file | last interesting file |
| recentf-dialog-mode | first most recent file | last most recent file |
| org-agenda-mode | first agenda item | last agenda item |
| compilation-mode | first compilation error | last compilation error |
| notmuch-search-mode | first thread | last thread |
| elfeed-mode | first feed | last feed |
| prodigy-mode | first service | last service |
Finally, beginend does what you expect when your buffer is narrowed.
Use melpa.
You can activate beginend for all modes it supports by customizing the
variable beginend-global-mode (M-x customize-variable RET
beginend-global-mode RET) or by adding this line to your
configuration file:
(beginend-global-mode)You can also decide to only activate beginend for some of its
supported major modes (e.g., through beginend-dired-mode).
At this point, newly opened supported buffers will get improved
versions of M-< and M-> (or any key bound to beginning-of-buffer
or end-of-buffer).
The following shows some screencasts. In each screencast, the cursor is moved to the meaningful beginning and end and to the real beginning and end.
Yes, please do! See CONTRIBUTING for guidelines.
Adding new modes is a matter of a few lines of code. For example,
these five lines (already included) define the behavior of beginend in
org-agenda-mode:
(beginend-define-mode org-agenda-mode
(progn
(org-agenda-next-item 1))
(progn
(org-agenda-previous-item 1)))The first progn is responsible for moving point to the meaningful
beginning of buffer. Before being executed, point is at the real
beginning of the buffer (i.e., point-min). The expression
(org-agenda-next-item 1) thus moves to the first agenda item.
Similarly, the second progn is responsible for moving point to the
meaningful end of buffer starting from real end (i.e., point-max).
See COPYING. Copyright (c) 2017 Damien Cassou and Matus Goljer.