I wonder how many emacs users know about c-x 0? Having just gotten a
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lispwizard · 2026-10-07 11:13

I wonder how many emacs users know about c-x 0?Having just gotten a
window split while editing a buffer (either in
response to a command like c-x c-b or because of something
independently happening in a non-visible buffer), most emacs users
know that c-x 1 will remove that other window and make the currently
edited buffer's window full size.But, if instead you want that newly-
popped-up window to be the only
one (for example to search around in it with maximal context visible),
most people would do c-x o c-x 1 (switch to that other window and make
it be the only one) instead of c-x 0 which removes the current window,
resulting in the other window's being the only one and full size (4
keystrokes vs 2).And returning to the previously-being-edited buffer
afterward is as
simple as c-x b <return> because the implicit buffer switch is put on
the history.#emacs #tidbit