I would like to be able to name a window in emacs, and specify that window when opening and creating new buffers. I've looked through the manual but all I can find is find-file-other-window
, which doesn't allow me to specify which window to open the buffer in. Perhaps I'm trying to use emacs in a way it wasn't intended to be used, but what I am trying to achieve is a workspace similar to an IDE:
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| Project | Main editor | Help Docs |
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| | Console/Shell | |
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For example, I would like to have all internal help and python docs open in the right window, and all .py files in the main window by default. Any ideas?
EDIT: I should mention that I'm using emacs in no-window console mode.