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Emacs move between split windows not C+x 0

If I move between split windows as in this SO answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/4671868/461887

C-x o

It closes the left hand side buffer/split when doing this. I just want to hop between the splits not close the current split.

How do I do this?

Solution

  • Make sure you are hitting the letter 'o', not the number 0. 0 will close the current window, and 'o' will switch to other window. ('window' in emacs terminology is what you are referring to as a 'buffer' or 'split')

    If that doesn't work, try loading emacs with '-q' at the command line which will disable loading of any customizations in your initialization file that might be interfering with emacs' default keybindings.

    emacs -q

    You can also try C-h b which will pop up a buffer which describes all of your keybindings - search this for C-x o to see what it is bound to.