jojojames / ibuffer-sidebar

A sidebar for IBuffer

IBuffer Sidebar

Screenshots

When used with dired-sidebar.

Installation

(use-package ibuffer-sidebar
  :load-path "~/.emacs.d/fork/ibuffer-sidebar"
  :ensure nil
  :commands (ibuffer-sidebar-toggle-sidebar)
  :config
  (setq ibuffer-sidebar-use-custom-font t)
  (setq ibuffer-sidebar-face `(:family "Helvetica" :height 140)))

Sidebar can also be toggled together with dired-sidebar.

(defun +sidebar-toggle ()
  "Toggle both `dired-sidebar' and `ibuffer-sidebar'."
  (interactive)
  (dired-sidebar-toggle-sidebar)
  (ibuffer-sidebar-toggle-sidebar))

Contributing

cask
make compile
make test
make lint

ibuffer-sidebar's Issues

Feature request: emacs.d for screenshots

Can you post the init files for the screenshots? I really like the setup you have on them.

Shouldn't activate the buffer

I noticed (ibuffer-sidebar-toggle-sidebar), unlike (ibuffer-sidebar-show-sidebar) activates the buffer window automatically, IMO it's better if the cursor remains in the current buffer.

Note: not an actual issue. Perhaps, the default behavior is what's intended. Just wanted to keep this for posterity. Maybe someone else finds it useful.

The effect that I wanted can be achieved like this:

(add-to-list
   'display-buffer-alist
   `(,ibuffer-sidebar-name
     (display-buffer-no-window)
     (allow-no-window . t)
     (no-focus-on-display . t)))

Integration w/ `ibuffer-vc` or `ibuffer-projectile`

Hi,

From the screenshots I see it's possible to integrate with ibuffer-vc. What specific configurations are necessary to have it working like so? Also, is there the possibility of integrating with ibuffer-projectile? Currently I have the latter configured and working fine in an ibuffer buffer, but nothing changes on the sidebar.

Thank you very much for your support.

Open buffer in MRU window

Something like this: jojojames/dired-sidebar@fb5a2ee

Frame-specific ibuffers (mainly for frame-purpose.el)

frame-purpose.el by alphapapa alters buffer-list function on a frame so that it serves a specific mode/directory. That is, with frame-purpose, ibuffer/switch-to-buffer/etc. can be restricted to a specific mode/directory.

ibuffer-sidebar does not seem to work well with frame-purpose at present, because it shares the same buffer name between all frames. I could invent a solution to this problem by overriding ibuffer-sidebar-get-or-create-buffer function as follows:

(defun ibuffer-sidebar-get-or-create-buffer ()
    "Get or create a `ibuffer-sidebar' buffer."
    (or (ibuffer-sidebar-buffer)
        (let ((new-buffer (generate-new-buffer ibuffer-sidebar-name)))
          (with-current-buffer new-buffer
            (ibuffer-sidebar-setup))
          new-buffer)))

This solution creates a new (number-suffixed) ibuffer-sidebar buffer if the current frame does not have one. This seem to work nicely with frame-purpose and makes an Emacs frame more like an IDE window, thanks to your sidebar packages.

Note that this is a proof of concept and may not be a practical solution. If you don't use frame-purpose, sharing the same ibuffer-sidebar buffer between all frames would be better. I think it needs refinement, but I would like to hear your comment before I (or you) may work on further implementation. Is there anything wrong with this solution?