Emacs move around split windows in a specified direction?

Question

In Terminal Emacs (no mouse), I\'m using split windows to work with multiple buffers at the same time. I\'m finding moving between the split windows much more painful than h

Answer 1

Add this to your init file:

(windmove-default-keybindings)

Then you can use SHIFT+arrow to move to the next adjacent window in the specified direction.

You can specify a different modifier if you prefer, by passing an argument (defaults to 'shift).

Or just bind whatever you like to these functions:

• windmove-up
• windmove-down
• windmove-left
• windmove-right

You can also add FrameMove to the mix, to make this work transparently across multiple frames.

For numbered window navigation, there's switch-window.el.