3.6.2 Moving across buffers

The commands you will probably use most often are those who allow you to go to an adjacent buffer; that is a buffer just "after" or "before" the current one. The meaning of this will be obvious if you use tabs: the next buffer is the one just after the active one, on the right, and the previous buffer is the one on the left. However, XEmacs displays tabs in random order unfortunately, so you need to pay attention to the number which is displayed in each tab in order to know what is the adjacent buffer if you are using XEmacs. The key bindings for these commands are C-c C-p and C-c C-n.

These commands understand the numeric argument convention, i.e. if you call them with a number N as argument, you will be taken N buffers away from the current one. For example, to go two buffers on the right from the current position, use 2 C-c C-n(4).

C-c C-p

Move to the previous emacs-w3m buffer. This is usually the next buffer to the left in the tabs line under Emacs 21 and later. If called with a numeric argument N, move N buffers to the previous (w3m-previous-buffer).

C-c C-n

Move to the next emacs-w3m buffer. This is usually the next buffer to the right in the tabs line under Emacs 21 and later. If called with a numeric argument N, move N buffers to the next (w3m-next-buffer).

Also note that if these commands don't fit you well despite our efforts, you might find what you need in "generalist" buffer management packages such as ibuffer or iswitchb--since emacs-w3m buffers are regular Emacs buffers, they will work fine too.