Currently, the menu brought up by the Buffers menu item in the menu bar only shows the last 9 buffers and no more than about 29 characters of the buffer name. How can I change the number of buffers displayed in this menu and how can I get it to show more characters in the buffer name?
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perogiex
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For a mouse-free approach, you should try using `M-x ibuffer` too (and then use `C-h m` to read about its filtering and grouping capabilities). I always recommend re-binding `C-x C-b` to `ibuffer`. These days I bind the 'menu' key on my keyboard to this as well. – phils Mar 31 '12 at 00:42
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How 'bout buffers-menu-buffer-name-length and buffers-menu-max-size?
You may also prefer using C-mouse-1, which gives you a different kind of "buffers menu", which I personally prefer (so I just get rid of the "Buffers" menu with (define-key global-map [menu-bar buffer] nil), thus saving scarce menubar real-estate).
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Cross-linking to http://stackoverflow.com/q/10710467/324105, which is an analogous question for the different buffers menu Stefan mentions. – phils Jan 05 '14 at 01:07