spacemacs layout

December 29, 2020

About spacemacs layout

I always open several windows that contains many buffers when doing project A. When I want to temporarily switch to project B, I had close all the buffers for A, and then reopen files that belogs to project B. But after playing with B, I return to A with no idea about what I’ve done before and about what buffers should I open.
So is there a way to keep buffers belogs to different projects in different, Eh, workspace or something like that?
Yes, it is called layout
Layouts are window configurations with buffer isolation, each layout can define several workspaces(think of them as sub-layouts) sharing the same list of buffers as their parent layout.

Basic Commands (Layout)

space l s: save current layout to a file
space l L: restore layout from a file
space l: activate transient-state
under transient state
?: toggle the documentation
[1..9 0]: swith to nth layout
d: delete the current layout and keep its buffers
D: delete the other layouts and keep their buffers
x: kill current layout with its buffers
X: kill other layouts with their buffers
R: rename current layout

introduction for workspace

Workspaces are sub-layouts, they allow to define multiple layouts into a given layout, those layouts share the same buffer as the parent layout

Basic Commands (Workspace)

space l w: activate the transient state
?: toggle the documentation
[1..9, 0]: switch to nth workspace
[C-1..C-9, C-0]: switch to nth workspace and keep the transient state active
d: close current workspace
n/l: switch to next workspace
N/p/h: switch to previous workspace
R: set a tag to the current workspace *　w: switch to tagged workspace
gt: go to next workspace
gT: go to previous workspace
space b W: go to workspace and window by buffer

Mode Line Command

space t m b: toggle the battery status
space t m c: toggle the org task clock
space t m m: toggle the minor mode lighters
space t m M: toggle the major mode

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