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Hi there! :)

In my quest to develop on and for my NeXT, I've been learning Emacs, which can have many windows opened, which is pretty useful, in addition to several terminals to compile, etc. However, I'm must use the mouse to switch between these windows, which isn't very convenient.

Is there a utility, a "window switcher", to add some shortcut to swap between windows? Like "Alt-Tab" on Windows...

Thanks! ;D

PS. Ah, and how can I save the whole screen (or a single window) as an image? ::)

Quote from: tygre on May 03, 2026, 04:11 AMPS. Ah, and how can I save the whole screen (or a single window) as an image? ::)

You can use the following app to save in .tiff format:

/NextApps/Grab.app


Thanks, @ptek , for Grab! :)

Would you have some suggestions for "Alt-TAB"?

Quote from: tygre on May 04, 2026, 03:35 PMThanks, @ptek , for Grab! :)

Would you have some suggestions for "Alt-TAB"?

That's a good question. I don't know. Even on windows I don't use "Alt-TAB" as much as I used to compared to late 90s-early 00s.

Hi @ptek !

Maybe here's a good idea of a new tool to develop ;)

Cheers!

Quote from: tygre on May 02, 2026, 06:53 PMIs there a utility, a "window switcher", to add some shortcut to swap between windows? Like "Alt-Tab" on Windows...

Thanks! ;D

Hi I just checked NeXTSTEP Release 3 User's Guide (https://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/next/NeXTSTEP_User_Guide_1994.pdf) and could not see anything on page 76 of 404 of the PDF Switching to another application.

EDIT: Try pressing the "command key"+"up key" or "command key"+"down key". This seems to work on Previous and NS33. I found this as I was trying to scroll up and down in Edit.app