How to skip some buffers when use prev-buffer/next-buffer?

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windows 10, emacs 26.1

Suppose I open 10 buffers. If I can use prev-buffer (C-x left) / next-buffer (C-x right) to go to prev/next buffers. It's very comfortable.

But I need when I do this to skip some buffers. E.g. buffers whose names start with helm-xxx.

Is it possible?

Sure, write a custom command taking this in account. – wasamasa Sep 12 '18 at 17:18 — wasamasa, Sep 12 '18 at 17:18
Skipping some buffers is a classic – Nsukami _ Sep 12 '18 at 20:19 — Nsukami _, Sep 12 '18 at 20:19

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '18 at 10:08

You can control which buffers next-buffer will consider with the buffer-predicate frame parameter. An example which filters out all buffers that match "helm":

(defun my-buffer-predicate (buffer)
  (if (string-match "helm" (buffer-name buffer))
      nil
    t))
(set-frame-parameter nil 'buffer-predicate 'my-buffer-predicate)

How to skip some buffers when use prev-buffer/next-buffer?

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