Subject: bug#41410: Patch: Add function ffap-other-tab

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 01:31:04 +0300

> Attached is a patch to add a function to open files at point in another
> tab. It is basically the same as the function ffap-other-window.

Thanks, this is a useful addition.  Please push it to master.

> +(defun ffap-other-tab (filename)
> +  "Like `ffap', but put buffer in another tab.
> +Only intended for interactive use."
> +  (interactive (list (ffap-prompter nil " other tab")))
> +  (pcase (save-window-excursion (find-file-at-point filename))
> +    ((or (and (pred bufferp) b) `(,(and (pred bufferp) b) . ,_))
> +     (switch-to-buffer-other-tab b))))
> +
>  (defun ffap--toggle-read-only (buffer-or-list)
>    (dolist (buffer (if (listp buffer-or-list)
>  		      buffer-or-list
> @@ -2013,6 +2023,7 @@ ffap-bindings
>
>       (global-set-key [remap find-file-other-window] 'ffap-other-window)
>       (global-set-key [remap find-file-other-frame] 'ffap-other-frame)
> +     (global-set-key [remap find-file-other-tab] 'ffap-other-tab)
>       (global-set-key [remap find-file-read-only-other-window] 'ffap-read-only-other-window)
>       (global-set-key [remap find-file-read-only-other-frame] 'ffap-read-only-other-frame)