Clojurians Log v2

@enn this is the package https://github.com/corgi-emacs/clj-ns-name

Standard part of Corgi emacs

@enn You can easily customize how emacs creates buffer names for identical file names by setting 'uniquify-buffer-name-style'. For your use case (setq uniquify-buffer-name-style 'forward) will add the directory name in front of the filename to make the buffer name distinct: routes/foo.clj and handler/foo.clj

clojure-lsp and clj-refactor do that, probably it's your clojure-lsp

check :auto-add-ns-to-new-files? in clojure-lsp https://clojure-lsp.io/settings/

ah, thank you

check your find-file-hook in particular, clj-refactor adds itself to it when loaded.

The context here is: I want to have my Clojure buffers named after the namespace rather than the filename. I have a function to do this that looks like so:

(defun rename-buffer-to-ns ()
  (interacive)
  (when (buffer-file-name)
    (let ((ns (clojure-find-ns)))
      (when (and ns (not (string= "" ns)))
        (rename-buffer ns)))))

First why you want a different name? Probably because your source paths not match? If so, configuring Clojure-lsp source-paths may be a good idea

@enn , iirc Arne - @plexus done something like that, I'm on my phone (can't look it up) but maybe check his emacs config (should be on gh).

I do remember he at some point was experimenting with naming the buffers like FQN of namespaces

If you're doing that purely for a better way of finding the right ns file quickly - maybe don't. Use consult-lsp instead

My source paths match, I just find the namespace more useful than the filename. In my Clojure projects I often have a bunch of same-named files in different parts of the source tree. Maybe I have a routes/foo.clj that has the API route definitions for the foo domain entity, a handler/foo.clj that has the HTTP handlers, a domain/foo.clj that has the domain model, a validation/foo.clj that has some business logic, etc. I also usually have a bunch of core.cljs and util.cljs. By default Emacs gives these buffers the useless names foo.clj, foo.clj<2> , foo.clj<3>, etc. It's much more helpful to see names like my-project.routes.foo, my-project.handler.foo, etc. in the modeline and in my buffer list.

I'll take a look at plexus's Emacs config, thanks for the tip

Ah so its not the ns you wanna customize, but the modeline to show the ns and not the file name? Got it

right, I want the buffer name to be the ns

Yeah I'm not aware of any "official" way to do that, but sounds like somethhing interesting that lsp-mode could have optionally indeed

@enn ah, I found Arne's experiment. Gosh it's been 7 years ago https://gist.github.com/plexus/5418819323afb892b481816745be15e0

I have this in my setup

(setq-default mode-line-buffer-identification
              '(:eval (format-mode-line
                       (propertized-buffer-identification
                        (or (when (project-current)
                              (when-let* ((buffer-file-truename buffer-file-truename)
                                          (prj (project-root (project-current)))
                                          (prj-parent (file-name-directory (directory-file-name (expand-file-name prj)))))
                                (concat (file-relative-name (file-name-directory buffer-file-truename) prj-parent) (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-truename))))
                            ;; (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-truename)
                            "%b")))))

I also tend to use project-find-file to find files and don't really look at the buffer list very much. So maybe that's why I'm fine with not renaming the buffers. I'm sure there are schemes for changing how unique buffer names are chosen when they clash, So you get a dir name instead of <2> etc.... let me google a sec

yeah maybe look at the variable uniquify-buffer-name-style? Maybe setting that to forward would be good enough?