* Re: ffap: if file at point doesn't exist, but its directory does
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@ 2003-11-17 16:39 ` Kevin Rodgers
2003-11-21 0:25 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2003-11-17 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Ffap gentlemen, assume your cursor is on
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset" but the file doesn't exist, but the
> directory does. Well, ffap should (optionally ask, and) take you to a
> dired of that directory... better than the current nothing.
Nah. C-x d.
--
Kevin Rodgers
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* Re: ffap: if file at point doesn't exist, but its directory does
2003-11-17 16:39 ` ffap: if file at point doesn't exist, but its directory does Kevin Rodgers
@ 2003-11-21 0:25 ` Dan Jacobson
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From: Dan Jacobson @ 2003-11-21 0:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
>> Ffap gentlemen, assume your cursor is on
>> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset" but the file doesn't exist, but the
>> directory does. Well, ffap should (optionally ask, and) take you to a
>> dired of that directory... better than the current nothing.
K> Nah. C-x d.
Don't be silly. The whole point is what to do when the file doesn't
exist. If I knew that in the first place, I would have hit C-x d.
And, smartypants, just try hitting C-x d with the cursor placed on a
path where the file doesn't exist, but the directory does. What does
your C-x d prompt with there? Nothing, nada, nilch*, just the current
directory.
*coined new word. 10 points.
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* ffap: if file at point doesn't exist, but its directory does
@ 2003-11-15 18:30 Dan Jacobson
2003-11-17 17:14 ` Juri Linkov
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Dan Jacobson @ 2003-11-15 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
Ffap gentlemen, assume your cursor is on
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset" but the file doesn't exist, but the
directory does. Well, ffap should (optionally ask, and) take you to a
dired of that directory... better than the current nothing.
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* Re: ffap: if file at point doesn't exist, but its directory does
2003-11-15 18:30 Dan Jacobson
@ 2003-11-17 17:14 ` Juri Linkov
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From: Juri Linkov @ 2003-11-17 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> Ffap gentlemen, assume your cursor is on
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xreset" but the file doesn't exist, but the
> directory does. Well, ffap should (optionally ask, and) take you to a
> dired of that directory... better than the current nothing.
I have another problem with ffap: it can't find a file if file name
contains spaces. I fixed this problem by the new function:
(defun my-find-file-at-point-or-region (&optional arg)
"Find filename at point or selected by region.
This function is useful, when filename contains spaces, and so can't
be fully matched by `find-file-at-point'. In this case user should
manually select region around the full filename and invoke this command.
This function also maps UNIX filenames to Window$ filenames."
(interactive "P")
(let ((filename
(if (and transient-mark-mode mark-active)
(buffer-substring-no-properties (mark) (point))
(ffap-string-at-point))))
(and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
filename
(string-match "^/dos/\\([A-Za-z]\\)\\(.*\\)" filename)
(setq filename (concat (match-string 1 filename) ":"
(match-string 2 filename))))
(or (and filename (file-exists-p filename))
(setq filename (ffap-guesser)))
(find-file-at-point (ffap-prompter filename))))
But I think it is not the right thing yet. Ffap should be fixed
to pick up full file name with spaces without requiring the user
to select a region.
--
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
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