From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Case Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Changing working Directory useing abbrev ?? Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:00:44 -0400 Message-ID: <1177866044.3152.139.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177866037 19796 80.91.229.12 (29 Apr 2007 17:00:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:00:37 +0000 (UTC) To: EMACS List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 29 19:00:35 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HiClF-0002cE-Ay for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:00:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCrK-0002HD-L8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:06:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCr6-0002E0-O3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:06:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCr4-00029F-Qc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:06:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HiCr4-000295-La for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.225.207]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HiCky-0002G0-G5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 37444 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2007 17:00:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Subject:From:To:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=B+rw4+tg83otHKtAlt4zDZqA47FRYyVzM8hCkkRskvB1ZtvPvI2110Zi7RaGSyrorJ9DbIBPt/LIZqMQmKGOFX4qNxvhLGU0E4woaV5bTNFoy3yfmkEibswWSQ5AObXRE2W9Sf8ct4MmXU+EQq0vo5dmWtFPU5ZX43vhAkaWReY= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.4?) (billlinux@rogers.com@74.104.51.86 with plain) by smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2007 17:00:15 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: fW.2QOkVM1m67ykWgAGXC8szbzvebTBQe4VwHt4E.B5zzI2ncf420Y5f1I9Bl2948A-- X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:43352 Archived-At: Hi; I have the following path abbrevs in my ~/.emacs: '(directory-abbrev-alist (quote (("ppprac" . "/home/bill/Docs/Stuff/PHPprac/") ("ocrepo" . "/home/bill/OclugRepo") ("workem" . "/home/bill/Docs/Work/emacs/")))) These abbrevs work with my find-file command. i.e C-x C-f RET workem RET opens a new dired buffer "/home/bill/Docs/Work/emacs/" -- which is what I want. On the other hand, when I try 'M-x cd RET workem RET ' ( and various imaginative variations) I get '[no match]'. How can I use my path abbrevs to change to a new pwd?? Oh, by the way, I have googled and info-ed indeed. I am still not used to using all the correct search criteria, so the explanation is there somewhere I am sure, but I can't find it. -- Regards Bill