* Changing working Directory useing abbrev ??
@ 2007-04-29 17:00 William Case
2007-04-30 3:31 ` Sebastian P. Luque
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From: William Case @ 2007-04-29 17:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: EMACS List
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
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* Re: Changing working Directory useing abbrev ??
2007-04-29 17:00 Changing working Directory useing abbrev ?? William Case
@ 2007-04-30 3:31 ` Sebastian P. Luque
2007-04-30 5:31 ` Changing working Directory useing abbrev ?? -- [SOLVED] William Case
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From: Sebastian P. Luque @ 2007-04-30 3:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:00:44 -0400,
William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> wrote:
[...]
> 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.
I'm not familiar with such directory abbreviations, but for this
functionality I like bookmarks; 'C-x r m' for creating a new one
(e.g. dired buffers), 'C-x r b' for jumping to one. Have a look.
--
Seb
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* Re: Changing working Directory useing abbrev ?? -- [SOLVED]
2007-04-30 3:31 ` Sebastian P. Luque
@ 2007-04-30 5:31 ` William Case
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From: William Case @ 2007-04-30 5:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian P. Luque; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Thanks Sebastion;
I finally figured out how it works.
On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 22:31 -0500, Sebastian P. Luque wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:00:44 -0400,
> William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > 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.
>
> I'm not familiar with such directory abbreviations, but for this
> functionality I like bookmarks; 'C-x r m' for creating a new one
> (e.g. dired buffers), 'C-x r b' for jumping to one. Have a look.
>
It's not intuitive to me but it works. I wanted to set a new pwd before
visiting files or creating new ones. You know, set it up before I start
working and then be free to bop around and know I will always get back
to my working directory.
I now I see I can do that with 'find-file' and directory-abbrev-alist +
bookmarks. I still feels counter-intuitive but I'll get used to it.
I believe I might be able to create environmental constants and use cd
$CONSTANT, but that seems like more trouble than it is worth.
Thanks for your tip -- it got me re-thinking the whole thing.
--
Regards Bill
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