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From: Enselic <enselic@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: A quick way of opening any file with given extension within a directory hierarchy?
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:39:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1181061564.502427.153140@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> (raw)

Hello

I am wondering if this functionality has been written by someone.

1. I call func-i-look-for.

2. The mini buffer switches to "What file do you want?: "

3. When I start typing, there is a buffer that shows all files within
a given directory hierarchy whose filenames start with what I have
written.

4. I can cycle between available completions with C-n C-p (without
messing up what I have written in the minibuffer) and <return> takes
me to chosen buffer.

Let's clarify with an example. I have the following source tree:

root/file.cpp
root/gtk/gtk.cpp
root/msw/file2.cpp

And call (after requred setup is made) func-i-look-for, then type "fi"

I would now have file.cpp and file2.cpp listed in the buffer, and C-n
<return> would get me to file2.cpp.

Does anyone know if there is elisp code that does this somewhere?

Thank you,
- Martin Nordholts

             reply	other threads:[~2007-06-05 16:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-05 16:39 Enselic [this message]
2007-06-05 17:22 ` A quick way of opening any file with given extension within adirectory hierarchy? Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <mailman.1584.1181064234.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-06-05 19:14   ` Peter Tury
2007-06-05 20:07     ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-05 20:30     ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-06-05 20:43     ` A quick way of opening any file with given extension withinadirectory hierarchy? Drew Adams
2007-06-05 21:00 ` A quick way of opening any file with given extension within a directory hierarchy? Kim F. Storm
2007-06-05 21:17   ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-06-06  8:20     ` Kim F. Storm
2007-06-07  1:40       ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-06-14 18:31 ` Enselic

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