From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: find-file, default path
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:23:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42DD291A.9090204@student.lu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dbj8cc$920$1@news.hispeed.ch>
Alex Schroeder wrote:
>Jan Guido Donath schrieb:
>
>
>>is it possible to pass find-file a default path?
>>i do have all my files in a certain directory, but find-file aka C-x C-f
>>always starts where the emacs bins are located.
>>
>>
>
>Just start emacs from a different directory or with a different "working
>directory".
>
>
Or set `default-directory' in your .emacs:
(setq default-directory "/my/files/directory/")
`default-directory' will later change to the dir of the file you are
editing.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-19 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-19 12:35 find-file, default path Jan Guido Donath
2005-07-19 15:46 ` Joe Corneli
2005-07-19 16:05 ` Alex Schroeder
2005-07-19 16:23 ` Lennart Borgman [this message]
2005-07-19 16:40 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.1014.1121792292.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-07-20 6:58 ` find-file + bookmarks = true? (was: find-file, default path) Mathias Dahl
2005-07-20 10:54 ` Emilio Lopes
[not found] ` <mailman.1008.1121788609.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-07-20 9:08 ` find-file, default path Jan Guido Donath
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