* find-file-at-point expanding environment variables?
@ 2010-04-13 22:58 David Rogoff
2010-04-14 0:31 ` David Rogoff
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From: David Rogoff @ 2010-04-13 22:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I could use some help. I use ffap (bound to c-x c-f) all the time.
However, I edit many files in which there are references to filenames
that use shell environment variables as part of the path. For example
- /home/${USER}/.cshrc . Is there a way for ffap to expand/substitute
this? It would make my life a lot easier.
Thanks,
David
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2010-04-13 22:58 find-file-at-point expanding environment variables? David Rogoff
@ 2010-04-14 0:31 ` David Rogoff
2010-04-14 9:31 ` Andreas Politz
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From: David Rogoff @ 2010-04-14 0:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2010-04-13 15:58:31 -0700, David Rogoff said:
> I could use some help. I use ffap (bound to c-x c-f) all the time.
> However, I edit many files in which there are references to filenames
> that use shell environment variables as part of the path. For example
> - /home/${USER}/.cshrc . Is there a way for ffap to expand/substitute
> this? It would make my life a lot easier.
I did some experimenting and see that ffap will expand variables ...
except if they are enclosed in curly braces. This isn't too bad a
limitation, but it would be better if I didn't have to edit the files
and remove the curly braces.
David
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2010-04-14 0:31 ` David Rogoff
@ 2010-04-14 9:31 ` Andreas Politz
2010-04-14 17:38 ` David Rogoff
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From: Andreas Politz @ 2010-04-14 9:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
David Rogoff <david@therogoffs.com> writes:
> On 2010-04-13 15:58:31 -0700, David Rogoff said:
>
>> I could use some help. I use ffap (bound to c-x c-f) all the
>> time. However, I edit many files in which there are references to
>> filenames that use shell environment variables as part of the path.
>> For example - /home/${USER}/.cshrc . Is there a way for ffap to
>> expand/substitute this? It would make my life a lot easier.
>
> I did some experimenting and see that ffap will expand variables
> ... except if they are enclosed in curly braces. This isn't too bad a
> limitation, but it would be better if I didn't have to edit the files
> and remove the curly braces.
>
> David
(add-to-list 'ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist
'(file "--:\\\\$+<>@-Z_[:alpha:]~*?{}" "<@" "@>;.,!:"))
Try this.
-ap
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2010-04-14 9:31 ` Andreas Politz
@ 2010-04-14 17:38 ` David Rogoff
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From: David Rogoff @ 2010-04-14 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2010-04-14 02:31:29 -0700, Andreas Politz said:
> David Rogoff <david@therogoffs.com> writes:
>
>> On 2010-04-13 15:58:31 -0700, David Rogoff said:
>>
>>> I could use some help. I use ffap (bound to c-x c-f) all the
>>> time. However, I edit many files in which there are references to
>>> filenames that use shell environment variables as part of the path.
>>> For example - /home/${USER}/.cshrc . Is there a way for ffap to
>>> expand/substitute this? It would make my life a lot easier.
>>
>> I did some experimenting and see that ffap will expand variables
>> ... except if they are enclosed in curly braces. This isn't too bad a
>> limitation, but it would be better if I didn't have to edit the files
>> and remove the curly braces.
>>
>> David
>
> (add-to-list 'ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist
> '(file "--:\\\\$+<>@-Z_[:alpha:]~*?{}" "<@" "@>;.,!:"))
Great -it appears to work perfectly!
Thanks,
David
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