From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Thomas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: file metadata Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:45:26 +0530 Message-ID: <86a5f6babl.fsf@gmx.net> References: <87bjzqp9dv.fsf@librehacker.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29048"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs Mailing List To: Christopher Howard Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 15 00:16:27 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1t0TMY-0007TV-UG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:16:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1t0TM1-0000DK-81; Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:15:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1t0TLz-0000Cu-4G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:15:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1t0TLx-0008Mk-FL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:15:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmx.net; s=s31663417; t=1728944135; x=1729548935; i=jimjoe@gmx.net; bh=KVp1cmZ0Jmg7zgVwoAY+MolH5zVuyUqLrem3uGtjCEY=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date: Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:cc:content-transfer-encoding: content-type:date:from:message-id:mime-version:reply-to:subject: to; b=du58Gu0seu/YQD3aR/4SUxeNp50Z4G6pmXrMgmzIs77VCpiA04KdHaSrx4FipV7b xpCIO2SLZABDnENUhexKlLd6gRecbZqZffvcoANIeNRPCjcx103Lf9iFGaIlIp2rY 95Y7bHMkkX5nnFIRbgsa3J0jvANcqKchq+PoeXvx6AHkIvlFtvNd7Q0PDNA4fSqOl ttbUwsRNDFhigoYGYp431DDAW2iqxDJtVusznPy9bksTnF9/tgrzdS6sHSu7XPDXL qmAi4xqFfXVKaZiZw9uYe4NKAamUhm7CMjy+QWD2ITXA/YSnnrz6OPvSQM2PoaAb7 K4mRzxeidSlPhSBlFg== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Original-Received: from user-Inspiron-3493 ([42.108.28.157]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx104 [212.227.17.174]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MAwbp-1t6p9L2Miv-00G64o; Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:15:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87bjzqp9dv.fsf@librehacker.com> (Christopher Howard's message of "Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:22:52 -0800") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:brV1AUxCWfNJ9iMNqmZWRf6gMe/REzv5zDNWr+caaw46U2a5j18 W/zV1Z4j10BKp6ssLl/lBQVCz8MucBKsdf/sWYKAxU8H1d4A2o8y0k04vtCiyXRBECeJvfd tjWiqF6Ffig/07xlQKD9nYMwzNvjGNzmdSuuxxgiq+IJwY35XCmWfzcq4k4thvOSzprUgUE SPCOMjNZl0HRYASz1VyxQ== UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:wePIMa5kWK0=;pk6pW0i3WOPxa0mcmT+LjymY1ig e2KYa68jJ+CiXmW492IeUpNdFkEQphDHuvzZEJ6h/Wls5E/16/0lCxQ9ekP/7fXhsbhVvXxmU 3kUmF2VcPbRnS8OsIPo4sf8ObiF3cHMAZUe2FYL1O5Cz9F9JyIsy8papS63q9VfaXiEJgeuYp WsUUxzJ3Kem2nystasAom2pXF6sT8JAsjVGn5RDvz95RDXMwNy0YYMEkJC0xGtMXQ7asVb91a RO4YQmvaAr14vSIqDJbizbJ2IEtQIkKNepIRWrJ4L57EpkmgMhi1YN36sxTz8rG/RZvhuq+Gc QeUGoT9NYoTMUumWBjWOVAI0WC83132Nw4I37zWE9u7MJjRNUE73uqeX2rxG4Du4HTAC71b5s Nsd2Xb7wXUCgsf27ulKHAN9Mo1tjMv30dDeikzxvYmHOYvXFK1IFChHgh6aGSh43xt7+FTBLF sh00Esl/MkyRvsxirZvVdydJC6Uu/FGZ3/bt0Mai8LbI54UIOgIkK67rHB1AYeT45a9iTWACp M0uD2gtug7uSi0s7e2MZplqTxT+fSPvUhZXJK2c7T829JlJI14kC/orr8+pC6uGOo2WJnWAQu x9vLaMSwLtay17IbkLmMqra1lUHVD2XcjqWZtlMaLULRFNZa0HSpevpLTb1F4oYuEYTAiXZef hBfAoAbmazd9egtYbjGfwpiQILZHxBwUwH5e5UjcS7Fqwr85UiapRT+AnGFb9U/A7Vb+AO469 LaD4ZBTJZyEmPWf57AO/s0LwA3il3GOuae89MiwAJNPa5WX/QkLdMeqtIBmNQ2Rh5wX6dxTa Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.17.21; envelope-from=jimjoe@gmx.net; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:148158 Archived-At: Christopher Howard wrote: > Hi, I have a bunch of files in various project that have > non-descriptive names, but I don't want to change the file names, nor > the file contents. It would be nice if there was some way I could > display my own description of the file next to the the file listing, > say in dired. Do we have any kind of extension, ideally with dired > integration, that provides some of kind of file metadata system, or > interacts with a third party metadata system? I had a system where I used: (let ((backup-directory-alist '(("." . "~/denote")))) (make-backup-file-name-1 (expand-file-name (file-name-with-extension filename "org")))) ...to automatically check for a corresponding denote file with metadata. Regards, James