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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: viewing random list of files in dired
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:28:12 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8763kca2pv.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 007d01c97994$f99ac400$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Just set `file-names' to a list of files. E.g.:
> (setq file-names '("some-file-in-def-dir.el" "/some/abs/file/foo.el"))
>
> No matter how the list of file names is created, it should work.

Pretty slick... thanks





  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-18 18:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-18 13:04 viewing random list of files in dired Andreas Politz
2009-01-18 13:54 ` Rupert Swarbrick
2009-01-18 15:10   ` Andreas Politz
2009-01-18 16:15     ` Drew Adams
2009-01-18 17:00       ` Drew Adams
2009-01-18 17:38         ` Harry Putnam
2009-01-18 17:48           ` Drew Adams
2009-01-18 18:28             ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2009-01-18 18:45               ` Drew Adams
2009-02-17 14:16   ` David Combs

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