From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs? Date: 16 Oct 2003 08:57:55 +1000 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87n0c2rtvw.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066258187 3117 80.91.224.253 (15 Oct 2003 22:49:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 22:49:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 00:49:45 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A9uSf-0005xr-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:49:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A9uPr-0004K3-Rp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:46:51 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp124-26.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1066257661 ppp124-26.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net (16 Oct 2003 08:11:01 +0950) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.ade.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117297 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13227 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13227 >>>>> "F" == F Chen writes: F> Hello there: This probably is a very FAQ, but I am having trouble F> finding a solution, hence here to ask again. F> I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g. F> alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so F> everytime I want to open a file in that directory but from a F> different location, I can do something along the line of C-x C-f F> type wd, then file name. F> Any help will be greatly appreciated. F> fc Though not exactly what you want, I think the ffap pakage has the facility to set a default search path. With this, if you try to open a file which doesn't exist in the current directory, it will search for the file in a list of directories you specify. You could make that list the home or default place to look. If thats not sufficient for what you want, the package may give you some clues on how you could put together your own lisp code to do it. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!