Re: change working directory in emacs

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 30.06.2006 um 20:20 schrieb danielx:
> When you find file in emacs, how does it it decide which directory  
> you will
> begin finding? Usually, it's the directory where you started emacs,

No! Not in Mac OS X, a FreeBSD based UNIX. Here it's either the  
current working directory of the shell in *shell* (and probably also  
*terminal*) buffer, the directory in the which the file resides from  
which you invoked find-grep, or it's the HOME directory for buffers  
like *scratch* or *calendar* ... From a *compile* buffer it's  
probably also its working directory and from the *Completions* buffer  
it's a bit "context sensible" -- if the buffer lists completions for  
a file to choose for loading from some directory, the search begins  
in this directory.

You can find out this also! Just do M-x find-grep RET and you'll see  
the starting point listed in the beginning of the *grep* buffer. No  
file be hurt, not even a directory.

> but if you've already opened some other files, you begin finding  
> elsewhere. Also,
> how can I tell emacs where I want to begin finding? Thanks!

Substitute ``.´´ in the actual find command with another directory name!

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   Pete

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