From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: change working directory in emacs Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:53:18 -0700 Message-ID: References: <5124734.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151693633 3951 80.91.229.2 (30 Jun 2006 18:53:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:53:53 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 30 20:53:51 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FwO7b-00008X-3q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:53:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FwO7a-00033o-Fp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:53:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FwO7P-000322-Q0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:53:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FwO7O-0002z6-6U for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:53:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FwO7O-0002z3-3T for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:53:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1FwOKD-0006tC-Io for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:06:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id k5UIrQfD009053 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:53:27 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-73-170.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.73.170]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k5UIrP80016504 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:53:26 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <5124734.post@talk.nabble.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35767 Archived-At: 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, 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! Each file buffer has an associated directory - it is the buffer-local value of variable `default-directory'. This value is normally the directory of the file associated with the buffer. You can change the working directory using Emacs command `cd', just as in Unix or GNU/Linux.