From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: define Info's "dir"? Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:35:59 -0400 (EDT) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083162975 2301 80.91.224.253 (28 Apr 2004 14:36:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:36:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 28 16:36:02 2004 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 1BIqAC-0005PE-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:36:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIp74-0007qU-QS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:28:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BIoce-0002Dl-2P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:57:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BIoRf-0000vF-Po for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:46:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.202] (helo=mail2.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BIoIL-0007IM-RF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:36:09 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 2065 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2004 12:36:02 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail2.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 28 Apr 2004 12:36:02 -0000 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:18076 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18076 I'm not the original poster, but I'd like to be able to set the default directory interactively and change it from time to time. The motivation is that I sometimes work on a project whose (multiple) files all reside, or will reside, in a particular directory (or subdirs of it. As a fictional example, suppose I'm working on economics today. Throughout the day I create several files which I want to have in econ/national/, econ/state/, econ/local/, and econ/international. In this case I'd want the default directory to be /home/ken/projects/writings/politics/econ/ but wouldn't want to have to type that in every time I visit a file. I'm aware of "M-x cd" but this sets "default-directory" only for that buffer. I'd like a function (defun in emacspeak, yes?) which is global, i.e., sets the default-directory no matter which buffer I'm currently visiting. Is there such a nicety? tia, ken At 13:22 (UTC+0200) on 28 Apr 2004 Eli Zaretskii said: = > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help = > From: Mike Ballard = > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:44:26 GMT = > = > Is there a way to tell Emacs to always use a specific "dir" as the = > top-level dir file? Even if the name is not "dir"? = = There doesn't seem to be a way to do that. The names of DIR files are = hardwired into info.el: Emacs looks for `dir', `DIR', `dir.info', and = `DIR.INFO', in that order, in each Info directory. = = The names are hardwired because the Texinfo package never generates = DIR files under any other name. = = Why do you need that? What is the real problem behind your request? = = = = _______________________________________________ = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org = http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs =