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From: gebser@speakeasy.net
Subject: Re: define Info's "dir"?
Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 23:11:54 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0405012311050.7405-100000@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ekq4xz38.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de>


That looks like it'll work.  Thanks.

At 11:42 (UTC+0200) on Sat, 1 May 2004 Kai Grossjohann said:

= gebser@speakeasy.net writes:
= 
= > 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?
= 
= (setenv "econ" "/home/ken/projects/writings/politics/econ")
= 
= Then C-x C-f $econ/foo RET.
= 
= You can also always use $x and redefine it depending on your work
= context.
= 
= Kai
= 
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  reply	other threads:[~2004-05-02  3:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.2160.1083158847.1061.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-04-28 15:23 ` define Info's "dir"? Kevin Rodgers
2004-05-01  9:42 ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-05-02  3:11   ` gebser [this message]
2004-04-28  6:44 Mike Ballard
2004-04-28 11:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-04-28 12:35   ` gebser
2004-04-28 19:03     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-04-29 15:35       ` gebser
     [not found] ` <mailman.2124.1083147692.1061.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-04-29  5:16   ` Mike Ballard
2004-04-29 19:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]     ` <mailman.2480.1083262409.1061.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2004-04-30  4:07       ` Mike Ballard

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