From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: fangc@hotmail.com (F. Chen) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs? Date: 16 Oct 2003 01:52:39 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87n0c2rtvw.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066294937 25721 80.91.224.253 (16 Oct 2003 09:02:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 11:02:15 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 1AA41O-0002eS-00 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 11:02:15 +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 1AA40r-0002Fb-UA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 05:01:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.201.122.222 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1066294359 30366 127.0.0.1 (16 Oct 2003 08:52:39 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:52:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117305 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:13234 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13234 Tim X wrote in message news:<87n0c2rtvw.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au>... > >>>>> "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 Thanks Tim, this seems to be a useful package to use, that would save a bit typing if I can search files this way. fc