From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Bookmarks: separate set of bookmarks in directory Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:02:14 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1505433773 11316 195.159.176.226 (15 Sep 2017 00:02:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:02:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 15 02:02:49 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dse5p-0002ob-Fg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 02:02:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50593 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dse5w-0001I3-Lx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:02:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45110) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dse5R-0001Hs-QJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:02:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dse5O-0007OC-Mm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:02:25 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:31579) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dse5O-0007Nu-A3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:02:22 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0021.oracle.com (userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id v8F02H9A022255 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:02:18 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0021.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v8F02GNQ023808 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:02:17 GMT Original-Received: from ubhmp0009.oracle.com (ubhmp0009.oracle.com [156.151.24.62]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v8F02G5Y028604; Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:02:16 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 12.0.6774.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0021.oracle.com [156.151.31.71] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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 Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114285 Archived-At: I can't address all of your questions, in particular for lack of time; sorr= y. =C2=A0 You can have any number of bookmark files. You can load them separately, sw= itching from one to another, or you can load any number of them together. =C2=A0 You can create a bookmark to a bookmark file, i.e., a bookmark that, when i= nvoked ("jumped to") loads a particular bookmark file, either adding its bo= okmarks to the current bookmark list or replacing the current list with its= bookmarks.=20 =C2=A0 You can create a bookmark to a sequence of any number of arbitrary actions,= any of which could be to load a particular bookmark file (either adding bo= okmarks or replacing the current ones). =C2=A0 There are lots of possibilities. It's up to you to figure out the best way = to use the available features for your particular use context. =C2=A0 Specifying your use context in detail to others, so that they might be able= to help you craft a solution that best meets them, is too much work for yo= u and the others. It's better, I think, for you to get acquainted a bit wit= h what the tools offer (reading and experimenting), and then to figure out = what you might do with them to help you get your job done. If you run into = a particular problem along the way, ask for specific help.=20 =C2=A0 Thx - Drew =C2=A0 Drew: Thank you for your response.=C2=A0 I have re-read that section now, and I c= an see some ways that it could help me.=C2=A0 My chief concerns are: =C2=A0 for transparency: i don't want to have to think about the mechanics = of bookmarking or calling or saving them.=C2=A0=20 The dropbox bookmarks could, if possible, be stored in one bookmark file.= =C2=A0 Any time I access the folder, using emacs, I would want to see the l= ist in a listing such as "list-bookmarks" provides.=C2=A0=20 Each machine has a unique set of groupings and files, which would ideally b= e stored in a single unique bookmarks file.=C2=A0=20 Saving bookmarks would (in my perfect world) put them into either the local= or the dropbox bookmarks file, perhaps through a regular expression recogn= ition process.=C2=A0 Perhaps just recognition of "~/Dropbox" or whatever ot= her top level directory name would make this possible? If the previous is even possible, it would be sufficient (I think) for one = bookmark file to load another.=C2=A0 Perhaps the idea of setting a bookmark= file bookmark would make this easy enough.=C2=A0 Still I wonder about the = saving.=C2=A0=20 I am sorry if this is overly convoluted or if I have missed something obvio= us.=C2=A0=20 (I might just go ahead and use the directory-wise bookmark files ploy.=C2= =A0 Would there then be an easy way for these to be called by the directory= bookmark file in the toplevel subdir?=C2=A0 (And hence be visible at a gla= nce.). Thank you again, Alan=20