From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: I'm looking for a project management system for Emacs Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:11:33 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396113323 357 80.91.229.3 (29 Mar 2014 17:15:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:15:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 29 18:15:19 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WTwqk-00057Y-7T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:15:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40235 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WTwqj-0005kP-Mr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:15:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 62 Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="aabc59b8ce9cdce0c2995912677c9e55"; logging-data="1880"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/aUIpukBeQp40RGY68pnFSasFm+fmm9sw=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GhF2t5HXyEEfEmsHwiS2TKEX9Jo= sha1:xH1QkwcuTMxT9rdhmEezvQKwI0E= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:204566 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96835 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski writes: > Hello all, > > as stated in the subject line, I'm looking for a project management > system in Emacs. Since there are quite a few of them, I thought I > could ask here. I don't have /strict/ requirements, but rather a few > problems I'd like that system to address, and a few features I'd > probably need. > > 1. When I have many files open, switching to another buffer is a bit > cumbersome, even when using Ido. I'd like that system to have > something like "ido-switch-buffer-within-project". > > 2. Files of the project might not be located in one folder (so > e.g. Projectile probably won't work for me). Rationale: there may be > a few files somehere down the ~/Documents hierarchy and /one/ file in > ~/org. On the other hand, I'd like to be able to specify that "this > file and all files in that directory belong to this project", without > manually listing all the files in "that directory". It would then be > best if adding a file into the specified directory (or tree) would add > it /automatically/ to the project. > > 3. One file may belong to more than one project. Rationale: see above. > > 4. It would be great if I could mark some /global/ variables > project-dependent, i.e., each variable would have its "project > instance", and switching between projects would mean changing its > value accordingly. (It would probably also need some kind of > persistence, too.) Rationale: org-clock-history;). > > 5. Of course, I'd like to be able to visit/kill all files/buffers > related to the project with one command. Also, adding a project (and > a file/files to an existing project) should be possible in some > interactive way (though using some Elisp variable for that might be > acceptable). > > 6. On the other hand, window configuration management is not a must > for me - currently I work 98% of the time on a small netbook and > usually have only one window open anyway. I'm planning to use a > larger monitor in some time, though, so while not necessary, this > would be a nice bonus. > > Is there anything in existence that would help me? Are there any > potentially useful features I did not think of that people find > useful? The only clear requirement I get out of this is open all files in a project. The Makefile has to have the file list anyway. Perhaps something like: PROJ_SRC:=$(wildcard *.c) PROJ_HDR:=$(wildcard *.h) open_all: emacsclient $(PROJ_SRC) $(PROJ_HDR) -- Dan Espen