From: Enselic <enselic@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: A quick way of opening any file with given extension within a directory hierarchy?
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:31:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1181845889.026128.197000@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1181061564.502427.153140@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
On 5 Juni, 18:39, Enselic <ense...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am wondering if this functionality has been written by someone.
>
> 1. I call func-i-look-for.
>
> 2. The mini buffer switches to "What file do you want?: "
>
> 3. When I start typing, there is a buffer that shows all files within
> a given directory hierarchy whose filenames start with what I have
> written.
>
> 4. I can cycle between available completions with C-n C-p (without
> messing up what I have written in the minibuffer) and <return> takes
> me to chosen buffer.
>
> Let's clarify with an example. I have the following source tree:
>
> root/file.cpp
> root/gtk/gtk.cpp
> root/msw/file2.cpp
>
> And call (after requred setup is made) func-i-look-for, then type "fi"
>
> I would now have file.cpp and file2.cpp listed in the buffer, and C-n
> <return> would get me to file2.cpp.
>
> Does anyone know if there is elisp code that does this somewhere?
>
> Thank you,
> - MartinNordholts
It works pretty well to just find-file the files needed, then use
excellent buffer selection facility that ido-mode provides.
Thanks for all replies
- Martin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-14 18:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-05 16:39 A quick way of opening any file with given extension within a directory hierarchy? Enselic
2007-06-05 17:22 ` A quick way of opening any file with given extension within adirectory hierarchy? Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.1584.1181064234.32220.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-06-05 19:14 ` Peter Tury
2007-06-05 20:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-06-05 20:30 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-06-05 20:43 ` A quick way of opening any file with given extension withinadirectory hierarchy? Drew Adams
2007-06-05 21:00 ` A quick way of opening any file with given extension within a directory hierarchy? Kim F. Storm
2007-06-05 21:17 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-06-06 8:20 ` Kim F. Storm
2007-06-07 1:40 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-06-14 18:31 ` Enselic [this message]
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