From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Directory name to variable (dired?)
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 16:05:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181008000538.GC17855@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV--PdVahmabPRrYwYt1YuzVn=J7k6X1i6PZw3uJfRZ_-pg@mail.gmail.com>
* Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> [181007 15:32]:
> On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 17:55, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a function that returns a directory and full path
> > so that it could be assigned to a variable?
>
> Which directory?
Any
> > Ideally, dired would be a great place to start, as the directory
> > path is at the top of the screen.
>
> The one at the top of the screen is already in variable `default-directory'.
Understood.
It looks like `default-directory changes to whichever directory is
logged. If that's the case, then that is what I'm looking for. :)
thanks.
--
Tim Johnson
http://www.tj49.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-08 0:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-07 21:49 Directory name to variable (dired?) Tim Johnson
2018-10-07 23:02 ` Drew Adams
2018-10-07 23:14 ` Tim Johnson
2018-10-08 0:02 ` Drew Adams
2018-10-08 0:20 ` Tim Johnson
2018-10-08 1:55 ` Drew Adams
2018-10-08 15:08 ` Tim Johnson
2018-10-08 15:18 ` Tim Johnson
2018-10-08 15:27 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-10-08 15:56 ` Drew Adams
2018-10-08 20:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-10-08 20:50 ` Tim Johnson
2018-10-07 23:18 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-10-08 0:05 ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2018-10-08 10:56 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-10-08 15:42 ` Tim Johnson
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