eshell and quick cd

eshell and quick cd

[henry atting]

I recently encountered `wcd' [1], which provides a way to quickly change
directories. For example if I am in ~/a/b and want to cd to ~/c/def a
`wcd def' would suffice if def is a unique directory name.
Since only `cd' is allowed to change directories you have to write a
function in your ~/.zshrc (in my case) like that:

function wcd
{
  $HOME/bin/wcd.exe $*
. $HOME/bin/wcd.go
}

Is there already a builtin function of eshell which does the same? Or,
if not, how can I tell eshell to use wcd?

henry

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[1] http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/

Re: eshell and quick cd

[thierry.volpiatto]

Hi,
you have a very nice file called esh-toggle.el, you will find here:

ftp://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/emacs/

It should be integrated in emacs, this file is in the git repo of eshell
also but i can't find back url.

henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:

> I recently encountered `wcd' [1], which provides a way to quickly change
> directories. For example if I am in ~/a/b and want to cd to ~/c/def a
> `wcd def' would suffice if def is a unique directory name.
> Since only `cd' is allowed to change directories you have to write a
> function in your ~/.zshrc (in my case) like that:
>
> function wcd
> {
>   $HOME/bin/wcd.exe $*
> . $HOME/bin/wcd.go
> }
>
> Is there already a builtin function of eshell which does the same? Or,
> if not, how can I tell eshell to use wcd?
>
> henry
>
> ___
>
> [1] http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
>

-- 
A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France

Re: eshell and quick cd

[henry atting]

On Sa, Mär 28 2009, thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
> you have a very nice file called esh-toggle.el, you will find here:
>
> ftp://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/emacs/
>
> It should be integrated in emacs, this file is in the git repo of eshell
> also but i can't find back url.
>
> henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
>
>> I recently encountered `wcd' [1], which provides a way to quickly change
>> directories. For example if I am in ~/a/b and want to cd to ~/c/def a
>> `wcd def' would suffice if def is a unique directory name.
>> Since only `cd' is allowed to change directories you have to write a
>> function in your ~/.zshrc (in my case) like that:
>>
>> function wcd
>> {
>>   $HOME/bin/wcd.exe $*
>> . $HOME/bin/wcd.go
>> }
>>
>> Is there already a builtin function of eshell which does the same? Or,
>> if not, how can I tell eshell to use wcd?
>>
>> henry
>>
>> ___
>>
>> [1] http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
>>

esh-toogle is very handy, thanks.

But if I want to stay on the eshell command-line I still would like
eshell to use the above mentioned function. How can it be implemented in
eshell?

henry

Re: eshell and quick cd

[thierry.volpiatto]

henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:

> On Sa, Mär 28 2009, thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> you have a very nice file called esh-toggle.el, you will find here:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/emacs/
>>
>> It should be integrated in emacs, this file is in the git repo of eshell
>> also but i can't find back url.
>>
>> henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
>>
>>> I recently encountered `wcd' [1], which provides a way to quickly change
>>> directories. For example if I am in ~/a/b and want to cd to ~/c/def a
>>> `wcd def' would suffice if def is a unique directory name.
>>> Since only `cd' is allowed to change directories you have to write a
>>> function in your ~/.zshrc (in my case) like that:
>>>
>>> function wcd
>>> {
>>>   $HOME/bin/wcd.exe $*
>>> . $HOME/bin/wcd.go
>>> }
>>>
>>> Is there already a builtin function of eshell which does the same? Or,
>>> if not, how can I tell eshell to use wcd?
>>>
>>> henry
>>>
>>> ___
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/
>>>
>
> esh-toogle is very handy, thanks.
>
> But if I want to stay on the eshell command-line I still would like
> eshell to use the above mentioned function. How can it be implemented in
> eshell?

May be write your function in a little script instead of writing it in
your .zshrc/.bashrc.
You can also easily create alias with eshell.

-- 
A + Thierry Volpiatto
Location: Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer - France

Re: eshell and quick cd

[henry atting]

On So, Mär 29 2009, thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com wrote:

> May be write your function in a little script instead of writing it in
> your .zshrc/.bashrc.
> You can also easily create alias with eshell.

I think I have to write an eshell function. wcd.exe is a binary (which
cannot be renamed on unix systems) that writes the destination
directory in wcd.go, which makes the change happen in the first place:

,----
| function wcd
|  {
|    $HOME/bin/wcd.exe $*
|  . $HOME/bin/wcd.go
|  }
`----


I don't know who to handle the dot part of the above function in elisp,
can anyone give me a hint?

henry