Re: How to unify notation for file accesses thru Samba?

["Sébastien Vauban" <zthjwsqqafhv@spammotel.com>]

Hi Michael,

>> Is there a unified way to refer to SAMBA mounts?
>>
>> Currently, in my bookmarks list, I have "doubles" (one for Emacs
>> under Windows, one for Emacs under Linux):
>>
>>   Users on RUSSELL from Windows  //LINUXSRV/Users/
>>   Users on RUSSELL from Ubuntu   /smb:sva@LINUXSRV:/Users/
>>
>> Is there a way to unify both of them under one single notation?
>
> You could use abbreviations, combined with your bookmarks.

I did this, as advised:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; define own abbreviation (for use with bookmarks)
(add-to-list
 'directory-abbrev-alist
 (if (memq system-type '(cygwin windows-nt))
     '("^/RUSSELL" . "//RUSSELL/Users/")
   '("^/RUSSELL" . "/smb:sva@RUSSELL:/Users/")))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and have this in my `bookmarks.txt' file:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
("Users on RUSSELL"
 ((filename . "^/RUSSELL")
  (front-context-string . "sva\n  drwxrwxrwx")
  (rear-context-string . " 0 Jan  8 09:41 ")
  (position . 659)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Trying to open `/RUSSELL' from `C-x C-f' does the right job,
asking me for my password.

Though, selecting the corresponding line from my bookmarks list:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
  Users on RUSSELL              ^/RUSSELL
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

erroneously tells me:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
RUSSELL nonexistent.  Relocate "Users on RUSSELL"? (y or n)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Any ideas?

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban