From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Niels Felsted Thorsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: set a "default" directory in a function when asking for a file Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:06:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87wsf3a6kv.fsf@tsuga.lan> References: <87r65b4qrp.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226859118 5497 80.91.229.12 (16 Nov 2008 18:11:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:11:58 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 16 19:13:00 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L1m7H-0006t5-Ga for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:12:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55723 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L1m69-0000Je-3s for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:11:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L1m3f-0007wZ-2Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:09:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L1m3c-0007vR-Np for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:09:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46671 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L1m3b-0007vM-Rx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50245 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L1m3b-0006k9-SQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L1m3U-0002v0-Cv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:09:04 +0000 Original-Received: from 49.84-49-97.nextgentel.com ([84.49.97.49]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:09:04 +0000 Original-Received: from nift by 49.84-49-97.nextgentel.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:09:04 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 49.84-49-97.nextgentel.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KOiBAbc2PNz7gsnSeN4aoLBt1+I= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:59836 Archived-At: Niels Giesen writes: > Niels Felsted Thorsen writes: > >> Hi >> >> I have a function like this: >> >> (defun testfun (file) >> (interactive "fFile: ") >> (message file)) >> >> But it will ask for the file based on, as I understand it, the value >> of "default-directory" which is buffer-local. >> >> Is there a way to specify default-directory just for this function? So >> it will always start with fx: >> >> File: ~/foo/bar/ >> >> when asking for the file. >> > > Define your function as follows: > > (defun testfun (file) > (interactive (list (read-file-name "File: " "~/foo/bar/"))) > (message file)) Thank you :)