From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: finding files not visited Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:27:07 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4E708BA5.7060206@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316014077 7322 80.91.229.12 (14 Sep 2011 15:27:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:27:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: GNU Emacs List To: Andrea Crotti Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 14 17:27:53 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R3rNO-0000sd-52 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:27:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44992 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R3rNN-0000Of-GF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45099) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R3rN7-0008Bv-66 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:27:34 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R3rN5-0005Zx-G3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:27:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:46184) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R3rN5-0005Zo-AE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:27:31 -0400 Original-Received: by bkbzs2 with SMTP id zs2so1869878bkb.0 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:27:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=bhalK6QbQYDPWhruGFbQ1weLGyn+a/A9oRVG52OnYR4=; b=q2Hw31/GEpnjf2J/KpLPY6x9N8YWLzYEydjC9nGSOpRnuZR/kp5EhHK9Zkhpf2xUlI Tkzx0af7xAG9hUK3FJK1IY5cMGKRpw4u0WSYDK0TkASgqAG2QsteZFPXIVD2WrH6zFTe TaV3W308IZhl0j8KcdrWfQwxp4pTScYKEm1pI= Original-Received: by 10.204.6.28 with SMTP id 28mr2137327bkx.390.1316014050156; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:27:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.42.134 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:27:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E708BA5.7060206@gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8gpCOmlde-umCAu11AR6VuEC8cs X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82228 Archived-At: Hi Andrea, On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Andrea Crotti wrote: > I'm working on a code-base (python) which is very nested, in a Java-like > style, and there are really thousands of files. > > I would like to access easily to files even if they are not visited yet. > > My idea is that if I am on path X on disk pressing C-x C-f would show me > first the current files, then writing something which is not found could > look for (with find for example) in the subdirectories to find the file > that I wanted. > > Is it possible to achieve something like this? Try ido-mode for files. But a word of caution, if any of the directories have too many (~100s) files or sub-directories and are remote (as in you are remote editing with tramp) emacs might become extremely slow trying to find completions. > > Thanks, > Andrea > HTH -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.