From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@speakeasy.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: define Info's "dir"? Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:35:53 -0400 (EDT) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <7494-Wed28Apr2004210315+0300-eliz@gnu.org> Reply-To: gebser@speakeasy.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083255308 15197 80.91.224.253 (29 Apr 2004 16:15:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 29 18:14:50 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BJEBW-0002E2-00 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:14:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BJE9f-0007wK-RM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:12:55 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJDpA-0004FD-Lq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:51:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BJDoU-00045G-1i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:51:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [216.254.0.206] (helo=mail6.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.30) id 1BJDZu-0000bx-4J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 1928 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2004 15:35:54 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO heidegger.mousecar.net) ([66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 29 Apr 2004 15:35:54 -0000 Original-To: GNU Emacs List In-Reply-To: <7494-Wed28Apr2004210315+0300-eliz@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18121 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18121 The solution I was looking for has nothing to do with Info. When I do "C-x f" to visit a file, I am prompted to enter the name of the file. In the prompt (in the minibuffer) is the default-directory already specified for me. This default-directory, however, is the one for the current buffer. Instead, I would like a command which overrides the default-directory for the current buffer when I do "C-x f" to visit a file, To explain the same thing another way.... When I do "M-x cd" I'm prompted for the default-directory. But this sets this variable for the current buffer only. I would like to do, say "M-x gcd", and enter the name of a directory which would set, say, global-default-directory which would persist for the entire emacs sesssion or until I change it to something else. Then, no matter what is the current buffer's default-directory, if I do "C-x f" to visit a file, the prompt will specify the global-default-directory. So you see, it has nothing to do with Info. At 21:03 (UTC+0200) on Wed, 28 Apr 2004 Eli Zaretskii said: = > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:35:59 -0400 (EDT) = > From: gebser@speakeasy.net = > = > I'm not the original poster, but I'd like to be able to set the default = > directory interactively and change it from time to time. The motivation = > is that I sometimes work on a project whose (multiple) files all reside, = > or will reside, in a particular directory (or subdirs of it. As a = > fictional example, suppose I'm working on economics today. Throughout = > the day I create several files which I want to have in econ/national/, = > econ/state/, econ/local/, and econ/international. In this case I'd want = > the default directory to be /home/ken/projects/writings/politics/econ/ = > but wouldn't want to have to type that in every time I visit a file. = > I'm aware of "M-x cd" but this sets "default-directory" only for that = > buffer. = = Why don't you invoke Info directly on the manual you want to read (see = the doc string of "C-h i" where it describes what happens if it is = invoked with a prefix arg)? = = > I'd like a function (defun in emacspeak, yes?) which is global, = > i.e., sets the default-directory no matter which buffer I'm currently = > visiting. Is there such a nicety? = = You could craft up something that modifies the value of = Info-directory-list, but IIRC info.el consults this list only when it = is first invoked. That is, the contents of the DIR node are computed = only once in an Emacs session. So changing Info-directory-list after = that will not help at all. = = = _______________________________________________ = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org = http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs =