From: Norm <NormanBauer@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: build a macro that opens a directory and prompts for file name
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:38:34 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cf250151-701d-44bd-b029-b6f3e1c21219@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4r5tz7qrqjh.fsf@one.net
On Jan 23, 10:27 am, Chris McMahan <cmcma...@one.net> wrote:
> Norm <NormanBa...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Hello all,
>
> > I have been googleing and reading the docs trying to figure out a
> > solution to this. I spend the majority of my time working in a single
> > directory on a CIFS server and I am always doing a C-x C-f \\server\dir
> > \long_sub_dir\subdir\filename
>
> > In the spirit of emacs I'd like to automate it so that when I do C-co
> > it knows the directory and simply prompts me for the file to be opened
> > or if I leave it blank and press RET it lists the directory.
>
> > Any suggestions on how to accomplish this.
>
> > Many thanks,
>
> > Norm
>
> I use bookmarks to take me to the directories themselves.
>
> - Go to the directory that contains the file you want
> - Press C-x r m to memorize that location, and give it a name you can
> remember
>
> to navigate to that directory, just press C-x r b. You'll be prompted
> for the bookmark name, and it will open that directory.
>
> See the help for the function 'command bookmark-set' for details
>
> - Chris
>
> --
> (. .)
> =ooO=(_)=Ooo=====================================
> Chris McMahan | first_initiallastn...@one.dot.net
> =================================================
Thanks Chris. That is exactly what I need. Wonderful.
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-23 15:13 build a macro that opens a directory and prompts for file name Norm
2009-01-23 15:27 ` Chris McMahan
2009-01-23 15:38 ` Norm [this message]
2009-01-24 7:16 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.5627.1232781454.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-26 10:15 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2009-01-26 18:15 ` Drew Adams
[not found] ` <mailman.5864.1232993759.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-01-27 10:04 ` Stefan Kamphausen
2009-01-27 10:45 ` roodwriter
2009-01-28 8:09 ` Kevin Rodgers
2009-01-29 13:08 ` Sebastian Tennant
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