How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

[F. Chen]

Hello there:

This probably is a very FAQ, but I am having trouble finding a
solution, hence here to ask again.

I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g.
alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so everytime
I want to open a file in that directory but from a different location,
I can do something along the line of C-x C-f type wd, then file name.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

fc

Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

[Kevin Rodgers]

F. Chen wrote:

> I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g.
> alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so everytime
> I want to open a file in that directory but from a different location,
> I can do something along the line of C-x C-f type wd, then file name.

M-: (setenv "wd" "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress")
C-x C-f $wd TAB

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Kevin Rodgers

Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

[Tim X]

>>>>> "F" == F Chen <fangc@hotmail.com> writes:

 F> Hello there: This probably is a very FAQ, but I am having trouble
 F> finding a solution, hence here to ask again.

 F> I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g.
 F> alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so
 F> everytime I want to open a file in that directory but from a
 F> different location, I can do something along the line of C-x C-f
 F> type wd, then file name.

 F> Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 F> fc

Though not exactly what you want, I think the ffap pakage has the
facility to set a default search path. With this, if you try to open a
file which doesn't exist in the current directory, it will search for
the file in a list of directories you specify. You could make that
list the home or default place to look.

If thats not sufficient for what you want, the package may give you
some clues on how you could put together your own lisp code to do it.

Tim

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Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

[F. Chen]

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3F8D8F37.10503@yahoo.com>...
> F. Chen wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g.
> > alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so everytime
> > I want to open a file in that directory but from a different location,
> > I can do something along the line of C-x C-f type wd, then file name.
> 
> M-: (setenv "wd" "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress")
> C-x C-f $wd TAB

Thanks! this works.

fc

Re: How to set alias to drectory in .emacs?

[F. Chen]

Tim X <timx@spamto.devnul.com> wrote in message news:<87n0c2rtvw.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au>...
> >>>>> "F" == F Chen <fangc@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>  F> Hello there: This probably is a very FAQ, but I am having trouble
>  F> finding a solution, hence here to ask again.
> 
>  F> I'd like to know how to set an alias for a direcory in emacs, e.g.
>  F> alias wd = "/Home/self/private/Work/Papers/InProgress/", so
>  F> everytime I want to open a file in that directory but from a
>  F> different location, I can do something along the line of C-x C-f
>  F> type wd, then file name.
> 
>  F> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
>  F> fc
> 
> Though not exactly what you want, I think the ffap pakage has the
> facility to set a default search path. With this, if you try to open a
> file which doesn't exist in the current directory, it will search for
> the file in a list of directories you specify. You could make that
> list the home or default place to look.
> 
> If thats not sufficient for what you want, the package may give you
> some clues on how you could put together your own lisp code to do it.
> 
> Tim

Thanks Tim, this seems to be a useful package to use, that would save
a bit typing if I can search files this way.

fc