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

[fangc@hotmail.com (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