* elisp shell command for opening the current dir in OS
@ 2009-06-08 14:10 Xah Lee
2009-06-08 14:25 ` rustom
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Xah Lee @ 2009-06-08 14:10 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
how to get emacs on windows to open the current dir the OS's file
manager?
on os x, i just do
(shell-command "open .")
On Windows Vista, i tried
(shell-command "explorer .")
which does the job but freezes emacs in the background until the
folder is closed.
I tried
(shell-command "explorer . &")
but that still leaves a running process.
This is annoying when you call shell command again, cause it'll ask
you if you want to kill previous instance.
(shell-command "start explorer . ")
seems to invoke cmd-shell.
Thanks.
Here's the function i'm trying to write:
(defun open-in-desktop ()
"Open the current file in desktop."
(interactive)
(let (cmdStr)
(cond
((string-equal system-type "windows-nt") (setq cmdStr "explorer .
&"))
((string-equal system-type "darwin") (setq cmdStr "open ."))
)
(shell-command cmdStr)
)
)
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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* Re: elisp shell command for opening the current dir in OS
2009-06-08 14:10 elisp shell command for opening the current dir in OS Xah Lee
@ 2009-06-08 14:25 ` rustom
2009-06-08 15:21 ` Xah Lee
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: rustom @ 2009-06-08 14:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jun 8, 7:10 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> how to get emacs on windows to open the current dir the OS's file
> manager?
>
> on os x, i just do
> (shell-command "open .")
>
> On Windows Vista, i tried
> (shell-command "explorer .")
> which does the job but freezes emacs in the background until the
> folder is closed.
>
> I tried
> (shell-command "explorer . &")
> but that still leaves a running process.
> This is annoying when you call shell command again, cause it'll ask
> you if you want to kill previous instance.
>
> (shell-command "start explorer . ")
> seems to invoke cmd-shell.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Here's the function i'm trying to write:
>
> (defun open-in-desktop ()
> "Open the current file in desktop."
> (interactive)
> (let (cmdStr)
> (cond
> ((string-equal system-type "windows-nt") (setq cmdStr "explorer .
> &"))
> ((string-equal system-type "darwin") (setq cmdStr "open ."))
> )
> (shell-command cmdStr)
> )
> )
>
> Xah
> ∑http://xahlee.org/
>
> ☄
If you use w32-browser C-Ret does open and Alt-Ret does open explorer
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/w32-browser.el
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* Re: elisp shell command for opening the current dir in OS
2009-06-08 14:25 ` rustom
@ 2009-06-08 15:21 ` Xah Lee
2009-06-08 22:51 ` Lennart Borgman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Xah Lee @ 2009-06-08 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jun 8, 7:25 am, rustom <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 7:10 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > how to get emacs on windows to open the current dir the OS's file
> > manager?
>
> > on os x, i just do
> > (shell-command "open .")
>
> > On Windows Vista, i tried
> > (shell-command "explorer .")
> > which does the job but freezes emacs in the background until the
> > folder is closed.
> If you use w32-browser C-Ret does open and Alt-Ret does open explorerhttp://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/w32-browser.el
Thanks rustom. That does it.
(defun open-in-desktop ()
"Open the current file's folder in desktop."
(interactive)
(cond
((string-equal system-type "windows-nt") (w32-shell-execute
"explore" "."))
((string-equal system-type "darwin") (shell-command "open ."))
)
)
btw, just curious, if anyone would mod the code so it works on linuxes
too.
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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* Re: elisp shell command for opening the current dir in OS
2009-06-08 15:21 ` Xah Lee
@ 2009-06-08 22:51 ` Lennart Borgman
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman @ 2009-06-08 22:51 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Xah Lee; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Xah Lee<xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 7:25 am, rustom <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 8, 7:10 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > how to get emacs on windows to open the current dir the OS's file
>> > manager?
>>
>> > on os x, i just do
>> > (shell-command "open .")
>>
>> > On Windows Vista, i tried
>> > (shell-command "explorer .")
>> > which does the job but freezes emacs in the background until the
>> > folder is closed.
>
>> If you use w32-browser C-Ret does open and Alt-Ret does open explorerhttp://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/w32-browser.el
>
> Thanks rustom. That does it.
>
> (defun open-in-desktop ()
> "Open the current file's folder in desktop."
> (interactive)
> (cond
> ((string-equal system-type "windows-nt") (w32-shell-execute
> "explore" "."))
> ((string-equal system-type "darwin") (shell-command "open ."))
> )
> )
>
> btw, just curious, if anyone would mod the code so it works on linuxes
> too.
I am not sure where I left this, but did you try sex-mode (included in
nXhtml)? I think that I in the end for consistency used functions from
org-mode for opening files.
If sex-mode is on certain files will be opened in external
applications by Emacs when you do for example find-file. This should
work under both windows and GNU/Linux.
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