From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: build a macro that opens a directory and prompts for file name
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:09:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <glp3rs$qg$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ocxthvrw.fsf@dell-desktop.example.com>
roodwriter@ureach.com wrote:
> Bookmarks, which I use, work great for small numbers of
> files. But since I generate tons of small files, I keep an
> index list of files, with their descriptions, plus the
> entire path and file name for that file. So they look
> something like this:
>
> /home/rod/vacation.txt How I spent my summer vacation.
>
> I have a macro that copies the entire file name and path and
> pastes it into C-x C-f. I've bound it to a function key so
> my index kind of works like a hyperlink.
If you're visiting your index file, then `M-x find-file-at-point'
will do the trick. Or just `C-x C-f' with this in your ~/.emacs:
(ffap-bindings)
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-28 8:09 UTC|newest]
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
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 [this message]
2009-01-29 13:08 ` Sebastian Tennant
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