From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: buffer for unopened file?
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:42:13 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvsl472edf.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2307.1192804070.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> I'd like to be able to give emacs a big list of filenames
> and have each file appear as if it has been visited with
> respect to having it appear in my buffer list. But only
> when changing to that buffer do I want it to actually open
> the file. Is that possible? It takes a minute or so to open
> all of the files and wastes memory to open them all. But
> I like to have a menu of the files I might be needing.
I don't think there's such a feature anywhere.
You'll probably have more luck looking for a way to do "file-switching"
like that. For example, you may want to take a look at fileset.el.
Stefan
next parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-19 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <mailman.2307.1192804070.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-19 17:42 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-10-19 14:27 buffer for unopened file? David L
2007-10-19 15:18 ` Amy Templeton
2007-10-19 15:36 ` Sebastian Tennant
2007-10-19 15:54 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-19 16:07 ` Sebastian Tennant
2007-10-19 17:21 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-19 17:53 ` David L
2007-10-19 18:20 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-20 16:39 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-10-20 17:09 ` Drew Adams
2007-10-20 17:53 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-10-20 20:47 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-10-21 20:56 ` David L
[not found] ` <mailman.2406.1193000213.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-10-24 12:55 ` Mathias Dahl
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