Re: window local var?

[Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com>]

Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> I used Vim in the past heavily - meaning I'm still learning about the
> "Emacs" way of doing things. Vimpulse is doing a great job for me :)
>
> I've learned about emacsclient.
>
> However one of the most used actions I run is
> - grep
> - gnu id utils
> - kind of compiler (eg make)
>
> And they all depend on a current directory (most of the time)
>
> So when starting Emacs, can I create a window local var keeping the
> directory in mind I started this Emacs window from?
>
> Then I could create custom functions switching current directory before
> running grep, make, etc.
>
> If there are no window local vars - Is there a kind of window id (for
> both X and terminal) I could use to associate a directory with?
>
> Marc Weber

When running those things in the current buffer directory is what you
normally want..

A fast way to use your own path could also be just doing
M-x grep -nH -e "string" /path/

where also the /path/ has the smart completion.