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bug#44297: [Feature request] project.el: Additional utility functions
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Dmitry Gutov |
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bug#44297: [Feature request] project.el: Additional utility functions |
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Fri, 30 Oct 2020 01:20:21 +0200 |
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On 29.10.2020 11:03, Juri Linkov wrote:
It would be nice if project.el had the following interactive functions:
project-find-other-file: Find a file with the same basename as the current file
but a different extension
Maybe then it should be named project-find-other-extension?
Otherwise, project-find-other-file might imply a similarity
with find-alternate-file (C-x C-v).
I think the term is pretty much established:
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/FindOtherFile
Projectile also has a command with a similar name.
The feature will be pretty C/C++-centric, but I suppose it's useful enough.
What I don't understand, is why should it be in the project- namespace?
Looking for a file with the same name in the current dir doesn't execute
the notion of the current project, even a little bit.
Projectile does a project-wide search for a file with the same basename
(but a different extension). Is that actually useful?
Another question: how it should work? Maybe running this command
should completing-read on all files with the same basename
ignoring the extension?
Projectile has projectile-other-file-alist. A similar defcustom should
narrow the search somewhat.
project-find-file-in-directory: completing-read for a directory within
the project, and then within the selected directory, completing-read
for a file within that directory
project-find-directory: completing-read for a directory within the project
Another useful command would be:
project-find-file-only using completing-read to match on file names only,
not on directory parts.
And then... disambiguate files with the same base name with another prompt?
IME, having multiple files with the same name in the project is very
common. Your experience can vary, though.
A fuzzy search across full names works best for me, personally. We could
also try some differently weighted, fuzzy matching styles.
project-recentf: completing-read recently-accessed files in the project
All project file-reading commands could provide a list of recent files
as the default values available via M-n key presses.
Perhaps a flat, immediately visible list will have its own value, though?
bug#44297: [Feature request] project.el: Additional utility functions, Dmitry Gutov, 2020/10/29