Re: Comparison of tools to search for related files

[Emanuel Berg]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>
> But I keep dreaming of a tool that doesn't require *any*
> setup at all. In my ideal world, from a `MyComponent.js` I'd
> be able to type `M-x find-file-dwim RET .le RET` and that
> would jump to `MyComponent.less`.
>
> Or from `/opt/emacs-27/lisp/subr.el` I'd type `M-x
> find-file-dwim RET 28 RET` and that'd jump to
> `/opt/emacs-28/lisp/subr.el`.
>
> Maybe also:
>
>     /foo/lisp/toto.el      +  test     =>  /foo/tests/lisp/toto.el
>     /foo/bar/lisp/toto.el  +  baz      =>  /foo/bazaar/toto.el
>     /foo/lisp/toto.el      +  te/-te   =>  /foo/test/lisp/toto-tests.el

One would then have several algorithms all intended to find
one file from another, but using different methods, and the
DWIM algorithm would try them one by one ...

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