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Re: define Info's "dir"?
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Kai Grossjohann |
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Re: define Info's "dir"? |
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Sat, 01 May 2004 11:42:51 +0200 |
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gebser@speakeasy.net writes:
> I'm not the original poster, but I'd like to be able to set the default
> directory interactively and change it from time to time. The motivation
> is that I sometimes work on a project whose (multiple) files all reside,
> or will reside, in a particular directory (or subdirs of it. As a
> fictional example, suppose I'm working on economics today. Throughout
> the day I create several files which I want to have in econ/national/,
> econ/state/, econ/local/, and econ/international. In this case I'd want
> the default directory to be /home/ken/projects/writings/politics/econ/
> but wouldn't want to have to type that in every time I visit a file.
> I'm aware of "M-x cd" but this sets "default-directory" only for that
> buffer. I'd like a function (defun in emacspeak, yes?) which is global,
> i.e., sets the default-directory no matter which buffer I'm currently
> visiting. Is there such a nicety?
(setenv "econ" "/home/ken/projects/writings/politics/econ")
Then C-x C-f $econ/foo RET.
You can also always use $x and redefine it depending on your work
context.
Kai
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