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Re: when my cursor is sitting on top of a filename, C-x C-f , find-file


From: Ehud Karni
Subject: Re: when my cursor is sitting on top of a filename, C-x C-f , find-file etc. should take note, perhaps
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 17:12:01 +0200

On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 11:09:40, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> > Idea for the next GNU Emacs, perhaps make an optional behaviour:
> > When my cursor is sitting on top of a filename, and I
> > hit C-x C-f find-file, [or dired, etc.], it ought to suggest in the 
> > minibuffer
> > that filename perhaps...
> 
> Type "M-x ffap-bindings RET" (perhaps after "M-x load-library RET ffap
> RET"), and you can have it right now.

I use the following function which is modified from dired-x in emacs 19
(it was dropped in emacs 19.26).

(defun dired-find-this-file (&optional as-directory)
  "Edit filename or directory at point.
Switch to a buffer visiting filename, creating one if none already exists.
With non-nil prefix argument AS-DIRECTORY do `dired' on the file-name.

Useful for editing the file mentioned in the buffer you are viewing, or to
test if that file exists.  Use minibuffer after snatching the filename."

  (interactive "P")
  (require 'dired)
  (let* ((guess (dired-filename-at-point))
         (file (read-file-name (if as-directory "dired: " "Find file: ")
                               guess guess nil nil)))
    (if as-directory
        (dired (expand-file-name file))
      (find-file (expand-file-name file)))))

I assign it to ^X^E (which is usually `eval-last-sexp'). You can bind it
to any other keys you don't use (e.g ^Xf - `set-fill-column' or ^X^T -
`transpose-lines') or to any ^X[upper case letter] since none of them
is used in ctl-x-map. I use ^XF for `find-file-literally'.

In my experience, `dired-find-this-file' (or its ffap equivalent) is
much more useful than `transpose-lines' (which I never used).

Ehud.


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