Re: patch: add-log.el: changelog find file under poin

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

  >     ffap is just a function, not a mode of any kind.
  > 
  >     Perhaps you are saying you don't want people to have to load ffap.el?
  > 
  > Here's the file's documentation:
  > 
  >     ;; For the default installation, add this line to your .emacs file:
  >     ;;
  >     ;; (ffap-bindings)                      ; do default key bindings
  >     ;;
  >     ;; ffap-bindings makes the following global key bindings:
  >     ;;
  >     ;; C-x C-f              find-file-at-point (abbreviated as ffap)
  >     ;; C-x C-r              ffap-read-only
  >     ;; C-x C-v              ffap-alternate-file
  > 
  > This is not, strictly speaking, a minor mode (though perhaps we should
  > make it one), but it acts like a mode.  Some people use it, some
  > don't.
  > 
  > So the question is, should Change Log mode have this feature,
  > or should we say "globally use ffap if you want this"?
  > 
  > Or, perhaps Change Log mode could bind find-file-at-point
  > to a C-c command.

That would be FAR less useful than the current proposal.

The point is that the file might not be at point. :-)

If you looking at a log entry with 50 changes, the file name can be very
far away from the point.