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Re: Visiting a set of files listed in a file


From: Angelo Graziosi
Subject: Re: Visiting a set of files listed in a file
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:34:58 +0200 (CEST)

> Il 11/04/2022 17:31 chad ha scritto:
> 
> 
> It looks like you have received several viable suggestions, but

Indeed...

> since the topic is still somewhat open, let me ask you: are you familiar with 
> emacs' keyboard macro system?
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Keyboard-Macros.html
> 
> Once your list of files is in a buffer, ideally one per line, getting emacs 
> to open the file named by each line is pretty simple, and if you build a 
> keyboard macro to do it, you have total control over the various options, 
> (reuse window or not? reuse frame or not? absolute paths or relative? 
> Relative to home, current, or specified in the buffer? process the entire 
> list at once, once per keypress, or otherwise throttled? etc). Additionally, 
> since they can be named and saved for later, you can refine it over time. 
> This also makes it simple to incorporate whatever method you use to generate 
> the filelist, and you can craft the unusual/error cases to suit your needs.


This is another interesting solution! Thank you!



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