Re: Creating many explicit buttons (each pointing to a file)

[Mats Lidell]

Hi Alexis,

> Alexis Praga writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to integrate Hyperbole in my workflow. After watching RWS's 
> videos, it does look like a powerful tool.
>
> However, I could not figure out how to make efficiently many explicit
> buttons, each pointing to a file. In org-mode, it's rather easy to
> convert the output of "ls" into as many links.

In the pre-release version there is the ebut:program functions that can be used 
to programmatically create an ebut. You'll find the pre relase in elpa-devel, 
https://elpa.gnu.org/devel/.

Maybe something along these lines could work for you. Example on how to create 
ebuts for all files in a directory and insert them in the current buffer.

(defun my-ebut-creator (dir)
  "Create ebuts for all files in DIR and insert them in current buffer."
  (interactive "DDirectory: ")
  (let ((files (directory-files dir nil directory-files-no-dot-files-regexp)))
      (dolist (file files)      
         (ebut:program file 'link-to-file (expand-file-name file dir)))))

Yours
-- 
%% Mats