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How can I create a keyboard macro where a file myfile is opened by executing M-x openmyfile. The main part should look like
(fset 'openmyfile
[?\C-x ?\C-f <dir of myfile> return])
but I don't want to enter the whole dir to myfile by writing every single char using ?/ ?d ?i ?r ... and so on. How to insert the dir string into the macro definition?
As stated by @Tobias in the comments, you can create a command to open your file:
(defun open-my-file ()
(interactive)
(find-file "/path/to/my/file"))
Then you can call it using M-x or binding to some key, like this:
(define-key global-map (kbd "C-c C-f") 'open-my-file)
But don't be afraid of messing with elisp, it's pretty easy because you don't actually need understand it too much to do some fun stuff.
(string-to-vector (kbd "C-x C-f /path/to/you/thing <return>"))would work. Or, simpler(read-kbd-macro "C-x C-f /path/... <return>")(defun openmyfile () "Your doc string comes here." (interactive) (find-file "<path of myfile>"))instead.