Questions tagged [filenames]
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Don't offer non-file-name as a file name in find-file
When opening a file with find-file, the default entry in the minibuffer is the current directory. If I press Down, I see the name of the current file (if the current buffer is visiting a file).
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Automatically loading a bibliography file depending on buffer filename
I use org-mode to write a paper, with RefTeX as minor-mode to insert quotations from a BibTeX (.bib) file.
RefTeX needs to be told which .bib file to use. This is done by assigning a value to reftex-...
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Org links file name encoding issue
Inspired by John Kitchin's presentation of org-links features in Org-mode 9, I tried to implement a simple functionality for "file" links. Since I am working on several machines, I wanted the link ...
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org-agenda column view: displaying abbreviated FILE property
I would like to display file names in my global TODO list in column view without directories and extensions.
(setq org-columns-default-format "%TODO %FILE %ITEM") followed by
C-catC-cC-xC-c leads to ...
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How to sort a list of files/directories by hierarchical depth?
I am working on implementing my own feature request -- http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=31601 -- to give wdired the ability to handle a dired- buffer that contains an arbitrary list of ...
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How to test if absolute path is a root file/directory
Q: How to test whether an absolute path is a root file/directory (e.g., at the first level of the hard drive)?
I see a few possibilities depending upon whether the file is on Windows or Unix/Linux. ...
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Magit diff with --name-only?
I am browsing the differences between two branches of a repository via
git diff --name-only branch1 branch2
I also use the --name-status option sometimes, since I may need to see what sort of ...
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How can I disable shortened file-buffer names?
When I open a file with a long name emacs shortens the name and appends ~1.
DriverBase.hpp is named in buffer as DRIVER~1.HPP.
I tried using
(require 'uniquify)
(setq uniquify-buffer-name-style '...
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Why does thing-at-point not consider plus as a filename character?
Why does thing-at-point not consider + as a filename character?
For example:
(defun my-get-filename-at-point ()
(interactive)
(message (thing-at-point 'filename t)))
and consider the cursor ...
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string splitting (renaming files)
new user here.
I am wondering- can somebody walk me through how to do the following:
In a given directory I have files that look like this
fluc_sk2_556.png
even_sk2_922.png
I would like, with ...
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File mode name with -mode suffix or not?
I am not sure when I should name file x-mode.el and when x.el.
Note that because of established practice mode writer should put (provide 'x) or (provide x-mode) to the end of file and end-users load ...
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How do I unexpand a file name?
Given ~/foo/bar, I can get /home/sds/foo/bar using expand-file-name.
However, given /Users/sds/foo/bar, how do I get ~/foo/bar?
Use case: I want to copy a file between computers and they have ...
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Increment file name and create a new version of the file
Assume that I am working with a file whose name contains a unique version number for example myfile_03.tex or 03jhcjh.tex and so on. Currently I create a new version of the file by C-x C-w and ...
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Can I exclude .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG from file-name-history?
Is there a way to exclude .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG files from file-name-history? Now that I'm authoring commits with Magit, those commit message files are often the most recent entries in file-name-history,...
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file-truename and tramp
Is these a function that behaves like file-truename on local files, but does not add the /protocol:host: prefix on remote files?
Currently if I run
(file-truename "./file.ext")
while in a remote ...
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How to get completion to ignore filename extensions
It's possible to ask completion to not suggest files with particular file extensions, by:
(setq completion-ignored-extensions
(append completion-ignored-extensions
(quote
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