Questions tagged [find-file]
is the most frequently used command for opening files in Emacs.
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Weird `(point-max)` in testing function in `magic-mode-alist`
Why does the below function always print 4001 when opening a large file?
(require 'cl-lib)
(defun custom-test-p ()
(with-current-buffer (current-buffer)
(print (point-max))) ; 4001
nil)
(cl-...
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With icicle-locate-file, how can I find all *.txt files in the directory?
I need to find all *.txt files in the directory, like
find ./ -iname "*txt"
I wanted an Emacs solution, so I found the multi-command icicle-locate-file-other-window.
Its documentation tells ...
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How can I find out that an Org Agenda file had been opened with 'inhibited startup'?
My Emacs is opening the Agenda file in the background with org-agenda-inhibit-startup locally bound to t. When I switch to such a file, all trees are therefore displayed open (no folding).
I would ...
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"touch file" in dired mode
I found this answer:
(eval-after-load 'dired
'(progn
(define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "c") 'my-dired-create-file)
(defun create-new-file (file-list)
(defun exsitp-untitled-...
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How preview find file without close minibuffer
Emacs 27.1
packages:
consult
embark
I want to find test.txt file in folder temp.
I do this.
Now I want to preview selected file without close minibuffer. In embark I'm not operation for this.
How I ...
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How can I bind vertico-insert to toggle in the list?
I am using find-file with vertico. After running find-file and typing filename and when I press <TAB> it selects the current line.
TAB runs the command vertico-insert (found in vertico-map), ...
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Write a function that prompts for a file from within a list
As a starting point, this:
(defvar myfoo "~/org/test-file-1.org" "myfoo") ; C-x C-e
(defun mybar()
(newline-and-indent)
(insert-file-contents myfoo)) ; C-x C-e
(mybar) ; C-x C-e
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How to fallback to $HOME if Tramp failed to connect to default-directory
If I call find-file from a buffer with default-directory pointing to a remote server via TRAMP and the remote server is not reachable, then TRAMP complains:
tramp-signal-hook-function: Tramp failed ...
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How can I make a window always show the same file buffer?
How can I force Emacs to keep a certain file in a particular window? For example, if I am editing a LaTeX file and there is a compile error, I want to inspect the error in another window. I ...
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Configure Emacs to Respect Windows File Attributes?
Is it possible to configure Emacs under Windows to respect the 'hidden' and 'system' NTFS file attributes for example by filtering out these files during selection of filename completion candidates in ...
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Disable environment variable substitution with $ in find-file
When using find-file, list-directory and other commands, if one types a $ a minibuffer completion appears with a list of currently set environment variables.
I have no idea where this is coded, the ...
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helm-find-files wants to send email when C-x C-f on word containing @
When the point is on a word containing the @ character, helm-find-files thinks I want to compose an email. For example, if the word under the point is foo@bar then it prompts me to go into message ...
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ff-find-other-file
works well, particularly after custom defining additional file type pairs with
(defvar my-cpp-other-file-alist '(("\\.cpp\\'" (".hpp" ".cuh"))
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How to automatically convert between remote and local file names?
I have /local/laptop/dir mounted in my Docker container at /container/path. In Emacs tramp terms, it is /docker:container-id:/container/path. This also comes up when the user ssh to a remote system ...
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Ignore a directory most of the time with find file in project
I have a directory structure like this:
a
src
target
b
src
target
c
src
target
generated_source_files
x
y
z
When I run ffip, I usually want to ignore looking for files in ...
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Opening file in emacs buffer when using vterm
My current workflow is often to do things in a terminal and open/change relevant files in a text editor.
Transitioning from VSCode to Emacs I am looking for a similar workflow that I got used to when ...
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Open file at startup from init file
I like that at start emacs visits a file with my todo list. For long time, this has been accomplished by adding (find-file "~/my-file.org") at the end of my configuration file (.emacs).
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How to toggle `helm-ff-skip-boring-files` during file navigation with `helm-find-file`?
I'd like to be able, with a keystroke, to hide/show boring files during the file navigation in helm-find-files.
I defined a function
(defun mxl/toggle-helm-ff-skip-boring ()
(interactive)
(setq ...
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How to force `find-file` to visit the existing frame of an opened file
The below function creates a new instance of the file myfile.txt (regardless of if myfile.txt is already opened or not).
How to force emacs to use the existing frame of that file (if any)?
(defun ...
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Rewriting paths for bazel
The Bazel build tool has some features that interact poorly with emacs. When you build a C/C++ project for sandboxing purposes it makes a crazy hierarchy of symlinks, and uses them when invoking GCC. ...
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Is there some Emacs command that behaves as readlink -f to print the full path of a especific file?
In the terminal, I can do:
$ readlink -f docker-compose.yml
Which outputs:
/home/pedro/projects/docker-stuff/docker-compose.yml
I would like to have something like that in Emacs so that I can find ...
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Find-file, but instead of showing file-names to select, show file content (html tag)
I'm attending a conference, and I have downloaded all abstracts so I can read them offline. They are all html files with the same structure.
The files are numbered according to abstract submission ...
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Open shell from find-file interactively
Currently, I can use C-x C-f to find-file (or ido-find-file) then open a dired directory and launch M-x shell.
Is it possible to interactively navigate a path be it a local ~/Documents or tramp shell ...
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If `counsel-git` returns `Not in a Git repository`, can we run `find-file`?
I am using counsel-git to find files in my git repo. I have overwrite into default find-file's keybinding.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-f") 'counsel-git)
If I am not in a git-repo, such as ...
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Why does emacs recognize my wildcard with finding file but not with searching buffer?
In the linux terminal, i often use wildcards (*) as a shorter alternative to type in the whole file name: if the file is named foo-and-cats I just type in something like fo* in order to pull up the ...
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Follow a file with row and column
How to make g f and/or find-file-at-point resolve file correctly in this format (gcc output)
main.c:123:31: ....
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How to map keybindings to find-file?
How I can map keybindings to find-file since there is no
find-file-mode-map or something like that?
I am using the vertico minimalistic vertical completion UI.
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open file specified via environment variable
Environment variables that points to specific location are of common occurrence. $HOME, $XDG_CACHE_HOME, %LOCALAPPDATA% and many more. It is pretty convenient to open files (and directories) just by ...
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How to delete inserted directory names for `find-file` input?
I've been trying to figure out how to erase directories faster when I use find-file
in vanilla Emacs.
An example is Doom Emacs, you press backspace once, and erase the entire directory, but when I try ...
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How to multi-word search
When I use swiper to search inside a buffer I can use multiple search words separated by a blank space. This works.
But I also want that behaviour when search for a file (C-x f), a variable or ...
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What's an easy way to do find file then fuzzy search by filename?
I am trying to learn emacs in order to use orgmode.
I came from vscode universe.
There's a Cmd+P in vscode that allows search by filename easily. Looks like this.
Then i can use cursor keys to go up ...
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grep contents of a set of files from find
I want to grep contents of all CMakeLists.txt files in a project (nested within a directory) so I can jump from each instance, like I would when running emacs grep function. In the examples below I'm ...
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How to open a file in the current window
This question feels almost too basic, but I can't seem to find it.
If you have two or more windows open in a frame, how do you open the file in the window that has your cursor?
ctrl-x ctrl-f opens it ...
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How do I prevent find-file from filling in a file name?
Using spacemacs I usually open new files for editing with C-s C-f (for find-file), since that is recommended by this answer.
However I have an issue when the file I wish to open is both new (doesn't ...
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Restore privileged folder access for previously working Emacs.app on Catalina (NOT system upgrade)
This is similar to How to Restore File System Access in macOS Catalina but the problem is different. I did not upgrade my operating system, only the app, and none of the solutions there are valid ...
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C-x C-f TAB TAB: Find file completion list: how to highlight subdirectories?
Often I'd like to open a file in a subdirectory. But poor me, I can't remember the name. So when typing C-x C-f and then TAB TAB for the completion list, the list of all files in this directory is ...
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Disable `icomplete` with Emacs `find-file`
I have been experimenting with various completion frameworks in Emacs. I am currently using consult together with icomplete. I like the way things are working for me but I would like to disable ...
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C-x C-f Problem:
When i want to create a new file with C-x C-f (ido-find-file), and type main.lua, Emacs does not create a new file in the current directory (default-directory). Instead, it visits an existing main....
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How to open a file in other window in the middle of function run?
I use notmuch to read emails.
I've configured notmuch to call offlineimap via pre-new hook.
When I press G to refresh my notmuch buffer, I want emacs to open my offlineimap log file in another window ...
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find-file-hook when visiting file literally
I'm trying to hook into find-file-literally to turn off some global minor modes when visiting a file literally (which I usually do for large files).
However, it does not appear that find-file-hook is ...
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How can I make sure that Emacs opens files with extension `*.rec` as normal text files?
How can I make sure that Emacs opens files with extension *.rec as normal text files?
When I try to open a file with the extnsion *.rec, I get the error message Running someFile.rec...done without the ...
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Multi-directory tab completion for find-file?
I am frequently diving through many layers of directory hierarchies (thanks, Java) to find files named like this…
java/test/com/company/thing/test/testy/testier/testier/Tester.java
The main issue ...
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dired by name - change directory and create new file
I want to open a new file in a different directory than the current one.
Pressing C-x C-f -> I could enter a file name. But I don't.
Pressing RET
The directory listing (mode (dired by name)) comes ...
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completion-ignored-filenames?
Is there a way to do ignore whole file names the same way as
'completion-ignored-extensions' ignores filename extensions?
For example, I would like to blacklist __pycache__/, so that if the default ...
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Windows File open SLOW
Windows 10
Emacs 27.1
From C-x C-f File
Till seeing the file actually open can take almost a minute!
Tried emacs instead of runemacs.
Also Menu-file-visit
All the same
I think there's some Mcafee ...
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Global `C-x C-f` binding is overridden
I don't like ido-find-file, which seems to be the default response to C-x C-f in my Emacs 23.1.1 installation on Centos. I tried to change it in my .emacs file:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-f"...
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C-x C-f, Cannot complete file name for desktop folders
I am new to Emacs. I am trying to access a file in the "Emacs" folder on my desktop.
I run the C-x C-f command, then type ~/Desktop/Em.
I then hit TAB, but there's no completion. Emacs says [...
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Don't show "." and ".." in counsel-find-file
I have a thing where I just don't like editing directories in emacs, and I never want to enter dired mode. Any time anything might want to put me into dired mode, I would prefer it not do that and ...
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Unable to find files with ssh and environment variables
I have installed exec-path-from-shell as well as included the following in my init.el
(when (memq window-system '(mac ns x))
(exec-path-from-shell-initialize))
within my ~/.bash_profile I have ...
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Open folder in emacs and type name to match file
I have this line in my init.el:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") (lambda() (interactive) (find-file "~/Dropbox/myorgfiles")))
So when I type C-c g I get the directory contents of the ...