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rutger
rutger

Reputation: 2355

Referring to MS Windows special folders in Emacs

Is there a simple way to find a file on my desktop in Emacs? Instead of going the "C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Desktop\" way...

Maybe there is a way to define aliases in my .emacs which I can use during find-file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 234

Answers (3)

Emerick Rogul
Emerick Rogul

Reputation: 6804

This question was asked before here. I think you may find bookmarks useful, but the linked discussion presents some other options as well. In addition, this blog article presents a few interesting options, such as ido-mode (part of Emacs as of version 22).

Upvotes: 3

Laurynas Biveinis
Laurynas Biveinis

Reputation: 10848

Also remember that you can use environment variables in the minibuffer, so C-x C-f / $USERPROFILE/Desktop is at least slightly shorter than typing out the whole path.

Upvotes: 1

Derek Slager
Derek Slager

Reputation: 13841

I use %USERPROFILE% as my home directory, so Desktop is always available as ~/Desktop. Easiest way to do this is to set HOME to match USERPROFILE. Detailed instructions at:

http://derekslager.com/blog/posts/2006/12/emacs-hack-1-installing-emacs-on-windows.ashx

Upvotes: 1

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