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Re: Looking for a package filename expansion in a buffer (ala dabbrev)
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Klaus Berndl |
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Re: Looking for a package filename expansion in a buffer (ala dabbrev) |
Date: |
06 May 2003 09:34:02 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
On 5 May 2003, bigfaceworm@hotmail.com wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm sure someone has written this, but my google searches have turned
> up nothing.
>
> I'm just looking for a package that will let me expand filenames when
> I'm inside a buffer.
>
> e.g. I'd be typing /a/path/to<KEY>
>
> and KEY would expand (or give me options) the path/filename
>
> /a/path/to/a/unique/file
>
> or something like that.
>
> Just trying not to re-invent the wheel.
Not necessary...try hippie-expand (hippie-exp.el) which is part of Emacs.
See option `hippie-expand-try-functions-list'...AFAIK the default value of
this option contains already what you want (functions
`try-complete-file-name-partially' and 'try-complete-file-name')
Klaus
>
> tia,
>
> BFW
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