Re: [emms-help] Add directory or directory tree instead of file

[Yoni Rabkin]

Carlos Pita <address@hidden> writes:

> Here's an example of a variant that I'm finding quite useful:
>
> (defun my-emms (playlist)
>   (interactive "P")
>   (cond ((equal major-mode 'dired-mode)
>          (call-interactively 'emms-add-dired))
>         ((or (null emms-playlist-buffer)
>              (not (buffer-live-p emms-playlist-buffer))
>              (eq (current-buffer) emms-playlist-buffer))
>          (call-interactively (if playlist 'emms-add-playlist
>                                'emms-add-directory-tree))))
>   (emms-playlist-mode-go))
>
>
> As you see, it's a do-the-right-thing approach, in the sense that it
> calls the appropriate source function depending on the context. It
> surely can be improved, but I think it's pointing in the right
> direction.
>
> Best regards
> --
> Carlos
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Thank you for pointing out that the `emms' function doesn't do what the
docstring says. I went ahead and fixed that.

I'm not going to overload the emms function to do more than that though
(the other devs are welcome to weigh in if they disagree.)

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